Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry

74 reviews

th3bookthief's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kenziekat's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

mayra96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Personally I always knew Peter Pan to be the bad guy even though Disney painted a certain charm about him. This book tell you how Captain Hook became the person we know, the “villain” every child loved to hate and why. Other than the OUAT depiction of Hook’s story, this might just be a personal favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

peeshpish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

dottiewankenobi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

there were a few small things I thought were done in a clunky way, but overall this story knocked me to the ground and bashed my head in as if I was the one in Battle,,, but like in a good way? I'm crying too hard to write a good review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

amp18's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

For some reason, I thought

Sally

would make it. I would classify this as horror fantasy because I felt horrified at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence

priscillarobock's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

charisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I’m a huge sucker for Peter Pan related stuff :( The story and reimagining are fantastic, and the complicated relationship and constant sense of danger we’re handled brilliantly. There were some points where the writing felt a little immature but I think I’m a little above the target audience anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

unicornofblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape

mikathereviewer's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

Honestly that was a really great Peter Pan re-read and also my favourite so far.

As one can already tell from the cover it's a horror retelling from Peter Pan. But not just any retelling. We get lots of plottwists, character development and many original ideas implanted in this retelling book. That's what also makes this story so wonderful for me. Even though it's a retelling it would be unoriginal, right? But not this one. Just like I always want retellings to be this one has originality and added own made-up things. That was my first book by this author and now it's my favourite author. 

The story was so intriguing and tense and many more things. 

I fell in love not only with the plot but its characters. Especially the past from them and how they become to what they are in the present where the story was told.

Even though it was a retelling the story felt like a completely new one with new exciting things to explore and discover.

If you ever want to read a retelling book by Peter Pan here is your sign; Read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Sexual violence, and Murder