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katep27's review
2.0
2/5stars
I was actually quite excited for this Peter Pan retelling, as it seems to be one of the most unique, but it became pretty apparently pretty quickly that this was not going to be something I enjoyed. This is marketed as YA but it is on the VERY young side of YA with incredibly over-the-top things happening to these characters and some pretty fucked up shit happening to them but with very surface level conversations about it. This read exactly like a middle grade to me - with an over the top "evil to just be evil" character that forces the main character (nora) to run away to a fantasy world. I wish this had actually talked about abuse in a more in depth way, I wish it had talked more about race as Kettle is supposed to be a Japanese boy, and I wish this entire story had been aged up to an adult novel, as I think it could have worked through a lot of these themes that way. The characters were 18 years old but in my head were about 8 or 9.
So overall, didn't enjoy this, barely got anything for my thesis, and I cant really recommend it.
I was actually quite excited for this Peter Pan retelling, as it seems to be one of the most unique, but it became pretty apparently pretty quickly that this was not going to be something I enjoyed. This is marketed as YA but it is on the VERY young side of YA with incredibly over-the-top things happening to these characters and some pretty fucked up shit happening to them but with very surface level conversations about it. This read exactly like a middle grade to me - with an over the top "evil to just be evil" character that forces the main character (nora) to run away to a fantasy world. I wish this had actually talked about abuse in a more in depth way, I wish it had talked more about race as Kettle is supposed to be a Japanese boy, and I wish this entire story had been aged up to an adult novel, as I think it could have worked through a lot of these themes that way. The characters were 18 years old but in my head were about 8 or 9.
So overall, didn't enjoy this, barely got anything for my thesis, and I cant really recommend it.
larry97's review
4.0
*4.5 stars* This book. THIS BOOK. Was so beautiful. It had lyrical writing, a powerful and confronting story and interesting, dynamic characters I couldn't help but love and just wanted to protect. I also really enjoyed the time it was set in as I feel it's a time in history too often ignored. I would highly recommend this to anyone that likes hard hitting contemporary or wants a very unique and and original spin on Peter Pan
rainbowsnorlax's review against another edition
Thought I’d give it a try but the abuse is too triggering after all
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse
joannelock's review against another edition
3.0
I have very mixed feelings about this book. The second half was much stronger than the first. The structure was far too loose and inconsistent. But I loved Nora's story and Kettle grew in me (took a while though). I really did want to find out what happened to them both and I was screaming at them in my head trying to get them to bend to my will.
rlynotseen's review against another edition
4.0
A Peter Pan retelling in which Wendy’s character has my name?! Of course I had to read this!
amandaisbusyreading's review
4.0
4.5 stars! Beautifully written, convincing plot addressing two very socially relevant issues. Nonetheless what really stood out to me was the historical context (the aftermath of the Japonese-Americans situation during WWII) which I was unfamiliar with.
Oh yeah and what a beautiful surprise to find out the author was inspired by her grandparents' life story!
Shout out to the booktubers that recommended this read, Hannah from A Clockwork Reader and Hailey from Hailey in Bookland :)
Oh yeah and what a beautiful surprise to find out the author was inspired by her grandparents' life story!
Shout out to the booktubers that recommended this read, Hannah from A Clockwork Reader and Hailey from Hailey in Bookland :)
zenkhat's review
4.0
Just wish I knew what happened at the end :( Felt it was rushed and no result but still enjoyed it!
authorcagray's review
I can't rate this one because I stopped a little over 30% of the way through. It's very well written, but the scenes with Nora's abusive father are gratuitous in my opinion. We get it. He's really awful. It's supposed to be disturbing, of course, but I don't want to wade through scene after scene of children being beaten in order to get to the story itself.