A review by logger_j
Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I did not really like this book unfortunately. Im not sure if I just didn't get most of the story, because im not super familiar with the original Peter Pan story, or if this was just a very out there retelling. Overall I was just very confused most of the time, and I thought that the story was boring because of this. 

I found all of the characters expect for Jane, to be very annoying. Jane was supposed to be the strict, old fashioned, unlikeable character, but I feel like she was the only one with common sense and MANNERS. oh my god everyone in this book was so rude. I seriously got PISSED OFF when
Holly yelled and tried to FIRE nan for something that was absolutely in no way Nan's fault.
 

I also thought that some parts of the story were just completely uanessacry and just dragged the story along. for instance
Elliots whole character was just completely unnecessary when he just gets fired in the end because he was going to expose holly for all of the messed up experiments she was doing on her children.
And considering that Barry was supposed to be her best friend, he kind of sucked at it.

Overall the most confusing part was the ending. I  still have no idea why Jane went to Neverland. I mean I kind of know why Eden went, because she would have died otherwise, but it kind of seemed like Jane went just because she didn't want to be old again. Also it was kind of strange that Jane was so obsessed and loved Peter Pan her entire life and then all of the sudden couldn't care less about him because her daughter (who is very untrustworthy at this point) says that he raped her. And in the end when it is reviled that Holly and Christopher are kind of together, I just feel like there was no chemistry or anything leading up to that point. I feel like it was another thing just added to make the story longer, and add more connections to maybe the original story? but I don't even know.
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