Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise

11 reviews

_annabanana_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Animal death, Grief, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Cultural appropriation

thebooksanctum's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A brilliant take on Peter Pan, I loved how creepy the whole thing felt, and the twist around the original tale! Wendy was a badass of a character, and I loved seeing her daughter's POV too!
I'm not entirely sure I understood what Peter was in the end, but such a good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, War, Kidnapping, Murder, and Racial slurs

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I’ve never actually read Peter Pan and have only seen the play and Disney versions a couple of times, however, I enjoy Peter Pan retellings for some reason. Wendy, Darling has been on my TBR since reading Darling Girl. I can see that this is where some inspiration might have come from for that book, but it didn’t hit me quite the same. 

 

Past her days in Neverland and now a mother to Jane, Wendy is shocked to find Peter Pan looming over her daughter’s bed and watches horrified as Peter whisks her away to be ‘the new Wendy’. Wendy now must return to Neverland to save Jane. As she does so, shadows of the past come back to haunt her. 

 

There was a lot I enjoyed about the book, such as the writing/prose and real-world interpretations. I also liked the mother/daughter aspect. Despite this, I found myself struggling to get into the story past the first few chapters. I don’t think I was in the right mindset, so I would like to try this book again at another time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Racism, and Death

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, and War

kadtide's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Child death

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Racism, War, and Sexism

bookmark3brodi's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Gore, and Racism

natashaleighton_'s review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Grief, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Colonisation

willowwastaken's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Gore, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

abominablesnowaro's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Violence, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

thomas_wright's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i really liked the idea of what happened after peter pan and this delivered on that very nicely apart from 1 thing no pixie no explanation as to why 
this would be a 5 star read if it was more tightly written and 100 pages less and if it had a audio book version i could have swiched to when needed because some of the chapters were far to long at 30 to 54 pages as it has those issues which get in the way of access for disabled people i have marked this down from a 5 star read to a 3.75 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death

anniereads221's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this dark retelling of Peter Pan

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: War