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sleepy_bookworm's review
emotional
mysterious
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? No
5.0
I don't usually read YA but this book was recommended to me by a friend and oh my gosh I'm so glad I gave it a chance. First, I love that this book is based in Michigan's upper peninsula. My family and I would visit our extended family there every summer and we always stayed in Sault Ste. Marie. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
Secondly, even though this book is fiction, the history the main character shares is all accurate. I loved that the author included what would be the main character's native language as well, and made the indigenous culture a large part of this book.
While this book got off to a slow start, once the plot picked up everything moved pretty fast and I honestly never knew what to expect next. I'd say the last third of this book was not very predictable and I loved that. I wanted to keep listening to find out what would happen next.
This is a YA book but it does deal with some pretty heavy topics, so definitely be weary of the triggers.
Secondly, even though this book is fiction, the history the main character shares is all accurate. I loved that the author included what would be the main character's native language as well, and made the indigenous culture a large part of this book.
While this book got off to a slow start, once the plot picked up everything moved pretty fast and I honestly never knew what to expect next. I'd say the last third of this book was not very predictable and I loved that. I wanted to keep listening to find out what would happen next.
This is a YA book but it does deal with some pretty heavy topics, so definitely be weary of the triggers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, and Rape
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Toxic relationship and Cultural appropriation
samshort's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
shydragon's review
I was not expecting to have rape come up in this book. I knew what the premise of the book was and that there was drug use and murder but that was just too much for me, especially because it was so obvious I got pissed off at Daunis for walking right into it. After that I was pretty disengaged and it just got worse from there. I was not prepared for any of this in a YA book and I think there needed to be some trigger warnings at the beginning.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Vomit
ruffian23's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Colonisation
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.
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.
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, and Suicide
Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Minor: Misogyny
v_____'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Ich stehe als Statue von einem Mädchen erstarrt im Wald, nur meine Augen bewegen sich...
- Firekeeper's Daughter, 1%
🎧 als Hörbuch gehört
Es sind schon mehrere Wochen vergangen, seid ich mit diesem Hörbuch fertig geworden bin und ich warte immer noch auf die große Eingebung, wie ich dieses Buch jetzt finden soll... Der Hype hat mich noch immer nicht erfasst.
Was ich mochte:
+ das Setting in Michigan an der kanadischen Grenze, die Seen, die Natur... das Setting war meine liebste Rolle
+ Native Tribes! Als erstes Werk aus dem Genre First Nations Literature bin ich jedenfalls sehr erpicht noch weiter einzutauchen
+ die Protagonistin Daunis war super sympathisch
+ die Geschichte war spannend, nimmt gegen Schluss nochmal richtig Fahrt auf und entwickelt sich zu einem richtigen Thriller
+ allgemein, der Schreibstil sehr angenehm
+
Was mich davon abhält 5 Sterne zu geben:
- es war stellenweise soooo zäh, dass ich gar nicht Lust hatte weiterzuhören, einfach viel unnötige Nebenhandlungen, um noch ein paar Seiten mehr zu füllen... dadurch hatte man das Gefühl es passiert hier nichts, furchtbar langatmig.
- Es waren für meinen Geschmack zu viele Charaktere und es war mir nicht so ganz klar, wer da jetzt wichtig ist, wen man sich jetzt merken soll. Und ich glaube manche wurden mehrmals erwähnt, wurden von mir aber dann später wieder als jemand anderes (neues) wahrgenommen. Mir ist klar, dass es hier auch um die Community geht, und da sind halt mehrere Personen erforderlich, aber verwirrt hat es mich trotzdem. 😃 Vielleicht lag es auch daran, dass ich das Hörbuch gehört habe, vielleicht wäre es mir beim Lesen nicht so gegangen.
- Idk, irgendwie fühlte ich Daunis Verlust von Lily gar nicht, außer das sie oft an sie denkt... Aber gut, jeder trauert anders 🤷♀🤷♀
- mein größter Kritikpunkt (TW Vergewaltigung):
... wenn unsere geliebten Menschen sterben, lebt die Liebe in der Gegenwart weiter...
- Firekeeper's Daughter, 95%
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting
pleasepetsharks's review against another edition
5.0
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
wquindley's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
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? It's complicated
5.0
holy moly, this book was an unexpected rollercoaster of emotions. the first book i have loved in months. i couldn’t put it down. i learned so much about indigenous tribes through reading this all while swept away by a beautifully written heart wrenching story. she writes about so many difficult topics. i can’t believe that this book has been on my TBR for so long and that this is angeline boulley’s debut novel. amazing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism