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booksarebae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts
grandduchessbartok's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
renmarie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
cassiecraycray's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
This isn't an innocent tale of Peter pan, this was a very twisted story.
Holly Darling is the granddaughter to Wendy Darling, yes that Wendy. She grew up hearing the Tales of Peter pan but instead of wonder she felt unease. She grew up and left thoughts of Neverland behind her until she lost part of her family to an accident. After the accident (and for the entire book) Holly says that everything she did was for her children. That's her telling us because she sure didn't show us how everything was for her kids, most of her actions seemed pretty selfish.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Car accident
emilyjeanne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Main character is a textbook helicopter parent, and can’t figure out why her kid keeps pushing her away. She’s described as having multiple PhDs, but is somehow so, so stupid. She also kept mentioning she’d do ANYTHING for her kids, but never actually did anything, just threw money at other people to do stuff for her.
I could not root for her as a protaganist because I really just could not stand her character, and all the other characters fell completely flat. They had no personalities, and none of them really progressed the plot at all.
Also, this book has a huge amount of content that should come with content/trigger warnings but doesn’t.
CW: sexual assault, drug use, death of a minor, forced medical testing on minors, suicidal ideation, death of a spouse, kidnapping.
Honestly there’s probably more but this book was so bad I can’t even remember them all, since most of them had nothing to do with the plot anyway.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
audreyreadz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Car accident
saramoser's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
After reading a lot of reviews, I was so worried I would not like this book. But the book is exactly how it’s described-a dark and twisted Peter Pan, while I think the author could’ve done more to give back stories and further some character development, I still was stuck wanting to find out what’s next. I was deep into the book by the first chapter, and was wanting to do nothing but read the book and find out what happens by the end.
I would suggest for someone who wants the dark and twisted (not just dark) side of Peter Pan.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
prof_pelon's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
sfbookgirl's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.0
I found the plot of Darling Girl to be all over the place and ultimately, boring. There are quite a few trigger warnings like kidnapping, rape, and abuse that just did not sit well with me, nor do they seem necessary. The elements of romance were downright strange and oddly disturbing...and also did not seem necessary. Other readers have enjoyed Darling Girl, but this retelling of Peter Pan just didn't sit right with me. I am curious to hear your thoughts if you have read it!
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Car accident
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Grief
blouviere4's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol