But Wendy Darling grew up. She left Neverland and became a woman, a mother, a patient, and a survivor. Because Neverland isn't as perfect as she remembers. There's darkness at the heart of the island, and now Peter Pan has returned to claim a new Wendy for his lost boys.
Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Fiction, Feminism
My Rating: 4/5
My Review:
"Wendy Darling, the girl who learnt to fly, who survived, who refused to be Afraid"
The Classic Peter Pan and the Lost Boys retold. Only Peter Pan is not just the boy who refuses to grow up but much more dark and malicious. This story is the darker version of what happens in neverland after Wendy leaves and returns home.
"This is what happens when you grow up!!"
Wendy when she was in Neverland first with her brothers (1902), wendy after she comes back and is sent to an asylum(because she struggles to forget neverland and peter while her brother can't remember it) (1917-1920), Jane(wendy's daughter being flown away with Peter, and Wendy flying back to Neverland to save her daughter are simultaneously depicted here (present 1931).
Peter abducts Wendy's daughter, Jane, mistaking her for Wendy and takes her to Neverland. Very soon after reaching Neverland Jane realizes her memory fading away until she forgets her name. She senses the dark manipulative power of Peter and though she falls for his tricks on her mind, she finds her way back.
On the other hand, Wendy decides to save her daughter from the boy who refuses to grow up. on her journey to Neverland again, she recalls paramount secrets given to her by Peter about himself which she had long forgotten or made to forget. However now she will fight Peter and bring back her daughter.
I felt a little stretch in the story, with excess details which could have been avoided.
Thank you #NetGalley and #Titanbooks for the ARC.
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