Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

237 reviews

nataliahl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, and Infidelity

bxnnny's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

i feel like i need to re-read this book now that i know what the twist is to see how much i missed! i enjoyed the pacing of the story and the obvious homage to agatha christie's and then there were none, which is such a great classic mystery. i felt that the writing/way the main character narrated was a little odd at first with all the analogies and metaphors, but it made more sense once the twist was revealed. i love a good locked room mystery and this was a fun one for me. this is also the second book i've read by alice feeney and i'm just as pleased with this one as i was with rock, paper, scissors. she just gets it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

josiejeror's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Murder, Car accident, Confinement, Chronic illness, and Gun violence

nobeeny_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chtfc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

I realised the issue of the main character within 17 pages. However, the ending I did not expect. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Addiction

hmstumfoll's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

ksheathebrave's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

There was a lot to dislike about this book (most notably the poor editing, especially for repetition), but I didn’t initially feel the need to review it. I mean, why yuck someone’s yum? Who cares. I don’t even care that I guessed the main twist within the first few chapters. Plus, it was engaging enough that I read the whole thing within a few days, and I have no qualms with DNF-ing books. 

But then I got to Chapter 38, and wow, big yikes. The fact that I haven’t seen this issue mentioned in any other reviews is absolutely *wild.* Like, y’all. It’s concerning. 

Spoiler re SA 

In Chapter 38, an 18 year old man attempts to sexually assault Daisy, a 13 year old child. Thankfully, he stops when he sees her scar, calls her a freak, runs away, etc etc.

The scene is completely unrelated to the plot and does nothing to move the story forward. It’s just gratuitous and disgusting. By this point in the book, the author has well-established that Daisy feels like “freak” because of her broken heart, so there’s no purpose for this scene, other than that the author wanted to write it.

If the author isn’t clever enough to come up with an alternate way of occupying Daisy’s time before the next scene without resorting to the SA of a literal CHILD, she really should not be writing. The editor likewise needs to do some serious self-reflecting on the content they’re approving.

 

Spoiler re safety of the dog

Poppins survives! Yay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gore, and Alcoholism

susie_bee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal death, Gun violence, Fatphobia, and Suicide

readingtotravel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Suicide

lhodgson26's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Upon reflection this book is similar to 'We were Liars' anf the Knives out Film set around a dysfunctional family full of secrets. It's a very fast paced book full of interesting characters who kept getting murdered in different ways. Darker was the main narrator of the book and the plot twist at the end she was actually dead i did not see coming nor how she had actually died. I did think the Nana was faking her death and likely responsible for some of the killings but again I did not guess Trixie was also involved in the killings and that she had the same heart condition. This is one of the best psychological thrillers I have read in a while and I look forward to reading more from Alice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Terminal illness