Lila Danisa
To be frankly honest, I never a fan of Peter Pan story. From the original to adaptation to anything related to Peter Pan, I usually chose not to pay to much attention. But I intrigued with this one because of the blurb. I wanted to know how Peter Pan would do when he indeed the last boy who don't want to grow up.
This book has dual timeline. Peter Pan's timeline in Neverland and Wendy's timeline in earth (London). At the beginning I was confused by these dual story and because I entirely forgot about Wendy. Fortunately, my brain caught up and my reading journey continued (kinda) smoothly.
Almost the entire book, except the very end, Peter Pan was the character I knew and disliked. He was childish and arrogant. Luckily the story brought out the redemption arc of him at the end of the story.
For Wendy's side of story, it was actually sad and deep meaning. It portrayed perfectly how adult being forced to 'adulting' and fill the expectations of other (entitled) adults. I loved how strong Wendy here. She stood up for herself beautifully.
The illustrations were good. Detailed and caught the right expressions of every characters. However, don't be like me who expect the illustration style within the story would be the same as the cover illustration because they are completely different style. I was kinda disappointed at first but along the way I agreed that the illustration style was fit the story better.
Thank you to Dan Panosian, BOOM! Studios, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Originally posted at www.goodreads.com.
To be frankly honest, I never a fan of Peter Pan story. From the original to adaptation to anything related to Peter Pan, I usually chose not to pay to much attention. But I intrigued with this one because of the blurb. I wanted to know how Peter Pan would do when he indeed the last boy who don't want to grow up.
This book has dual timeline. Peter Pan's timeline in Neverland and Wendy's timeline in earth (London). At the beginning I was confused by these dual story and because I entirely forgot about Wendy. Fortunately, my brain caught up and my reading journey continued (kinda) smoothly.
Almost the entire book, except the very end, Peter Pan was the character I knew and disliked. He was childish and arrogant. Luckily the story brought out the redemption arc of him at the end of the story.
For Wendy's side of story, it was actually sad and deep meaning. It portrayed perfectly how adult being forced to 'adulting' and fill the expectations of other (entitled) adults. I loved how strong Wendy here. She stood up for herself beautifully.
The illustrations were good. Detailed and caught the right expressions of every characters. However, don't be like me who expect the illustration style within the story would be the same as the cover illustration because they are completely different style. I was kinda disappointed at first but along the way I agreed that the illustration style was fit the story better.
Thank you to Dan Panosian, BOOM! Studios, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Originally posted at www.goodreads.com.