A review by hotties4literacy
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A more accessible version of Christie’s And Then There Were None. Agatha Christie meets contemporary thriller. I’ve always liked Alice Feeny’s writing style (though here it was a bit too poetic for me) which lent itself to my enjoyment of this novel. The flashback chapters were a little too common for me and kept this from achieving the “page-turner” status of ATTWN. The twist was compelling and achieved one of my favorite attributes of Feeny’s writing where my entire understanding of the conceit of a book is flipped upside down and you find yourself paging through what you already read with an entirely new perspective. Obviously, this book didn’t outdo the original but this was still a fresh take on Christie’s original work and was captivating nonetheless.