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Daphne

Josh Malerman

3.41 AVERAGE


What if your own anxiety, your own intrusive thoughts, could literally kill you? A really interesting take on the legend-based slasher.
dark mysterious
dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark tense fast-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
challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

its so funny to write an incredibly by-the-books slasher where the characters have actual interiority. genuinely it rocks.
really enjoyed the red herrings of making daphne seem like one iconic slasher villain, then pulling back a layer to reveal she's more similar to another. handful of these fakeouts throughout the book

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dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot