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A review by kearstinreading
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
“Albert Einstein once said that weak people revenge, strong people forgive, and intelligent people ignore. It was one of the few things he was wrong about.”
My relationship with this book is unquestionably love-hate, which I think I might have been Feeney’s goal. The characters are so, incredibly frustrating, constantly making the dumbest decisions (reminiscent of a train wreck of a horror film when each choice will unquestionably lead to another death), but they’re also just so… human. Fallible. Interesting.
Daisy Darker is the story of a child named Daisy, who grew up with a heart condition in a family complicated by a lack of love - and, at times, an overabundance of it. Born with a genetic heart condition that promised almost certain death, Daisy‘s entire world revolves around her family and their summers at Seaglass, her grandmother’s home. She harbors many fond memories of their years at Seaglass, all of them brimming with the love her grandmother displayed for Daisy, her favorite grandchild.
Drawn back to Seaglass to celebrate their grandmother’s 80th birthday, the entire family becomes cut off from the world for 8 hours due to the rising tide of the ocean overlooked by the home. During those eight hours, the family is forced to face some collective uncomfortable truths - about their family, and about themselves individually…. and about death, as one by one, members of the family are picked off & killed.
Daisy Darker is, overall, a story that drew me in & left me unable to rest until I knew who was behind the elaborate events unfolding over the course of the eight-hour night.
My relationship with this book is unquestionably love-hate, which I think I might have been Feeney’s goal. The characters are so, incredibly frustrating, constantly making the dumbest decisions (reminiscent of a train wreck of a horror film when each choice will unquestionably lead to another death), but they’re also just so… human. Fallible. Interesting.
Daisy Darker is the story of a child named Daisy, who grew up with a heart condition in a family complicated by a lack of love - and, at times, an overabundance of it. Born with a genetic heart condition that promised almost certain death, Daisy‘s entire world revolves around her family and their summers at Seaglass, her grandmother’s home. She harbors many fond memories of their years at Seaglass, all of them brimming with the love her grandmother displayed for Daisy, her favorite grandchild.
Drawn back to Seaglass to celebrate their grandmother’s 80th birthday, the entire family becomes cut off from the world for 8 hours due to the rising tide of the ocean overlooked by the home. During those eight hours, the family is forced to face some collective uncomfortable truths - about their family, and about themselves individually…. and about death, as one by one, members of the family are picked off & killed.
Daisy Darker is, overall, a story that drew me in & left me unable to rest until I knew who was behind the elaborate events unfolding over the course of the eight-hour night.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder