Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

237 reviews

riviwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Bullying, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Mental illness

clarklyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

This one took me on a wild ride. At the very beginning, I was concerned that I already had the twist figured out but it turns out the author had more in store!

It was SO obvious to be that Daisy was dead and I was worried that I had already figured out the “twist” so early on. In fact, I think I would give this book 5 stars if it had turned out that she wasn’t dead at all. However, I was still surprised and enjoyed the story. I don’t know how I feel about the murder suicide and leaving a 15 year old girl to be parented by her dead 13 year aunt…but 🤷‍♀️ I kind of wish it hadn’t been a supernatural twist and rather some other real life explanation but I did enjoy the fact that her horrible family ended up dead.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

hsage21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Car accident, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Infidelity, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicide

evangelinemurphy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

bertrandlm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

yasaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, Dementia, Blood, Stalking, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, Bullying, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

mollyemmakatewildsmith's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse

oobimooski's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Enjoyed this one a lot - thought I had it figured out a few times throughout but absolutely did not!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Bullying

ellieg2604's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book really creeped me out. I think about it still, weeks after finishing it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.5

the tone of the writing does feel slightly immature/juvenile but that could be intentional to reflect the main character. i didn’t guess the twists at all so it did what i wanted it to do as a thriller! i love dysfunctional families and this definitely delivered but the characters felt pretty flat outside of that - i also didn’t care for the preachiness from nana but i can see how some would like it. the ending felt a little “unrealistic” in a way i wasn’t prepared for but i still really enjoyed it overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Car accident, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Animal death