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Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

18 reviews

velsbooknook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

5.0

This is the perfect Halloween read! I absolutely loved the atmosphere. The eerie and remote cottage just was the perfect setting for this creepy mystery. I adore Alice Feeney's writing style and I'm usually not tabbing thrillers but Daisy Darker was just so incredibly well written. The story feels very lively and I could easily imagine all those different rooms in my head. I love that there is also a little map of the lower floor of the cottage in the book. So cool! 
The only thing I was missing was that I sometimes felt that characters lacked some emotions. With everything that happened that night it sometimes felt like the characters just acknowleged what happened but didn't really react to it. 
The ending was not what I would have expected but I really enjoyed it! Also the feeling of reading the first page after finishing the book was so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Child death

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Was this perfect? No. Did I have a lot of fun? Yes! 
I feel like I can't say anything about this without giving shit away so I'm going to leave it at that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Car accident, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content and Misogyny

Minor: Fatphobia, Animal death, and Pedophilia

elwan_enchanted's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.5

There was a lot I enjoyed about this book, namely the structure and parallels to And Then There Were None.  I anticipated the first twist pretty early into the book, and that was fun.  The part I struggled with was that so much of the end/backstory felt just gratuitously, unnecessarily sad.  For me, it took away from the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Blood

kialynne's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, and Child abuse

readingwithtrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Book Review || ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 

Wow! This review will be short and sweet because I think it’s best to go into this one blind.

Daisy Darker is my second Alice Feeney read (the other being Rock, Paper, Scissors) and it easily takes the top spot. I don’t even know how to write this, because this book left me SHOOK & speechless.

This is a dark & twisty read, but I would also add that it’s incredibly heartbreaking. I guessed one twist but for the life of me could not figure the killer. There was one teeeny thing that left me with a question, but nothing that took away from the story.

I highly recommend Daisy Darker and it’s the perfect book for spooky season!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Gaslighting, Violence, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence

yeahneli's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It was a medium paced story throughout.

Lots of sharp suspenseful turns along the way but none prepare you for the outcome. This was definitely not your average thriller ending. 

In regards to the characters, I can’t stay I really like any of them. Which is good as they’re not so great attitudes play a key part in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Alcohol

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

This book took a long time to get to the big reveal.  While I liked the ending, I thought about quitting this book many times, which isn't good.  I much preferred the author's "Rock Paper Scissors."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

listened to ALC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Bullying, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Blood, Animal death, Addiction, and Alcohol

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