A review by halcyonuncoil
Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart, Brett Helquist

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This is one of those books that I borrowed so often from the library they would have to gently inform me that someone else was in line to borrow it and I couldn't have it for another week. Definitely predictable but dryly witty, lighthearted, and charming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Torture

There is a running theme of discussing James' blood since it is apparently yellow. This is generally done in florid detail and in comparison to food so that can be off putting. There is a description of a bunch of boys torturing and killing a boar Lord of the Flies style towards the beginning of the book as well. Also, there is a moderately graphic scene of James getting whipped by a couple other boys mid book which has him dissociating so there's that.