A review by bookishwelshie
Pushing Daisy by Christopher O'Halloran

3.0

One thing that instantly became apparent with Pushing Daisy is that the author likes to put empathise on the character’s bodily functions in response to the horror-filled situations (e.g. - poop and puke lol) - so if you have emetophobia then I would highly recommend you avoid this one! 

It seems as though I have the unpopular opinion here, as I am one of the first people to rate this lower than a 5 star read 😅 it is a solidly decent horror story, but not one of my favourites. 

It follows the main character, Roger’s, grief for his dead wife - Daisy. When she was alive, he was selfish, living off her income as a nurse. So this story’s horror revolves around his guilt towards Daisy, as well as the grief.

As much as Roger tries to move on with his life, onto other women, the presence of Daisy lingers. Will she allow him to move on? 

The way human emotions are handled and written within this story are very good, in terms of it being a horror story, I was hoping for more. When it eventually got to the horror-filled final moments, it was very good, but the journey to there felt longer.

Considering this is the author’s debut novel, I’d be intrigued to read more by them in the future, as there is certainly potential there.

Thank you to Booksirens/ the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.