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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
Once you get past the first few pages that drag a bit you get hooked. It's not super thrilling but gets you curious and makes you want to keep reading.
2.5/5
Once again, where the ending kinda makes the book worse. There is one scene involving a soda can that may make the book worth it.
Once again, where the ending kinda makes the book worse. There is one scene involving a soda can that may make the book worth it.
The book centers on a girl’s high school basketball team in a small town in Michigan that find themselves seemingly the target of the titular character, Daphne.
This story is both about that story but also anxiety and collectively forgetting. Half way through the book I realized the legend of Daphne was a vehicle to discuss how people choose to sweep under the rug ugly truths and even deny their existence. Denying the people of the town the opportunity to process all that has been happening.
It’s about a teen girl’s struggle to bring to the light that which scares her, to help her cope and live a healthier existence than the start of the book.
It’s not too scary, though the descriptions of what happens to Daphne’s victims was particularly gruesome.
Daphne herself was a unique serial killer - a 7 feet tall chain-smoking, whisky drinking, denim aficionado, who listens to 80s Metal.
I would say the weaker part of the book is the first 30 pages, once past that it’s a quick and easy read.
This story is both about that story but also anxiety and collectively forgetting. Half way through the book I realized the legend of Daphne was a vehicle to discuss how people choose to sweep under the rug ugly truths and even deny their existence. Denying the people of the town the opportunity to process all that has been happening.
It’s about a teen girl’s struggle to bring to the light that which scares her, to help her cope and live a healthier existence than the start of the book.
It’s not too scary, though the descriptions of what happens to Daphne’s victims was particularly gruesome.
Daphne herself was a unique serial killer - a 7 feet tall chain-smoking, whisky drinking, denim aficionado, who listens to 80s Metal.
I would say the weaker part of the book is the first 30 pages, once past that it’s a quick and easy read.
“It’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. The last summer before her life begins. But the night before the big game, one of the players tells a ghost story about Daphne and Kit can’t stop thinking about her. When her team mates keep disappearing, Kit fears the stories of Daphne might be true.”
Oh man, did I want to love this book but I just didn’t. It was just OKAY. There were a lot of great elements of this book and they way Daphne crept into your brain was solid and creepy but it just felt flat to me. There’s no chapters, constant changing POVs and it was difficult to follow at times. I feel bad rating something I wanted to love so badly so low but I had to. I loved the overall message at the end too. I was really for a good old slasher novel though.
Oh man, did I want to love this book but I just didn’t. It was just OKAY. There were a lot of great elements of this book and they way Daphne crept into your brain was solid and creepy but it just felt flat to me. There’s no chapters, constant changing POVs and it was difficult to follow at times. I feel bad rating something I wanted to love so badly so low but I had to. I loved the overall message at the end too. I was really for a good old slasher novel though.
dark
emotional
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
I felt like this book just dragged. It had potential but there was so much unecessary detail in it…
liked it more than I thought I would! I don't read a lot of horror so I liked the pacing in this one
This would make an amazing screenplay. As a book, the first 2/3 worked and was fairly creepy but then toward the end things just started happening and I'm so confused about what the explanation for it was. I know that in horror we rarely get it tied up in a nice bow but this one was just .... done? And no real explanation for how the events from the past lined up with what was happening in the present. Maybe the whole thing was a metaphor or maybe I'm just not smart enough to get it. Either way, I enjoyed it for the most part and firmly believe it would make a stellar movie.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated