Book Bindings Blog

This book was not what I was expecting.  At all.  I was super edited to read a modern and exciting retelling.  However, instead I was reading a contemporary novel with a plotline that I had a hard time making connections to the real Peter Pan story. 

Take Jas (aka Captain Hook) for example. I was prepared for a dark mysterious character that battled between villainy and heroism, trickery and caring.  Instead, he’s a sweet, lighthearted surfer who shows no signs of villainy at all.   Perhaps this is supposed to be a very loose retelling, however, it comes across to me as very unsure about whether to stick to the real story or go off on its own course.  

Another problem that I have with this book is the main character.  Throughout the story she comes across as very lost.  In the beginning, this is fine, however, since she is the main narrator of the story, it gets old very quickly. 

I am so disappointed with this book.  At the beginning of the year, Second Star was close to the top of my “can’t wait books of 2014” list.  Despite the amount of potential, this book falls disappointingly flat for me. There is a severe lack of plot adventures and dilemmas, the characters are extremely boring, and the ending is very anticlimactic.