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nmuels's review against another edition
Graphic: Deadnaming
Moderate: Transphobia, Death, Violence, and Body horror
c_alexander's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
yourbookishbff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Sexual content
Transphobia and deadnaming occurs in Peter's flashbacks to life outside of Neverland.sadie_g's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book does handle heavy topics, such as transphobia and homophobia, but it is a beautiful book about queer and trans love and belonging. Also, such a good enemies to lovers storyline.
My only complaint is that I felt the ending was a bit rushed and I would have loved a bit more of that.
Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia and War
astropova's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Violence, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria
Minor: Blood, Homophobia, and Transphobia
virgilsinferno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Violence and Transphobia
rhi_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, and Homophobia
booksnbcys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Death, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, and Murder
Minor: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, War, and Suicidal thoughts
athenian_frog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The story touches on several different ideas like:
-having to take on prejudice as you grow older
-what it's like to risk leaving behind a safe place/community
-the struggles of having a family who doesn't understand you/accept your identity (mainly a queer identity in this book's case)
-OH and having to face the world's difficulties when the person/people you once shouldered these difficulties with is gone. Like how just bc you've lost them doesn't mean you have to close yourself off entirely. There will be people who can come to understand you and support you.
There's also a little bit about how LGBTQIA+ people have been made to feel unsafe in the "real" world, with lines like:
"He was a dream. Someone to warm my bed where[in Neverland] it was safe to imagine such things."
The romance was also more gradual than I had anticipated, in a good way. There's some initial attraction but its kind of set aside in the MC's head until he decides to unpack it, and understand what he's feeling. They ended up being a very mutually supportive duo.
The side characters were good, personally my favorites were Earnest and Tinker Bell. I think the captain's crew could have had a lil more substance to them but I kind of understand why they weren't bc of reasons the narrative explains.
Last point: the internal AND external voices all gender Peter correctly, aside from his original family. Even when not in Neverland, very few gendered remarks are made about AFAB body qualities. I thought this was a cool decision.
Moderate: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, and Death
Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Violence
A trans male character is consistently deadnamed by their family, but we don't see their family anyways too often. The internal gendering is still consistent w/ masculine conventions. A child is killed via stab through the sword. The description is brief. A few men are killed in sword fights and a monster attack. Sexual content is vague but still there. If you've read The Song of Achilles it's that kind of vague but even less specific LOL. There is some discussion of what men and women are "supposed" to do. Some of it is masculinity ideas that the MC employs to reinforce his own sense of manhood. These are protested/corrected by the surrounding characters. Some mentions of feelings of dysphoria by the MC. I would say most of it comes down to accepting your body as masculine because YOU ARE a guy. There's not really much feminine gendering of the MC's AFAB body, though. There is some blood and injury. A character gets poisoned. Another character has an infected stab wound.rock_gnome'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
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Deadnaming, Violence, Death, Gore, and War
Moderate: Sexual content