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Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

25 reviews

hannahreadslotsofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

This one took me a bit to get into, but once I was in it, I was in it and I felt like it was very well-written. The story follows Holly Darling, the granddaughter of Wendy Darling from the Peter Pan story. Her family has gained fame and fortune from the stories, but Holly knows that Peter Pan is not all that he seems. Throughout the story, Holly must protect her two children (who disappear at various points in the story) from him and his evil intentions. Holly also is trying to maintain her cosmetics business, whose secret ingredient comes from the blood of her and Peter’s daughter Eden who lies comatose in London after an accident. The story has lots of twists and turns and at times the plot becomes more complicated, but it doesn’t detract from the story overall. The best character in the story is Christopher Cooke, the private investigator Holly hires to find Peter and her missing children. The plot starts off slow, but it amps up at the end and makes it all worth it. Definitely think it is worthwhile to read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Car accident, and Rape

jaylee_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Chronic illness, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

prof_pelon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Rape, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Death, Child death, Medical content, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Pedophilia, Drug use, Stalking, Child death, Car accident, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Incest and Pedophilia

liferhi_inspired's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔

Darling Girl is a dark Peter Pan inspired story that follows Wendy’s Granddaughter Holly and her children Jack & Eden. The general premise is that Holly is fiercely protective of her children, while Pan seems to be the villain of the story and seems to be an ever present threat. 

Overall, I thought that this story was okay. There were some really interesting ideas and components to this story, but there were also some parts that I found to be a bit lacking. I struggled some when it came to connecting with Holly or her children. I also found that the ending was a bit lack luster for me, I really wanted more of the loose ends to be tied up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts

brittanyboston18's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child death, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

em_n_ay's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Don’t waste your time. It’s just another Peter Pan story that tried to be different by making itself really dark and “gritty”. Kept reading because I thought the ending would have a payoff. It didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Kidnapping, and Death

jaimc's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Stalking and Suicidal thoughts

beckyg1016's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content

novel_tea_book_reviews's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug use, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse