Tag: Daisy Darker review

My Rating: 🍪🍪🍪
Genre: Thriller

Daisy Darker’s Nana was told by a psychic that she won’t live past the age of 80. For her 80th birthday, she summons her whole family to her island home where they are soon cut off from the mainland for eight hours as the tide comes in. As the night wears on, family members are found dead one by one.

I love Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, so I was excited about the similarities in this thriller. There were a lot of characters and it was a bit hard to keep track of them. I could have used a little more time distinctly introducing each one before the action set in.

Feeney did an excellent job of building tension as she marked how many hours were left of isolation before the tide went back out. I felt largely in the dark about who to suspect. There may have been hints I didn’t pick up on, but I wish there had been a little more of that.

As a ‘thriller,’ this felt somewhat repetitive. It didn’t seem like there was anything particularly distinct about each murder.

The ending was completely unexpected and changed my view of the entire story. It was really unique and nothing I could have seen coming. Understanding the actions of the murderer based on the information we gain at the end was really fascinating and redeemed the story somewhat for me.

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