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A review by khari_zoe
Where Violets Bloom by Daisy Jane
Did not finish book. Stopped at 57%.
SPOILERS!
I normally don’t review books that I don’t finish ,but this book was on a whole nother level. Surprisingly enough the stalking part of the book is the only part that wasn’t uncomfortable for me, like he was an interesting stalker, but how he didn’t know about her injury was kinda wild. Or didn’t guess her dad was abusive. What made me uncomfortable was the blatant police brutality that was shown by the MMC and one of his friends who is in the 3rd book of the series. The whole scene with the guy they pulled over and “roughed” him up for like expired tags is crazy. Then the same friend sleeps with an 18 year old who is still in highschool. Nevermind him getting caught at her house despite him having his own place. That was when I put the book down and I knew I couldn’t really get past any of it. I honestly should have listened to all the reviews that told me this was going to happen, but I thought they were over exaggerating…….they weren’t. If you are contemplating reading this book don’t. I feel like Daisy Jane is a hit or miss because some books I have loved and others I'm like yes it's taboo ,but this feels illegal. I also looked at the reviews to see the ending and I guess he murders the principal ,but not her abusive father. Like pack it up sir I’m done with your ass. I still kinda want to read Stray, which is about the one friend who isn’t a weirdo ,but idk it will be a long time before that.
I normally don’t review books that I don’t finish ,but this book was on a whole nother level. Surprisingly enough the stalking part of the book is the only part that wasn’t uncomfortable for me, like he was an interesting stalker, but how he didn’t know about her injury was kinda wild. Or didn’t guess her dad was abusive. What made me uncomfortable was the blatant police brutality that was shown by the MMC and one of his friends who is in the 3rd book of the series. The whole scene with the guy they pulled over and “roughed” him up for like expired tags is crazy. Then the same friend sleeps with an 18 year old who is still in highschool. Nevermind him getting caught at her house despite him having his own place. That was when I put the book down and I knew I couldn’t really get past any of it. I honestly should have listened to all the reviews that told me this was going to happen, but I thought they were over exaggerating…….they weren’t. If you are contemplating reading this book don’t. I feel like Daisy Jane is a hit or miss because some books I have loved and others I'm like yes it's taboo ,but this feels illegal. I also looked at the reviews to see the ending and I guess he murders the principal ,but not her abusive father. Like pack it up sir I’m done with your ass. I still kinda want to read Stray, which is about the one friend who isn’t a weirdo ,but idk it will be a long time before that.