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Daphne by Josh Malerman

6 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Torture, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body horror, Stalking, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Confinement, Bullying, and Gun violence

bradblaz's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gun violence, Police brutality, Violence, Body horror, and Stalking

louisegraveyard's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

desana75's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Hmm, this book was more interesting than scary or horrifying to me. I don't have a very vivid visual imagination so the gory character deaths didn't do much to me. But the metaphor of the monster being anxiety, that was interesting to me.

Some of the plot points were a little confusing but maybe that was just me not paying close enough attention. I also felt like the ending was a bit rushed, maybe for the sake of tension, but that fell through as I didn't feel that much tension had been built up to that point.

I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who loves basketball and horror, lol. We love a niche sub-genre. I'm interested to explore more by this author and see if anything else he wrote falls more into my wheelhouse.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Car accident, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

markedwithanm's review

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence