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Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

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hwestfall's review against another edition

4.0

Alice Feeney does it again. She’s really good at throwing in the twists you can see coming and some you can’t. Definitely kept my interest the whole way through and I enjoyed the dysfunctional Darker family.

sglenewinkel's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this book. The nod to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None was much appreciated. I also LOVED the M. Night Shyamalan-esque twist at the end.

I had ZERO clue it was Trixie and the Nana behind it all to avenge a very DEAD Daisy. (I mean I kind of suspected Nana, but when they kept referencing her dead body, I gave up that theory.)

An overall great read.

granny_weatherwax's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

laurelizabeth's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

yas_sezer's review against another edition

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4.25

4.25 stars

miss alice feeney!!??

alright. where to begin. i might be a mess because i just finished the book.

first, the only things i predicted were nanas fake death and conor being trixies dad - everything else, nah. ghosts??? no chance

i didn’t think this was a supernatural book at all, the thought didn’t cross my mind.

i really enjoyed the different characters in the book - each were different enough that i didn’t ever confuse them with each other, or share characteristics with another - this felt a bit generic sometimes but overall i liked it.

nancy - desire to be super young, craves attention, cannot handle the fact that she couldn’t be an actress, yet never worked towards being a proper mum. the main issue i had with her was that she didn’t give daisy the chance to have the other surgery… what kind of mother wouldn’t try everything ..

frank - musician and orchestra obsessed, typical absent father, buys the kids love. shit dad, shit son. i mushed for him at certain points but that’s only coz i have daddy issues

rose and lily - gave me evil stepsisters from cinderella vibes. got on my nerves, their squabble was annoying (that was the point), and i knew they’d be fighting over conor throughout their childhood which was proven as i read on. rose felt like there was a lot of potential for her to be a nicer person, but the past never left her i suppose. lily was similar to her mother in that her desire to be young just made her unbearable and alice wrote it so well.

trixie - you tricked me. i really just ignored her character tbh, i got suspicious at points but thought it would be disappointing if it was her. however, the way it was done was fun (ghost interactions + same heart condition)

conor - didn’t want him to die but when i read his reaction to daisys accident AND saw him initiating the plan i really just didn’t care LMAO. man’s was a shitty guy at heart. what a pussy

nana had my heart, even at the end. i’m sad she died