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Dust by Kara Swanson

2 reviews

abooklikeyou's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A dark Peter Pan retelling with deeper meaning and a message of hope. This was a great story, and I can't wait to continue along with the story in the next book!

I loved the London setting, Tiger Lily, the mental health representation, and the cliffhanger.
It did feel like Claire was dumb at times. She would make irresponsible decisions and also not be able to see something that was plainly in her face for quite some time. I hope she gets better character development in book 2. But, overall, I flew through this book and enjoyed the ride!

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abbx's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 (Short review) 
I loved the idea so much! At first I was skeptical cause I grew up with the Tinker Bell movies and I was curious what the author was gonna do. 
I liked how she included the neverbeast and other aspects of the Tinker bell and Peter Pan movies. 
I wasn’t a fan of how some of the characters acted but that’s to be expected. 
I like how the characters past played a big part of them and how slowly we learned why.
Peter and Lily are hilarious 
Peter and Claire are adorable yet frustrating.
I’m hoping to have a more in depth review eventually.

(P.s. I finished this book in a day.)

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