A review by amz1006
Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise

adventurous dark 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? N/A

3.0

I really enjoyed reading this book. I wasn’t intending to read it all in one sitting but I did anyway. I enjoyed the darker aspects of Neverland and how nothing is ever what it seems. It gave very much Lord of the Flies vibes. 

I’m not really sure I would call this a feminist retelling like it was described, but there is certainly a level of intricacy to the women and their relationships in this book that often get left out of other books. 

I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing. It took me a while to realize that what I didn’t really like was that it is written in the present tense and it threw me off a bit. Idk if maybe Wendy is just a really emotional person but the sheer amount of internal reflection that happened in this book was…a lot, especially for a book written in third person. I found myself skimming a lot of it tbh. 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

CW for this book: graphic violence 



The last thing I want to comment on was the torture scene of Wendy in the mental institution. It was hard to read and honestly it could’ve been left out. We could’ve just been told instead of shown yk.
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