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A review by directorpurry
Another Pan by Dina Nayeri, Daniel Nayeri
2.0
Another Pan is the sequel to Another Faust, which I read, probably, close to 9 years ago now, so it's a good thing there isn't much story overlap!
Another Pan is a rather cluttered re-imagining of Peter Pan, set in a modern boarding school for wealthy and smart children, while also simultaneously attempting to explain the mechanics of the villain from the previous volume.
The Peter Pan parts really seemed to get lost in much of the inaccurate and muddled Egyptian-set myths - which also seemed to focus an awful lot on the biblical instances of Jews in Egypt? That part for me was rather frustrating to be honest. I would have enjoyed a more stable Pan retelling.
Not to say that I didn't enjoy this book. I thought it was a lot of fun for what it was. And I especially admire the way the Nayeris build characters, especially the villains and anti-heroes. They're genuinely unafraid of creating an unlikeable character. They present many characters with selfish ideals and, in the final hour, they are unrepentant. And that's what makes them interesting characters, their unwillingness to be good or nice.
Another Pan is a rather cluttered re-imagining of Peter Pan, set in a modern boarding school for wealthy and smart children, while also simultaneously attempting to explain the mechanics of the villain from the previous volume.
The Peter Pan parts really seemed to get lost in much of the inaccurate and muddled Egyptian-set myths - which also seemed to focus an awful lot on the biblical instances of Jews in Egypt? That part for me was rather frustrating to be honest. I would have enjoyed a more stable Pan retelling.
Not to say that I didn't enjoy this book. I thought it was a lot of fun for what it was. And I especially admire the way the Nayeris build characters, especially the villains and anti-heroes. They're genuinely unafraid of creating an unlikeable character. They present many characters with selfish ideals and, in the final hour, they are unrepentant. And that's what makes them interesting characters, their unwillingness to be good or nice.