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presco's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence and Alcohol
bookwyyrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Kidnapping
hannahnj17's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
With the exception of grief, the content is pretty minor and should be okay for most kids 13 and olderkerrygibbons's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol
The themes of this book are dark and involve children going missing, emotional abuse, andshannnne_reads_words's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
historyoftape's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Sometimes I felt the book leaned too much into previous characterizations of Wendy and Peter, but the further on it went the more I could feel the characters becoming the author's own. The ending came about
One thing I found slightly unrealistic though was that none of the kids spilled the beans on Peter Pan.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Chronic illness and Stalking
lunep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Cursing, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
_haggis_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
sarah_shelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I started losing interest somewhere around the time Wendy confronted Peter in the hunting shack and confirmed he was in fact trying to help the missing kids not hurt them. After that, so much of the novel was just Wendy trying to hide her activities from her family and friends because no one would believe her (which makes sense but also just got more annoying every time she brought it up and delivered a new lie) or her and Peter wandering around the town and woods with no real idea of how to help.
I will admit, the last few chapters were entertaining and fun. I suspected part of the plot twist, but didn’t quite grasp the scope of it until the big reveal. And while the lack of communication that exacerbated the reveal was annoying, I was so happy to see some out there theories make it into this version’s lore. However, I can’t help thinking so much of the novel was unnecessary to reach that point. Yes, technically all the development between Peter and Wendy was required for the climax of the story, but again it was all just so slow. It doesn’t fit into the supposed deadline and terrible consequences everyone will face if they fail to find the kids and stop their kidnapper. The ending, and it really was a fantastic ending in my eyes, can’t make up for my lackluster opinion of the rest of the novel.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
tea_coffee_sam'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
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Medical content