lizzy_22's review against another edition
5.0
Tiger Lily It's not hard to imagine that the way Anderson writes the story of Tiger Lily casts the Disney version of Peter Pan we all know and love in a whole new and astoundingly bittersweet light. This is the story of the girl who loved Peter first.
Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.
Narrated by a familiar little fairy named Tinkerbell, we see the world of Neverland in a beautiful, wild and savage way. Beautiful written with heartfelt emotion and vivid imagination, I was enthralled from start to finish with Tiger Lily's bravery, loyalty and the personal sacrifices that defined her. With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.
Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.
Narrated by a familiar little fairy named Tinkerbell, we see the world of Neverland in a beautiful, wild and savage way. Beautiful written with heartfelt emotion and vivid imagination, I was enthralled from start to finish with Tiger Lily's bravery, loyalty and the personal sacrifices that defined her. With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.
kayla_llbr's review against another edition
5.0
Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . .
“Let me tell you something straight off. This is a love story, but not like any you’ve ever heard. The boy and the girl are far from innocent. Dear lives are lost. And good doesn’t win.”
As many of you know based on certain handles that I am a fan of Peter Pan (Tinker Bell if we are being specific). And lucky for us Tink fans, she is the narrator of this story. Just based on the teaser above I was intrigued to learn who could possibly belong to Peter Pan besides dear Wendy Darling. Little did I know that by the end of this book I would dislike Wendy and be sobbing my eyes out because of Peter’s actions.
“Tiger Lily went back into the house, from which she kept watch of the ocean. She held her arms around her stomach and stayed awake. She didn’t want him to catch her sleeping.
Peter did not come that night, or the next day, and she stayed awake. She did not believe he could have really gone, because for her, to leave the person you loved was impossible.
For three days, she kept on studying the horizon, even speaking to it, as if a ship that had already disappeared could hear her. “Choose me.”
And Peter did choose. But he chose something else.”
This book was savage. It was so much more than a re-imagining of a beloved children story. I felt scared for the world that Tiger Lily lived in.
“Still, the longer I was around her, the more I could see the colors of her mind and the recesses of her heart. There was a beast in there. But there was also a girl who was afraid of being a beast, and who wondered if other people had beasts in their hearts too.”
She was in constant attack mode from the people in her village. Tiger Lily lived in a world without any choices. She was warned to never set her sights in front of the dangerous Peter Pan. Little did Tiger Lily know it wasn’t that Peter was a danger to her safety. Peter was a danger to her heart.
“To love someone was not what she had expected. It was like falling from somewhere high up and breaking in half, and only one person having the secret to the puzzle of putting her back together.”
This story is about love, about lost love, the consequences of our actions, and most of all, growing up. Jodi Lynn Anderson’s writing is gorgeous. Her words leap off the page and tug at your heart.
5 stars*
mybookmuse.wordpress.com
“Let me tell you something straight off. This is a love story, but not like any you’ve ever heard. The boy and the girl are far from innocent. Dear lives are lost. And good doesn’t win.”
As many of you know based on certain handles that I am a fan of Peter Pan (Tinker Bell if we are being specific). And lucky for us Tink fans, she is the narrator of this story. Just based on the teaser above I was intrigued to learn who could possibly belong to Peter Pan besides dear Wendy Darling. Little did I know that by the end of this book I would dislike Wendy and be sobbing my eyes out because of Peter’s actions.
“Tiger Lily went back into the house, from which she kept watch of the ocean. She held her arms around her stomach and stayed awake. She didn’t want him to catch her sleeping.
Peter did not come that night, or the next day, and she stayed awake. She did not believe he could have really gone, because for her, to leave the person you loved was impossible.
For three days, she kept on studying the horizon, even speaking to it, as if a ship that had already disappeared could hear her. “Choose me.”
And Peter did choose. But he chose something else.”
This book was savage. It was so much more than a re-imagining of a beloved children story. I felt scared for the world that Tiger Lily lived in.
“Still, the longer I was around her, the more I could see the colors of her mind and the recesses of her heart. There was a beast in there. But there was also a girl who was afraid of being a beast, and who wondered if other people had beasts in their hearts too.”
She was in constant attack mode from the people in her village. Tiger Lily lived in a world without any choices. She was warned to never set her sights in front of the dangerous Peter Pan. Little did Tiger Lily know it wasn’t that Peter was a danger to her safety. Peter was a danger to her heart.
“To love someone was not what she had expected. It was like falling from somewhere high up and breaking in half, and only one person having the secret to the puzzle of putting her back together.”
This story is about love, about lost love, the consequences of our actions, and most of all, growing up. Jodi Lynn Anderson’s writing is gorgeous. Her words leap off the page and tug at your heart.
5 stars*
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yursh's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
musicalphoenix's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-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? Yes
5.0
francesabbie's review against another edition
5.0
OH,
MY
HEART.
MY
HEART.
MY
HEART.
Where do I even begin.
Okay.
First off, I would like to commend the writing style of this story: it is so damn good! Tinker Bell is such an empathic narrator; she is funny, sweet, and so very engaged in the events that she surrounded herself with, that she takes you there with her---clay stuck to your toes, breeze tickling your senses.
The prose. Oh. The prose is just beautiful. The prose is bewitching.
I fell in love with this book.
//
Secondly, let's talk about the plot.
Shit.
Shit, you guys. I did not expect this. At all.
Of course, I knew from the very beginning that it would probably wreck me, because we all know that Tiger Lily and Peter Pan did not really end up together, and THIS IS A LOVE STORY [FOR GOD'S SAKE], as Tink aforementioned IN THE VERY FIRST CHAPTER.
*SIGHHHHHHHHHHS*
The book DESTROYED me. THIS BOOK IS JUST SAVAGE IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. Because, it is not merely a love story between Tiger Lily and Peter, but also, LIFE. It is about life and its nature: about the discords, the frenzies, the betrayals, the struggles, the cruelty, the pain, the loneliness, the longing, the giddiness---the complexity of it all. The book will crawl on you for its realistic-ness. The representations are so very well handled, too. I JUST DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE SOOO DEEP THAT I FUCKING DROWNED.
Provoking. Feeling. Thinking. *SIGHS* I am in awe. Jodi Lynn, you are brilliant.
//
Characters.
Oh, man. I loved the characters of this retelling! They are all so intricately designed. No one seemed to be flat, no one seemed to be not interesting.
And they're all so real, I am gobsmacked!
Jodi Lynn made them so damn dynamic. EVERY ONE.
//
All-in-all, it is a bittersweet tale of life and its happenstances. It is good, it is raw, it is heartbreaking, it is beautiful. Please, read it.
"I hate that the world does not work out fair." --"Tiger Lily", by Jodi Lynn Anderson
This book shall haunt me for ever.
MY
HEART.
MY
HEART.
MY
HEART.
Where do I even begin.
Okay.
First off, I would like to commend the writing style of this story: it is so damn good! Tinker Bell is such an empathic narrator; she is funny, sweet, and so very engaged in the events that she surrounded herself with, that she takes you there with her---clay stuck to your toes, breeze tickling your senses.
The prose. Oh. The prose is just beautiful. The prose is bewitching.
I fell in love with this book.
//
Secondly, let's talk about the plot.
Shit.
Shit, you guys. I did not expect this. At all.
Of course, I knew from the very beginning that it would probably wreck me, because we all know that Tiger Lily and Peter Pan did not really end up together, and THIS IS A LOVE STORY [FOR GOD'S SAKE], as Tink aforementioned IN THE VERY FIRST CHAPTER.
*SIGHHHHHHHHHHS*
The book DESTROYED me. THIS BOOK IS JUST SAVAGE IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. Because, it is not merely a love story between Tiger Lily and Peter, but also, LIFE. It is about life and its nature: about the discords, the frenzies, the betrayals, the struggles, the cruelty, the pain, the loneliness, the longing, the giddiness---the complexity of it all. The book will crawl on you for its realistic-ness. The representations are so very well handled, too. I JUST DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE SOOO DEEP THAT I FUCKING DROWNED.
Provoking. Feeling. Thinking. *SIGHS* I am in awe. Jodi Lynn, you are brilliant.
//
Characters.
Oh, man. I loved the characters of this retelling! They are all so intricately designed. No one seemed to be flat, no one seemed to be not interesting.
And they're all so real, I am gobsmacked!
Jodi Lynn made them so damn dynamic. EVERY ONE.
//
All-in-all, it is a bittersweet tale of life and its happenstances. It is good, it is raw, it is heartbreaking, it is beautiful. Please, read it.
"I hate that the world does not work out fair." --"Tiger Lily", by Jodi Lynn Anderson
This book shall haunt me for ever.
atris_lauraborealis's review against another edition
4.0
My god this was a beautifully done book. I found this book through Epic Reads First Five and went out and bought it after reading those first five chapters and not being able to stop thinking about it.
This a gorgeous, dark re-telling of Peter Pan from Tiger Lily's perspective. Covering everything from cross-dressing to first love to rape, the boom handles each subject beautifully, writing with love and brutal honesty as Tiger Lily experiences all of the confusion, confidence and trauma of coming into her own. The lyrical poeticism reminded me of Wink, Poppy, Midnight.
I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to everyone, Peter Pan lovers or not.
This a gorgeous, dark re-telling of Peter Pan from Tiger Lily's perspective. Covering everything from cross-dressing to first love to rape, the boom handles each subject beautifully, writing with love and brutal honesty as Tiger Lily experiences all of the confusion, confidence and trauma of coming into her own. The lyrical poeticism reminded me of Wink, Poppy, Midnight.
I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to everyone, Peter Pan lovers or not.
freesien's review against another edition
4.0
Ich werd den Film Peter Pan niemals mehr wieder so sehen können, wie ich's vorher getan hab. Wendy ist scheiße. Sie hat Peter von Tiger Lily gestohlen.
Das Ende ist so schön bittersüß :'(
Das Ende ist so schön bittersüß :'(
alyssa8t's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
shanyreader's review against another edition
4.0
I am broken right now. That is the best way to describe the state of my heart just a mere 15 minutes after finishing this book. It's the kind of broken that started around 30 pages before the end and kind of lingered on getting worse and worse as I finally reached the end of the book and realized that my heart was still in pieces. Sure, there was a little something at the end that kind of poured a salve on my wounded heart But man, it was such a beautiful and intoxicating book, like, just emotionally, it haunts you. It has the power to reach into your heart and understand you. The way that it described the characters as all broken in some way, they were just so believable and you could see a little bit of yourself in every character in some way because the emotions given to them were real and just as imperfect as any human beings'. I'm just rambling now because it's 3:00 AM but man, this book really pulled me in. I finished it in two sittings. Great book and I'd really recommend it to anyone as long as they're okay with a not-happy-ending and a maybe less likable interpretation of Wendy X)