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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

125 reviews

internationalreads's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I absolutely loved this until the last 10% or so. I wanted to see more of the case wrapping up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thecriticalreader's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

The Run-Down: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley is a masterclass in storytelling, worldbuilding, and character development—with important thematic exploration and messages to boot.

 

Review: 

I actually read Boulley’s second book, Warrior Girl Unearthed, before Firekeeper’s Daughter. Consequently, I went into Firekeeper’s Daughter with high expectations, but I wasn’t prepared for those expectations to be so thoroughly surpassed. The book may start off deceptively tame, but very quickly it proves itself to be one-of-a-kind in terms of its plot, subject matter, and depth. Boulley completely and totally immerses her reader’s into the world and dynamics of her characters, and she’s not afraid to tackle some seriously difficult topics with an admirable level of realism and grit. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone who is an older teenager or older.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Death of parent

jelkebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.0

Ugh, this book is such a difficult one to review for me. I feel like for most of this book this stood at a three star for me, with the thought that the reveals/ending could pull this up to a four, or bring it down to a two. Sadly enough it ended up landing on a two. I'm so disappointed as I just had heard so many good things about this book, and it didn't work for me.
First of all let me say that I thought this book was incredibly interesting. I thought the mystery was quite intriguing, and I was very curious to see it all play out throughout the book. I also thought the perspective of having our main character have to investigate undercover in a way was really interesting, and not something I have seen much in YA mysteries. I feel like it caused a very interesting mental back and forth where our main character didn't know if she was betraying her community or helping them. The sense of community is also incredibly well done in this book. It's very complicated, not very perfect, but her community is sacred to our main character. I thought that aspect to it was really interesting.
This book is strongest when it is giving commentary on the casual racism Native people face in the US, as well as how the police doesn't actually care about their tribes when they go to investigate crimes. There's also discussions in here around how especially crimes against Native women aren't taken seriously. It was incredibly frustrating to see that happen in this book, but its even more frustrating knowing it is very real. I definitely like how that was included in this book.
My problem with this book was that I thought it was incredibly slow moving. It felt a bit of a slog to get through. At points it also got very repetetive, and not a whole lot happens. So it wasn't my favourite. That being said I did think a good ending could pull it all out of the water for me. Sadly enough, it didn't do that. I feel like the big reveal was incredibly predictable, and the fact that the main character didn't really see that coming until the very last minute just feels a bit disappointing. Especially because we're constantly told how smart she is but her kind of accidentally stumbling upon this incredibly obvious (to me) thing just makes her seem incredibly dumb. On top of that I also feel like some of the aspects of the reveal don't make the most sense to me, and I just wish we got a bit more explenation. I get the message of having peace with not knowing everything, that sometimes it's better to not know some things, but I feel like there were just a couple to many holes for me to make the ending really work. So yeah, sadly it ended up being a let down for me. I do definitely still want to read more from Angeline Boulley because I feel like there was a lot of potential in this book for me to love it, so I hope another book by this author will work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

rachellenbecker's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

maviemerveilleuse's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny

quinnpjd930's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

pleasepetsharks's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sgksoccer5's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide and Abandonment

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Wow, I learned so much from this story. Thank you to the author for sharing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

dtursi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Man, what a great read. The story was incredible, and I found myself thinking about it throughout the day. Also a nice introduction to indigenous culture of the Great Lakes region, with some thought provoking commentary on the history and remnants of racism and oppression of native peoples. It’s YA, but so sophisticated and well-done. Would love to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder