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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

391 reviews

pastelplanet's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Confinement

shellbell_04's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident

reike's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

cindylindy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

greatexpectations77's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, and I think I would actually put it between a 4.25 and 4.5, like a 4.4. It did get a little bit long for me in parts, and I also either missed or there wasn't a main moment where

Daunis and Jamie kind of transitioned from not making out to making out.

Excited to read the second one in this series, and I'll be keeping an eye on this author. I did feel like a little bit in the beginning that Jamie was kind of playing the second podcast seat who just asks questions so that the main speaker can fill in the audience on the answers, specifically about Native information. But I understand that that's a technique of learning that's more natural than Daunis just explaining everything like narrator breaking the fourth wall. Also, this is aimed at younger folks than me, and I may not have noticed it as much if I didn't know of the information already. I think this book leaves the reader with a WEALTH of knowledge about Indigenous people in a way that isn't teachy, and that's super valuable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Grief, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jess_all_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I LOVED Firekeeper's Daughter. I highly recommend it to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

theobeanz's review

adventurous 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

4.5

I’d check out the trigger warning first. This book was really interested in the topics it covered. I was a very personal display of how indigenous women don’t receive the justice they deserve for the traumas they experience. I really liked how the community and elders supported in un-static ways. I feel like grief was addressed fairly appropriately. I didn’t anticipate the twists of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

calebhjs's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, and Car accident

sunflower_soph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.5

I tore through this book. The darkness and trauma is balanced out with humor and hope, and the main character/narrator speaks with such singular clarity and voice the entire time. Not at all what I was expecting, but everything I could have hoped for. This book also absolutely filled a gap in my reading for modern indigenous stories, and I look forward to seeking out more of those voices in the next year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mamaza1963's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Sexism and Car accident