Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

13 reviews

locust1266's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book took my heart and cut it to many pieces. I really liked the book and although I kind of guessed the plot twist I was still shocked . I also really really loved daisy's character . 


<Spoiler>
I cried when we learned that they murdered her . I think a big part of why I loved this book as much as I did was because of daisy like I wanted her to get her happy ending so bad. I do think this book has a lot of useless info tho and although most of the plot threads were cleard up there are  still some things I'm iffy Abt . Anyway I loved this book at first I was annoyed at daisy's nativity and that she was so inactive? But now that I know the whole plot twist it makes sense to me .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

alittlebitnish's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

So idk man that was crazy. some parts were predictable but some things were batshit crazy. i need time to process and mull over it before i can actually express

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, and Animal death

cbthebooktrotter's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

penandpaper's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

An amazing book! At times, the build up and prose was a bit repetitive, but that’s a common problem with mysteries. This is a book about living in the past and needing to accept it to move on, and it’s very well done. The plot twist could be decisive (I first hated it, then loved it, then had lingering questions), but the book does a good job of balancing comfortable nostalgia with suspense and mystery. I think this is a book you’ll either love or hate from the ending.

Spoiler

I think the mechanics of the final twist could have been done better. Like, why does she stick around but not her relatives? Does the book set her free? What happens to Trixie? As much as I appreciate the sudden twist and the tie in to the beginning, I wish we had more information 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Child death, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Medical content, and Animal cruelty

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

emallovesreading's review

dark 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: Violence, Death, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

nodogsonthemoon's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

j_squaredd's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

The prose itself is honestly bad in the first half - clunky dialogue and overly metaphorical descriptions. It gets a little better in the second half; I wonder if this wasn’t an early novel that got taken out of the trunk. Also, I guessed the twist about a third of the way into the book, and if you - like me - like fair play mysteries, it’s absolute BS. I really only kept reading because I love closed circle mysteries enough to read some terrible books about them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

kponturo's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

laceyfblackwell's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death