638 reviews for:

Looking for Smoke

K.A. Cobell

4.14 AVERAGE

theromanticace's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-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: Yes

oracleofde1phi's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

caseythereader's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse

jolynne's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Contemporary Cree teenagers come to life in this book focusing and bringing attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women.

j3diempress's review

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

juliannee's review

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jordalinereads's review

3.0

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

elianarose's review

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Just incredible. The author definitely achieved writing characters I will be thinking about for a long time.

andreathebookdragon's review

4.0

emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

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This story is told from multiple POVs including an unknown character whose reveal at the end is surprising but also wraps things up perfectly. Themes of MMIWG, grief, loss, and family are woven throughout the story in complex and emotional ways.

franuary's review

4.5

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes