Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

255 reviews

mariahw00ds's review against another edition

fast-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

4.75

First Alice Feeney novel and I read it in 1.5 days. I really enjoyed her storytelling and the family dynamics. The twist was quite shocking and left me wanting more from Alice!

While I appreciate the nod to And Then There Were None, it felt heavy handed given the obvious parallels to Christie's 1939 novel. Given the original title of the book; I think Feeney could have left it out. 4.75/5 which would have been a 5 without reference to the racist book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

jpullin1415's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide

tkaryn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book made me say "what" so many times Macklemore is taking me thrift shopping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

alicarty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Extremely slow in the beginning, but moves much faster in the last half. The twist was unexpected but makes sense for the storyline

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

cwomack23's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

gardenofeedz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

I don't often give out 5 star ratings, I don't often LOVE books. This book is perfect. It is so complex, so well done, so twisty, so sad, so much better than anything else in the genre. Wow. Fans of murder mystery fiction: you must read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

katiengelhart's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, and Murder

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

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: Death and Murder

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

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