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A review by lizshayne
Peter Darling by Austin Chant
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.0
Why do I enjoy Peter Pan retellings so much given how much I feel like I have grown out of the original...
Well that's a question that answers itself.
There is something nice about the attempts to logic the nonsense that is Neverland, which this book mostly does not do, but allows it to be what it is. And also just, it's a very smart twist to the original to make it about trans masculinity and the dream of being a boy forever hits differently when its dreamed by the eldest Darling child.
Also the dedication was perfect, no notes. And set the tone for exactly what to expect from the rest of the book. I really did appreciate, though, how the story also deconstructed childish notions of masculinity versus more mature ones through the dreams of the characters. Which is also why the romance worked.
Anyway, it's a very full book for its length and I really enjoyed it.
Well that's a question that answers itself.
There is something nice about the attempts to logic the nonsense that is Neverland, which this book mostly does not do, but allows it to be what it is. And also just, it's a very smart twist to the original to make it about trans masculinity and the dream of being a boy forever hits differently when its dreamed by the eldest Darling child.
Also the dedication was perfect, no notes. And set the tone for exactly what to expect from the rest of the book. I really did appreciate, though, how the story also deconstructed childish notions of masculinity versus more mature ones through the dreams of the characters. Which is also why the romance worked.
Anyway, it's a very full book for its length and I really enjoyed it.