Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Firekeepers datter by Angeline Boulley

105 reviews

mossboss08's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent

megob's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 94%

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I really loved the book, up until the part where I stopped.

I totally understand that books can't all have a happy ending, and that this ending--had I read it--probably wouldn't be *un*happy, but I'm disappointed that that's how it went. Yeah, I was surprised, but I wouldn't have read the book knowing the ending. And that kinda ruins it for me.

 

First half of the book gets 5 stars. Third quarter gets 4 stars. Last 6% gets a DNF 🤷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Cultural appropriation

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality

If you're looking for spoilers based on content warnings.

the main character experiences or sees all the things listed above happen in her community. Multiple deaths throughout the book, many of which the reader is present for. Descriptions of her grief after these deaths. Neurodivergency affecting her experience of grief and understanding of the situations. A gun is directed at the main character. Descriptions of those in the throes of addiction. Graphic description of sexual assault with "fade to black" followed by internal and external gaslighting and the suggestion that this was not his first assault. Drugging and kidnapping resulting in confinement and forced compliance with illegal activity. Car accident follows which results in medical trauma and death.

At that point I stopped reading, so I'm not certain if anyone was brought to justice but it seems like they would be. Putting it all out there it seems like a horrible story, but it's really really not! The pacing and atmosphere of the first half of the book are very different from the last half.

lexipedia1693's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape

shhh_tamis_reading's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Brilliantly written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

batwinggoth's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism

miss_s_r's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault

eve81's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism

peachmoni's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

awatt12's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content