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anniebob's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism
oceanwriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I feel as though a book like this needs no recap, so I'll go right into it.
I never expected the pacing to be so fast even though it's a children's book. Maybe being familiar with the plot is part of the reason, but I felt like whenever I blinked I was on a new scene. A lot of the material hasn't aged well, either, which being a classic comes to little surprise yet never fails to catch me off guard. Still, I adore the premise and always have, so I'm glad to have finally read the original novel.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment
mdwsn27's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Colonisation
kirstencholewa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Kidnapping
colorful_lulu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexism
Minor: Kidnapping
laineydunne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
christygsp's review against another edition
2.0
So right off the bat, this book was so much darker than any other iteration I have seen, and it was pretty disturbing. Peter is both completely oblivious, and manipulative and sadistic. He likes to see kids in pain or trouble, casually suggests and follows through with killing people, and kidnaps kids with no regard to their wishes.. I hate him.
There was a lot more focus on Mr and Mrs Darling than I would have thought, but it made it all the more heartbreaking when their kids essentially disappear. Although I will say, Wendy told her mum that a strange dude was watching them sleep and she did basically nothing about it, except interact directly with Peter and steal his shadow. I thought the whole point of PP was that kids basically dreamt or imagined someone like him, not that he was REAL and that parents actually saw him. Either that, or everyone in the Darling family is Schizophrenic.
Hearing a little bit about how Fairy magic and life works was interesting, but the rest of this book was un-savable for me.
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death and Violence
kfridaysandwiches's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
rusame's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation
writewithapendragon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail