Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lost Boy by Christina Henry

60 reviews

gologel's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

A book with more rage and bloodshed than I imagined. I barely know anything about the original Peter Pan, but it does a good job at retelling the story of a cheerful young hero, giving it a dark twist (& maybe shows how as adults we look at things more closely, more critically).

However, I feel like this is one of those few stories where a few more pages (50-100) would have been perfect to deepen the story and character development (which I would critique the most: Jamie is already very critical of Peter from the first chapter and perceives his wrong morals; I would have preferred to read the horror's dawning on him).

Overall, I wish there was a second book to this. Retell the whole story, not just Hook's & Peter's beginnings. I need him to get his revenge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

mykday's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is really well written.  This book kept me on the edge of sad and hopeful despite knowing the eventual ending. 
This book is dark and graphic and leaves some important elements unresolved...but it felt intentional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Child death, and Death of parent

lizrosereads8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

annuminas's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed it, it is really well written. It is really striking and makes you want to keep reading.
The relationships and dynamics between the characters are fantastic

(though I was not sold on how the one between Jamie and Sal developed)

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It truly is a book that sticks with you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

tarynmyheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

If you liked Lord of the Flies and Peter Pan + want an easy/quick read, this is it. Can be graphic at times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Death, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

josoko's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

aely's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Stalking, War, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Alcohol, Cursing, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

majaadriana's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Violence

mercydesy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book gives you a whole new perspective of peter pan and his lost boys and it's truly enjoyable to read.

The beginning started of really slow and reading through the first half of the book was a bit of a pain, because nothing important really happend and the book didn't really get to the point. Many scenes were way too long and could be shortend a bit.

I loved Jamies development! His anger and annoyance for Peter were pretty obvious since the beginning.

Despite that, you could clearly feel the pain that boy went through and the moment he fell completly out of love with Peter and finally started to act like that and  to grow into an adult 

The book was brutally written and at some points it was repulsive and disgusting to read if you keep in mind that 8-12 year old boys did those gruesome things like slaughtering others without a bit of mercy. This writing made the book really thrilling and fascinating for me. It was very gripping at the second half of the book because of the fast pace and hoping that your favorite side characters do not brutally die like most of the others. 
The fast pace at the end made it also very enjoyable to read and even though we know the ending of the book since the beginning, there are many small plottwists and turns that keep you occupied.

All in all I would recommend this book and encourage to keep reading even if the first half is a bit slow, it is  worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

scully_wannabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED this book! It puts a new twist on Peter Pan without it feeling played out or boring. Written from Hook’s perspective, you’re given an insight into how and why he became “Hook” as we know him. This book had me obsessed  from start to finish and I couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death