assesgrass 's review for:

Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell is a phenomenal, well written, complex, character driven novel.

Cobell does an amazing job at providing information about MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) while still captivating the reader with the plot and characters of the book.

 The characters are very interesting, I very much enjoyed each and every one of them till the very end. Each has their own battle with the world and within themselves, the written story showing you can change and learn from your past is such an important part to add to a story. 

Looking for Smoke is definitely in my top favourites of all time and best read of 2025

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Racism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury