A review by zombiezami
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

I'm originally from Michigan, but I've never been to the Upper Peninsula. Growing up, I never learned much about the Anishinaabe, other than one assembly at school where there was a jingle dress performance. I'm so glad to have this book to have some representation of Anishinaabe people. 

The plot is complex and twisty turny, very mysterious up through the end. I didn't like that

cooperating with the state was seen as the only way of resolving the central conflict

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Car accident, Confinement, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide