Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

89 reviews

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, and Grief

aespaldon24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

annnakane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual assault

jessspeake's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Car accident, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Ableism, and Medical content

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Infidelity

katiemhuang's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Car accident, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Murder, and Emotional abuse

blewballoon's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This wasn't quite what I was expecting. Yes, it's a locked room mystery type story where a group of people are trapped somewhere and they start dying one by one. Like some others stories with that premise, the people are mostly bad and hard to sympathize with, which makes their deaths seem less tragic. In this case, we also get loads of backstory from Daisy's perspective that seems to want to round out the characters of the family members and give them a little more depth, but ultimately still remind you that they are terrible people. I kind of want to re-read the story after the big reveal at the end, because it frames things in a very different light, but I didn't like the book enough to go through it twice. If you are looking for a thriller, this might be a little too slow paced for you. If you are looking for a spooky Halloween read (the main plot is set at Halloween), this may be too focused on family drama for you. The dysfunctional family and episodes from their past are really the focus. I listened on audiobook and I think the narrator made it a lot more enjoyable than I would have found it otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Medical content

nozycozy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was a slow burn and I started to feel bored in the middle of it but then things picked up at the 75% mark. I liked the beginning of the story and the ending was interesting but one twist was not convincing and it felt underwhelming but overall it was an okay mystery read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Ableism, Murder, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Suicide

passionatereader78's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a ride! I love the way this book was written.  The flow of the story was fantastic and the reveal at the end was great! Daisy has a heart condition.  Her family acts like she doesn't exist. She stays away from everyone except her loving grandmother. On her grandmother's 80th birthday she summons the entire family to her home for one last family celebration. When Daisy's grandmother turns up dead Daisy knows she has to figure out who killed her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Suicide

mdavis26's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Car accident, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, and Death of parent

maregred's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault