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Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

63 reviews

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

3.5

Pretty decent book. Enjoyed this Peter Pan retelling even thought I'm not a big fan of Peter Pan in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, and Kidnapping

tea_coffee_sam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content, Alcoholism, and Cancer

citrus_seasalt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars! The first third pleasantly surprised me with its quality(I’d heard this was the most “meh” of Aiden’s catalogue and went into this with my expectations fairly low), I loved the intrigue and the genuine mystery. But then, not much was added onto the plot after that, which made it a narratively weaker story than Aiden’s other two works, and the ending twists were strange? I think most of the plot holes were smoothed out but I got some questions about Neverland and how all of that business works. 

The romance, in concept, is kinda weird! I didn’t like it, and although I got that the same sense of tenderness present in Aiden’s other romances was MEANT to be captured here too, I just wasn’t feeling it as much. (Which was a bummer, because even with TST, I had my fair share of critiques about it but enjoyed that aspect of it a lot?? And, y’know, romance was something so beautiful and integral to his debut, “Cemetery Boys”! Yadriel and Julian are one of like…four book romances that make me yearn for the feeling of falling for someone lol.) (Anyhow, Aiden Thomas, please do not try to write another straight romance lmfao.)

The spooky atmosphere was very well-written, though. Even if it only got a few parts to really shine and be written in detail, it one of the best aspects of the story, in my opinion! 

This concludes my endeavors of reading every book Aiden Thomas has written so far. Yay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcoholism

elizabeth_potato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

i couldn’t tell who the book was aimed at. most of it felt more middle school while some aspects felt aimed at older teenagers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Alcoholism

thenonmouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

josieruby1's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Blood

alyxisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Did I predict the plot twist? Yes. Did I cry anyway? Yes. Yes, I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Gun violence

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

3.5

3.5 rounded up! This wasn't quite my thing (Peter Pan isn't my fave), but Aiden's writing definitely made it enjoyable! IDK if this is a spoiler but the vibes of this book were

SO TRAGIC. I almost cried near the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident and Confinement