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hrosenbohm's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
katymat18's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident
martinkid45419's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Drug use
martinkid45419's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol
kacithebookaddict's review against another edition
3.0
I don't think there has ever been a quote that could sum up an entire book so well until now. I love stories that are dark versions of the ones I loved as a kid. But this book? DARK. I've never read something so horrifying. Peter Pan the sexual predator and drug dealer- not my cup of tea. HOWEVER!! What bothered me the most is that Holly spent the whole book running around like a chicken with its head cut off. It's almost as if the author just lost her timeline for the book and just started throwing everything she could think of into it.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
micaelamariem's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
2.0
But there were things I really didn’t like and it wasn’t until reading the other reviews that I could put words to it. I will say that a main complaint of others is not of mine—BUT still check trigger warnings. There is SA in the book but I thought it was going to be more graphic based on the complaints and it wasn’t the main point of the book. The book is more about Peter Pan kidnapping children (which again is kind of a homage to the original).
I think it had potential if we saw more of Peter and how he grew dark—or even got to see what Neverland has become! That would have been much more interesting than just chapter after chapter of Holly worrying and sad with very little action to fix the problem.
Also, someone else said they were annoyed how Holly wanted to sleep with everyone she met, and honestly that was kind of annoying. Though I’m all for sexual freedom, I felt like this took away her agency.
The author also tried to push a romance that didn’t work for me—there was very little burn in it, it was just 0-100. In a sense, my main complaint for everything is that. 0-100, details of worrying but no detail of the action and how they solved the problem. I’m not going to be keeping this book.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
katieimre's review against another edition
0.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, and Grief
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, 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
adventuresinfictionland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol