Reviews tagging 'Death'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

675 reviews

gummybearlife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Death, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Murder

brittanymorgan52's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I am obsessed with this book. It’s so so good. The storytelling. The learning of Ojibwe culture. The fast paced last parts of the book. So good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Minor: Rape

jessapplecrisp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

I loved this book. So different than what I expected. Boulley does such a great job of balancing dark and challenging topics with hopeful moments and lovable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, and Addiction

carolinemwatson's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death

yvanngo's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

It starts a little slow, but once it picks up it's good. The last 3 hours was a plot twist after another, so that was a little aggravating. I also listened to it at 1.25 speed because I don't think I would've been able to finish it if I kept on listening at its original pace.

• We never find out Jamie's real identity.
• Grant never got punished for sexual assault and it makes my blood boil.

TS: Epiphany

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

cass_ward's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death

foresturken's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Grief, Addiction, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Racial slurs, Drug use, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Addiction, and Blood

banned_book's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

If sentences such as, "Secret Squirrel Lesson #4: All's fair in love, hockey, and meth" give you the ick, this book will make you wince repeatedly and often. Boulley relies entirely too much on inserting clunky politics into tragic backstories, as well as Daunis realizing that she's referring to someone in past tense to evoke emotion. It becomes tiresome after the third or fourth time. Either I'm too old to be reading books marketed for this age group, or the author is too old to be depicting this age group accurately. Recent high school graduates don't giggle like that. They don't label or categorize certain aspects of their lives into boxes like Hockey World. And they certainly don't say things like, "After a while, Crocodylus niloticus." Native representation in literature is good, and I wanted to like this very much. I just couldn't when I could predict the YA tropes/cringe beat for beat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

plumpeony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Gun violence, Colonisation, Rape, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

tashagrimaudo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault