Warrior Girl Unearthed (Firekeeper's Daughter, #2) in Book of The Month

Feb 04, 2024 Vicki rated it really liked it

Shelves: realistic-fiction, contemporary, gcac_2024, mystery, young-adult, released_2023, fantasy, thriller, audiobook, pages_301-400

I think, like quite a few other readers, that this book that follows (but not sure it's part of a series) The Firekeeper’s Daughter is a great book but not quite as good as the one prior to it. I love that the narrator is a young 16 year old Native girl named Perry. She also has a twin that she nicknamed Egg but whose real name is Pauline. I didn't like how the two were often compared as "she is the pretty one" or "she's the smarter one" or similar comparisons. Not good!

This book takes place qu ...more

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Jul 05, 2023 Emily Bourque rated it liked it

Shelves: 2023

Rating: 3.5 Stars

I really wanted to love this one but I really just... didn't. The set up for the story took so incredibly long that I passed the point of caring by the time things picked up. I was also a bit frustrated by the fact that it felt *almost* like a sequel to Firekeeper's Daughter. Knowing what happened in FD didn't change the story for this one, but it was referenced a few times, and the author assumed we knew some of the character relationships. Which I did, at one point, back when ...more

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May 07, 2023 Joan Funk rated it it was amazing

This is Angeline Boulley’s second novel, both are about Indigenous Americans. The author describes this book as similar to Laura Croft Tomb Raider only in this case, she is going after her ancestors in museums/collections. This book takes place about 10 years after her first book, and you encounter the main character from that book again.

This book centers around two themes. The first is reclaiming and repatriating indigenous remains and artifacts. This book does a really good job of explaining w ...more

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Dec 30, 2023 Katy Newcomb rated it it was amazing

This throughly enjoyed this sophomore release by Angeline Boulley. I found the storyline surrounding the remains of ingenious people to be fascinating and something I was ignorant in. This story was compelling and left me with a lot to think about. The complex way in which Boulley exemplifies the way indigenous women are treated at all stages of life is riveting if not heartbreaking. I look forward to Boulley’s third book.

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Mar 05, 2024 Victoria Zieger rated it liked it

Shelves: own, favorite-authors, ya, literary-fiction, botm

I may have to reread this one but overall just okay for me. Started strong and then lost my interest. I loved the culture and the characters but it took awhile to get going and once I got distracted it got hard to get back into it.

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