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kellybronwynt's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Drug use, Stalking, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Car accident, Death, Trafficking, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Self harm
emoxxecologist's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This tale is set in a world where Peter Pan and Wendy were real. The main character is Wendy’s granddaughter, Holly. The story focuses on her, along with her 2 children and mother.
Peter isn’t a good guy in this one- he’s far from it. He’s the reason the story takes a dark turn- this book didn’t come with any trigger warnings for me and I was very surprised.
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Rape
katymat18's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Child death
Moderate: Grief, Car accident, and Kidnapping
fmmiller88's review
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, and Rape
martinkid45419's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Child death, and Car accident
just2sadie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Rape
lovelymisanthrope's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
"Darling Girl" follows Holly Darling, the granddaughter of the infamous Wendy Darling. Holly's life is going as well as can be expected, until she receives a phone call that her daughter, Eden, who has been in a coma for the last decade, is missing. Desperate to find Eden, and to protect her son, Jack, Holly might just have to face Peter Pan himself.
This was a really fun, new take on the Peter Pan story. In the original "Peter Pan" story, Peter Pan is much more sinister than the Disney story, so I enjoyed seeing a story play more into that side of Peter Pan. I also really appreciated that this is not a retelling, but rather a new story that expands upon what could have happened years after the original story. No matter how the original "Peter Pan" ended, the Darling family would have been greatly impacted by what happened for decades afterwards, and I really enjoyed getting to see a new generation of Darlings have to face Peter Pan and his evil ways.
Holly's life has been filled with a lot of tragedy, and her reasoning for her decisions felt a little skewed in my opinion. The reader learns fairly early on that something about Eden is helping to keep Jack alive. This small fact feels kind of wrong, and it made me question Holly as a mother. Why did she value Jack's life over Eden's? I wish she would have fought harder to figure out what was going on with Eden and try to help her more. Additionally, I do not understand why she had to keep Eden from Jack. Jack was too young when the accident occurred to remember Eden, but I feel like Holly could have talked about Eden with Jack as he got older.
This story was fine, and I had a fine time reading it, but I probably will not think about it much in the future.
Graphic: Medical content, Death, Child death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Kidnapping and Mental illness
Minor: Rape
grandduchessbartok's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
s_dima's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Car accident
Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness
taylor13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Rape
Minor: Car accident, Drug use, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail