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Daddy by Emma Cline

9 reviews

bookfriend8's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Very well written, each chapter feels like a book of its own. The stories are raw and immersive. Some parts feel a bit boring/fruitless, but you get to explore ten different narratives in one book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Body shaming, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

opldxblqo's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

The Stories in Emma Cline's Daddy force the reader to take the perspective of people made persona non grata by their own base impulses. While Cline's prose here is lush and fully ripened, the characters in the stories just barely graze the over the line of acceptable behavior. I wanted to be pushed just a little more, to be made to sit with the discomfort of exile each character must endure.
   Two stories stood out from the rest: Menlo Park, in which we take the view of a man, whose sexual harrassment results in being ejected from his seat at a Condé Nast style magazine, and the resulting dissolution of his reputation; and Marion, in which we embody the confused naivety of an adolescent girl pushed by the tides of her best friend's experiments in sexuality.


What Can You Do with a General: 3/5

Los Angeles: 3/5

Menlo Park: 5/5

Son of Friedman: 3/5

The Nanny: 2/5

Arcadia: 1/5

Northeast Regional: 2/5

Marion: 5/5 (I want this as a whole novel 🙏)

Mack the Knife: 3/5

A/S/L: 4/5

31/50, or 62%, or 3.1 stars

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Drug use

laurataylor's review against another edition

slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Sexual content

bxcvi's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Mental illness

w0lma's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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: Drug use and Sexual content

lilacs_'s review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug abuse

shannonhoman's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Emma Cline is a master at writing really interesting close looks at what needs fuel certain character dynamics. Not all of these short stories were a hit for me but the good ones were particularly good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

saraoona's review

dark reflective sad medium-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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

kayleyhyde's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I loved The Girls, so I picked this up when normally I might not, as I'm not mad on short stories. The tone was quite similar to that of The Girls, but I just didn't find anything compelling about most of these stories. I know a lot of people didn't enjoy how the stories leave off, and that didn't bother me, but I just didn't feel they blended particularly well. I know other have enjoyed this a lot, but just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Sexual content