Oakes’ tale, told form Wendy’s point of view, breathes new life into Peter’s story and makes it her own. Barries’ original 1911 novel or the many film versions it inspired. “We are all familiar with the story of Peter Pan, whether from J.M. VERDICT: A dark twist on a familiar tale that readers will have difficulty putting down." During the rest of the action-packed novel, she tries to escape him and the dangers of the island with her brothers in tow. When she begins to remember her past and expresses a desire to return home, Peter turns cruel and abusive. And this Peter Pan is a young man who has his sinister sights set on Wendy. This is Neverland crossed with William Golding’s Lord of the Flies there is jealousy, anger, maliciousness, and death. It soon becomes apparent that Peter, far from a naive boy who won’t grow up, is a cunning, manipulative leader. The longer they stay on the island, the harder they find it to remember their former lives.
"This Peter Pan story may sound familiar, but the tale takes a darker turn when the children arrive on Pan Island in Neverland. Dark, even horrific in its graphic bloodshed and psychological menace but the nuanced portrayals―of a hero frequently excused by his whimsical glamour and a heroine too often dismissed as girlishly insipid―are riveting. While she is initially intoxicated by his charisma, Wendy's practical good sense, stubborn loyalty, and newly liberated fire give her the courage to defy Peter.only to land, in a stunning cliffhanger, in even worse peril. But it also harbors unexpected dangers.perhaps none greater than Peter himself. Described in lush, lingering detail, Neverland is all that Peter Pan promises: vibrant, gorgeous, filled with magic and excitement. Yet when a strange, beautiful, flying (!) youth tempts her and her younger brothers to abandon stodgy Edwardian London, she yields to long-suppressed yearnings for adventure. "Wendy Darling tries to be a proper young lady despite her forbidden romance with a bookseller's son.
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