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toriwatson's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship
onemamareads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Murder, Gaslighting, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality
readandfindout's review
3.75
Themes: 3.5 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality
Minor: Child death
achay91's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Police brutality
Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Death, and Abandonment
Minor: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Child death, Murder, and Police brutality
dlrosebyh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Murder and Police brutality
blissfuloctopus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, and Murder
Minor: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, and Mental illness
looseleafellie's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
You’d be forgiven for thinking that K. Ancrum’s chapter-by-chapter modern Peter Pan retelling is some flavor of fantasy, but it’s actually a YA contemporary thriller with zero magic. However, that doesn’t make it any less darkly enchanting. The city’s atmosphere and the foreboding sense of dread sucked me right in and kept me gripped till the last page!
This book also contains one of the BEST twists I’ve ever read! It’s the kind of bombshell that both shocks you and makes you go, “how did I not see this coming?”
The cast of characters was a wonderful bright spot in such a dark story. My favorites were the punk-rock take on Tinkerbelle and the insufferably flirtatious asexual Russian football player Fyodor, but Wendy herself really grew on me as she gained agency throughout the book.
Overall, if you’re looking for something short, sharp, and deviously clever, I would highly recommend Darling!
CWs: Kidnapping, murder, absent parents, child neglect, loss of limb, poverty, police violence, and mentions of anorexia, homelessness, and inappropriate adult/minor relationships.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child abuse
Minor: Eating disorder
zoes_human's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Minor: Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Toxic relationship
theboywithallthekeys's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse