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The Firekeeper’s Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Well, this one is disappointing to review.
I wanted to read this one for all the reasons most people did. What I got? I really do question if I read the same book as everyone else. Because this book fucking sucked.
The writing was terrible and amateurish for the amount of awards that have been showered down on it. This book is waaaay too long for the story it's trying to tell because the pacing is garbage.The actual premise is fucking ridiculous (and pretty fucking gross considering the community involved), and the way the rape of the MC is handled ("The end of this strange day") really left a bad taste in my mouth. It's completely unnecessary to the plot, adds nothing to the development of the character (which is fucked up when people do that anyway), and it never gets brought up again.
Idk this just reads poorly all around and not handled with a ton of care. I will not praise this book for the Indigenous rep it has because I think we all deserve better than what this book offers. I'm not going to settle for scraps tbh.
I wanted to read this one for all the reasons most people did. What I got? I really do question if I read the same book as everyone else. Because this book fucking sucked.
The writing was terrible and amateurish for the amount of awards that have been showered down on it. This book is waaaay too long for the story it's trying to tell because the pacing is garbage.
Idk this just reads poorly all around and not handled with a ton of care. I will not praise this book for the Indigenous rep it has because I think we all deserve better than what this book offers. I'm not going to settle for scraps tbh.