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A review by lory_enterenchanted
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Reviews and more on my blog: Entering the Enchanted Castle
Definitely an exciting page-turner of a book, and I appreciated all that I learned about the Ojibwe community in Sault St-Marie. However, at times the characters seemed too much mere mouthpieces for the author's teachings, especially Daunis - a fatal flaw in a main character. I wanted to like and relate to her, as one does with protagonists, and sometimes I could, but often I felt as though I were being lectured by her. Other characters were like caricatures of the impulses and practices Boulley wanted to criticize. Again, this does not make for a story that can take on a life of its own, but turns it into a kind of treatise in story form.
I liked that Daunis didn't have to end up with a boy at the end to be whole, even though this too was a kind of a heavy-handed Statement. Overall, mixed feelings--this was an important story to tell, but I wish it could have felt less weighed down with its own importance.
Definitely an exciting page-turner of a book, and I appreciated all that I learned about the Ojibwe community in Sault St-Marie. However, at times the characters seemed too much mere mouthpieces for the author's teachings, especially Daunis - a fatal flaw in a main character. I wanted to like and relate to her, as one does with protagonists, and sometimes I could, but often I felt as though I were being lectured by her. Other characters were like caricatures of the impulses and practices Boulley wanted to criticize. Again, this does not make for a story that can take on a life of its own, but turns it into a kind of treatise in story form.
I liked that Daunis didn't have to end up with a boy at the end to be whole, even though this too was a kind of a heavy-handed Statement. Overall, mixed feelings--this was an important story to tell, but I wish it could have felt less weighed down with its own importance.