Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

59 reviews

rchatterjee188's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

dev921's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A really fun locked room mystery with nods to Agatha Christie.

Really enjoyed this one, the back and forth timeline helped with the pacing and added an extra layer to the mystery and the characters. I can't think of much else to say about it really, it was a good time and I'd love to see it made into a film. Would definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

lighterthaneyre's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

And Then There Were None meets cheerful children's book author. Extremely fun read, builds a good level of suspense and weaving family history and drama.

I did call the twist ending, the narrator being a ghost, but it was still fun to guess how and when as the story goes on. And guessing WhoDunnit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

annnakane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

annaonthepage's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a fun play on classic murder mysteries with a supernatural twist.

Great sense of voice for the ensemble of characters, and very well narrated on the audiobook. A little overwrought, and has some repetition that could have been edited out, so at times it feels a bit more like juvenile fiction than an adult murder mystery. I guess those are the trappings of part of the story. Very enjoyable, if not entirely convincing/satisfying in the reveal and wrap-up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

The sexual assault is a very brief encounter between an 18yo and a 13yo, both drunk, and the 13yo tells the reader she is pleased at the attention, but it's already an uncomfortable situation and a polluted power dynamic. Thankfully this doesn't go all the way and ends when the girl says no.

katiemhuang's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

masoncasper's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A mystery in which a family with a plethora of dark secrets is stuck on an island house where they are being killed off one by one. As secrets are revealed, the truths about the family starts to come to life and the flaws of the characters are shoved into the light evoking absolutely no sympathy as they begin to die. The reveal of the murderer is shocking and subverts the general standard of a murder mystery although one of the plot lines revealed in the conclusion was predictable, it wasn’t a disappointment in the end and there was a sense of sympathy and sadness to the finality of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

cheypreston's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment