Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

20 reviews

rgraubart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Murder

_minucelli's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

rocketsaurus's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Religious bigotry

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Classism

kenzers8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

findleydunn's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

natkbailey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tagau's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

This was a difficult book for me to get into, it wasn’t until I was ½ way though that I really became invested in the story.

Once I was hooked though that was it. I finished the book in a matter of hours because I just had to know how it ended and if Justice was served. There are many lessons to be learned from this book. Lots of little tidbits of information that I can remember my grandmother telling me that I had almost forgotten. If nothing else, it’s a good read for those tidbits alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

megob's review against another edition

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, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and 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.

eve81's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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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, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism