Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Daisy Darker, by Alice Feeney

6 reviews

moemzwell's review

dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

It’s the eve of Halloween and Daisy’s Nana invited the whole family over to celebrate her 80th birthday. There are moments of awkwardness because you know, family drama and all that. Daisy has been sheltered and protected while growing up due to a congenital heart defect. As the celebration goes on weird events continue to happen demanding the family face their own demons. All of a sudden her family members are being found dead. Stuck on the island the family has no choice but to wait for the tide to go down and hope they aren’t next to die.

The concept of the novel is good but for being a murder mystery it’s very slow paced. I will say I didn’t catch on to the plot twist so I loved that aspect of the book. Alice Feeney does have better work so I’d recommend those first. Stephanie Racine was a good narrator and left me feeling spooked. If I wouldn’t have listened to this audiobook I don’t feel like I would have been able to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

uranaishi's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child death, Car accident, Chronic illness, Murder, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, Drug use, and Pregnancy

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

Was this perfect? No. Did I have a lot of fun? Yes! 
I feel like I can't say anything about this without giving shit away so I'm going to leave it at that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Car accident, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content and Misogyny

Minor: Fatphobia, Animal death, and Pedophilia

amandaglowgetter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

evieolive's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

Wasn't a fan of the writing style, but a fun, easy to read book, and I liked the twist well enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Fatphobia, Violence, Gore, Drug use, and Grief

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Death, Suicide, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Ableism