Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry

43 reviews

definitelynotnina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

It was not at all what I expected when I picked this up, but it's a wonderfully twisted version of the story. Not for the faint of heart.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual violence and Outing

iamlexy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

ksuazo94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Child death, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Confinement, Grief, Animal death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Violence, Medical content, and Blood

tym_flies'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I honestly love a good retelling of classic children's fairytales, and this one is no different. It's the story of Peter Pan told from the perspective of the notorious Captain Hook (A.K.A Jamie). It really goes to show how growing up changes our perspective on life, as we lose the carefree sensibility of childhood and add the burdens of the people we care about to our own. 

It's cruel,

it doesn't end well,

and it really makes you understand why Hook hates Peter so much. I do too tbh.

I'm devasted. Harry's death had me thinking, "Okay, so this is serious." And then Del, who fought so hard it makes my heart clench a little bit. And then the boys with the cannonball. And then Fog, and Crow, and Sal. I honestly thought we were going to end up with only Jamie, but his duckling and Nod made it out okay, if we can even call that a win. Plus, the PLOT TWISTS??!? Sal being a girl?? Peter killing Jamie's mother?! Battle LITERALLY sustaining Peter's life?!?!! I couldn't keep up. The sheer rage Jamie must feel when he sees more boys on the island. I really do understand it tbh. His cruetly and manipulation is equal parts impressive and maddening.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

booksanddopamine's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.0

I had a hard time figuring out what rating to give this book. The writing was well done and I was interested enough that I didn't DNF it. However, the whole time I read it I didn't quite like it, maybe because it's just not my jam. It was brutal, violent, and certainly dark, but not what I would call horror. Lost Boy was very Lord of the Flies - esque, a book all these years later I look back on with strong dislike. 

I didn't feel like I had time to emotionally connect with the lost boys but still found it hard to listen to the details of their gruesome deaths. The pacing was also hard for me. It took a while to get going, then most of the fast-paced action involved graphic violence. I liked the ending but it felt rushed and I was left thinking, "Wait, that was it?" 

The book did a fine job showing why Hook hates Peter Pan so much (in this prequel at least which doesn't rely heavily on the original story of Peter Pan), but it painted Peter in a purely evil light. I hoped there would be more shades to him rather than a completely selfish, conniving, unhinged, uncaring jerk. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

darkty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Rape, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

thathiplass's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

breadwitchery's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Animal death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Fatphobia

ruthjenkins's review against another edition

adventurous dark

5.0

---

Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual violence

l_ander's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Grief