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Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

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emilyjeanne's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.25

DONT WASTE YOUR TIME

Main character is a textbook helicopter parent, and can’t figure out why her kid keeps pushing her away. She’s described as having multiple PhDs, but is somehow so, so stupid. She also kept mentioning she’d do ANYTHING for her kids, but never actually did anything, just threw money at other people to do stuff for her.

I could not root for her as a protaganist because I really just could not stand her character, and all the other characters fell completely flat. They had no personalities, and none of them really progressed the plot at all.

Also, this book has a huge amount of content that should come with content/trigger warnings but doesn’t.

CW: sexual assault, drug use, death of a minor, forced medical testing on minors, suicidal ideation, death of a spouse, kidnapping.

Honestly there’s probably more but this book was so bad I can’t even remember them all, since most of them had nothing to do with the plot anyway.

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audreyd93's review against another edition

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2.75

While I got into the book the second half, I can't give it a higher rating. The buildup was so slow and so drawn out and when it did happen, it was so lackluster. The main conflict we heard about because Holly was not involved. She was drugged (again!). This book is a great example of where the author told us what happened, instead of showing. Holly was told what happened to Peter when Jane went to rescue her son. Holly was told he disappeared. Holly was told about the lost boys. Holly was told about Jack and Ed. But we don't see any of it. All that buildup that was at times boring, lead to nothing. What was the point of her going back to New York? What happened with the scientist that was fired? Why did I get a weird feeling about Barry but nothing happened? What actually happened to Peter and Bell? And Eden for that matter? That was no good explanation for any of it. It was rushed. It took me so long to get into this book and when I finally did, I was let down.

Also, no one needs graphic scenes of Peter Pan raping the main character.

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ggreen1379's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

2.5

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lalunablue's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

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vagrantheather's review against another edition

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dark 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? Yes

2.75

Listenable, but not particularly enjoyable or relatable. I didn't care for any of the characters. Writing is fine but I wasn't a fan. Plot felt forced. I was super interested for the first half, which kept promising action, but then so little would actually happen! The second half made me drowsy. There was this thing veneer of magic on the outskirts, but it didn't really pull into the story, and overall felt a bit lackluster.

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saramoser's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

TW: SA, Rape, drugs, child death, child abuse, injecting children with drugs

After reading a lot of reviews, I was so worried I would not like this book. But the book is exactly how it’s described-a dark and twisted Peter Pan, while I think the author could’ve done more to give back stories and further some character development, I still was stuck wanting to find out what’s next. I was deep into the book by the first chapter, and was wanting to do nothing but read the book and find out what happens by the end.

I would suggest for someone who wants the dark and twisted (not just dark) side of Peter Pan.

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nerdyforbooks_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

It’s complicated pretty much sums up my feelings about this book. I loved this adult take on the Peter Pan fantasy. Is he good? Is he bad? Is he just misunderstood? Honestly couldn’t tell you because the author never seems to really explain much.

The pacing of the book is fine but nothing really pivotable happens until the last 50 pages. Then all the sudden “stuff happens” but you’re still left with a lot of questions about the MC, her kids, Neverland, etc. It feels like the author had a LOT of cool ideas but didn’t know how to continue them.

Overall, I didn’t think it was horrible. It’s an entertaining read with some issues, but it’s not bad.

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