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A review by neverlandcallie
The Bridge to Never Land by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
3.0
I am a Peter Pan fanatic. There's no denying it. I was a little skeptical about this book at first, especially after reading Peter and the Sword of Mercy when I originally thought there would only be three of those books. Seeing the release of this one, I wasn't sure if it could live up to those books.
It didn't do it, entirely.
1) I've realized after reading this book, it's extremely hard to modernize Peter Pan. I think, just like the boy who can never grow up, Peter Pan is immortialized in the 1900's and can never outgrow them. It's hard to change the setting, especially when the bridge to neverland is in Disneyworld . . . that was way too much for me.
2) Where was the plot? Aidan and Sarah found this box of starstuff, and now Ombra's after them. That was the plot of the book. They had NO PLANS whatsoever. They didn't know what to do with the box, they just happened to end up in Never Land and decided to leave it there . . . ugh. There should have been more plot, and I didn't find it.
3) In the original Peter Pan, Peter wanted Wendy to stay. Now they HATE visitors? That bugged the crap outta me.
4) The bridge to Neverland is in Disneyworld. No. Just. No. That completely throws away "Second Star to the right and straight on till morning!" quote. Pearson and Barry never touch on that quote. Never. I wisht that they would have. That's what drives every single child in the world who ever loved and believed in Peter Pan. If you're going to write books about Peter Pan, based on the novel/play by J.M. Barrie, then you stick to the originality and details of that book.
5) I'm not going to lie, the Starstuff was quite the interesting explanation, and I do love that about the books, but the fact that it's now all gone, none's ever fallen to earth or ever coming back? I want to believe in global warming now because of that, but that's just ridiculous and I'm not going to. Starstuff just can't be all gone. It came from outerspace, or whatever. I'm sure there's plenty more and more will fall in the future.
As for the props, the tale was certainly compelling. Full of mystery, which I did like to an extent. But then it dragged on and on, and I lost sight of the plot, and though it was interesting to see Peter Pan interact with modern day, I still think he should stick to the 1900's and the originality of that setting.
It didn't do it, entirely.
1) I've realized after reading this book, it's extremely hard to modernize Peter Pan. I think, just like the boy who can never grow up, Peter Pan is immortialized in the 1900's and can never outgrow them. It's hard to change the setting, especially when the bridge to neverland is in Disneyworld . . . that was way too much for me.
2) Where was the plot? Aidan and Sarah found this box of starstuff, and now Ombra's after them. That was the plot of the book. They had NO PLANS whatsoever. They didn't know what to do with the box, they just happened to end up in Never Land and decided to leave it there . . . ugh. There should have been more plot, and I didn't find it.
3) In the original Peter Pan, Peter wanted Wendy to stay. Now they HATE visitors? That bugged the crap outta me.
4) The bridge to Neverland is in Disneyworld. No. Just. No. That completely throws away "Second Star to the right and straight on till morning!" quote. Pearson and Barry never touch on that quote. Never. I wisht that they would have. That's what drives every single child in the world who ever loved and believed in Peter Pan. If you're going to write books about Peter Pan, based on the novel/play by J.M. Barrie, then you stick to the originality and details of that book.
5) I'm not going to lie, the Starstuff was quite the interesting explanation, and I do love that about the books, but the fact that it's now all gone, none's ever fallen to earth or ever coming back? I want to believe in global warming now because of that, but that's just ridiculous and I'm not going to. Starstuff just can't be all gone. It came from outerspace, or whatever. I'm sure there's plenty more and more will fall in the future.
As for the props, the tale was certainly compelling. Full of mystery, which I did like to an extent. But then it dragged on and on, and I lost sight of the plot, and though it was interesting to see Peter Pan interact with modern day, I still think he should stick to the 1900's and the originality of that setting.