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Forever Neverland
by
Heather Killough-Walden (Goodreads Author)
It has been five years since Wendy Darling and her brothers returned home after a harrowing ordeal in which they'd "gone missing" for several days and nights. To Wendy, they returned by fairy magic, fresh from the fight with Captain Hook, a little mussed up but none the worse for wear.
But to the rest of the world, Wendy and her brothers were abducted and put through such a...more
But to the rest of the world, Wendy and her brothers were abducted and put through such a...more
Kindle Edition, 173 pages
Published
November 27th 2010
by Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
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I enjoyed the idea of this book. The writing is amateurish at best, but I enjoyed the author's take on the relationship between Wendy and Captain Hook; and the way Peter Pan turned out to be not quite a hero, and Hook likewise not quite a villain.
There were some glaring inconsistencies which interfered with my full enjoyment: most notably the fact that this story supposedly takes place 5 years after the Darling children returned from their first visit to Neverland...and yet for some inexplicabl...more
There were some glaring inconsistencies which interfered with my full enjoyment: most notably the fact that this story supposedly takes place 5 years after the Darling children returned from their first visit to Neverland...and yet for some inexplicabl...more
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Heather Killough Walden has taken a traditional story and given it a make-over … it has been five years since Wendy and her brothers returned from Neverland. Her parents are convinced that they were kidnapped and abused during their absence and that they are telling stories (of Neverland) to hide from the truth of their real experiences. They have moved to America and Wendy is being forced to see a shrink. She is seventeen. She is even being forbidden to write stories anymore, despite the fact t...more
This book has a great premise - 5 years after the Darling children return from Neverland, they struggle to cope with their return to the real world. Their family believes they had been abducted and created these adventure stories as a coping mechanism to block out their real experience. Meanwhile, Peter, mysteriously unable to return to Neverland, is facing the terrifying prospect of growing into a man. The characters reunite and again face their adversary, Captain James Hook. Although the scena...more
I loved it. Heather has a real story telling gift and manages to show the different dimensions in the characters, thus making them more real and believable. This story reminds me of the Musical Wicked. I love how she cleverly takes apart everything we believe about Neverland and gives it a spin.
Some minor spoiler alert!
What really worked in this book for me was the romance between Hook and Wendy. I found it interesting. I love stories that show that people are not just good or bad, and that one...more
Some minor spoiler alert!
What really worked in this book for me was the romance between Hook and Wendy. I found it interesting. I love stories that show that people are not just good or bad, and that one...more
To start off, this book is based in modern times five years after Wendy and her brothers returned from Neverland. At this point, it was hard for me to really get into the book because I felt it was no longer related to the original story. The timeline was wrong and Wendy, Peter and Hook just seemed out of character. Plus in five years they all grew to love the color black.
However, I treated the story like it was a brand new one without thinking of the original Peter Pan and found that I liked i...more
However, I treated the story like it was a brand new one without thinking of the original Peter Pan and found that I liked i...more
I've always been interested in Peter Pan. Since watching the Disney movie as a young girl, I've always wanted to find a pixie to sprinkle me with dust so I could fly. Forever Neverland takes place five years after Wendy, John and Michael escape Neverland. It's a very exciting, though real look at what happened to them. I felt so bad for Wendy, the storyteller unable to tell stories; her little brother, Michael, who saw the world in an unusual way for a child his age; and for John, who stopped be...more
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Imagine life for the Darling children after returning from Neverland… their parents believed them kidnapped, abused and now in need of psychiatric care! Wendy goes to the doctor every week, only to be told to quit writing her stories and leading her brother, Michael, astray. John no longer believes Neverland was real. Peter is aging in the real world, unable to return to Neverland because he promised to make sure the Lost Boys were settled and all right, and the Darling children are definitely n...more
"Forever Neverland" was a book I read on my own personal dare. Can a $1.00 book on Kindle be as good as the books that Amazon pushes every day via their lists and recommendations?
Wow oh wow. I needed to take on this dare. This book was NOT a disappointment, it was a joy to read and set my imagination soaring.
Consider that Wendy Darling and her brothers are living in current times. It has been five years since their adventure in Neverland and things are not good for any of them. Wendy is in Ther...more
Wow oh wow. I needed to take on this dare. This book was NOT a disappointment, it was a joy to read and set my imagination soaring.
Consider that Wendy Darling and her brothers are living in current times. It has been five years since their adventure in Neverland and things are not good for any of them. Wendy is in Ther...more
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I loved this book. It stayed true to the original story while bringing it into a little more of an grownup context. Ok now for the spoilers…
I have never liked Wendy. In every Peter Pan book, play, and movie I have ever seen or read I REALLY did not like Wendy. She was always stealing Tink’s man. I know that sounds weird but that has always been my feeling toward her. I am a Tinkerbelle fan. I always understood Tinkerbelle’s attitude toward her and cheered for her to succeed. I was bummed when th...more
I have never liked Wendy. In every Peter Pan book, play, and movie I have ever seen or read I REALLY did not like Wendy. She was always stealing Tink’s man. I know that sounds weird but that has always been my feeling toward her. I am a Tinkerbelle fan. I always understood Tinkerbelle’s attitude toward her and cheered for her to succeed. I was bummed when th...more
Aug 04, 2012
Michelle (Pink Polka Dot Book Blog)
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What ever happened to Wendy, John, and Michael after they returned from their Neverland adventure? Apparently life has been hard for the trio in the five years since Peter Pan came into their lives. They've been moved to America to seek the best doctors for Wendy (who everyone assumes is suffering from delusions and bringing Michael down with her). John has convinced himself his sister is crazy too. But then Peter shows up, and he's aged! For the last five years he's been living on Earth, stuck...more
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This book picks up where Peter Pan ends. The Darling children have returned to their home, but all is not well. While they know that they went on an amazing adventure, in the eyes of their parents, they were abducted. Now going through endless psychiatrist visits, Wendy's stories are seen as just another coping mechanism and the three children are having trouble holding on to the experience they had in Neverland. Unbeknownst to them, Peter has been trapped in the real world, as well, and has age...more
I rounded up on the rating for this because I think some of the blame belongs to Killough-Walden's abysmal editor. Despite my finger-itching need to correct her stilted dialogue and unnecessary adverbs, I still managed to enjoy the story. That is pretty impressive. At times, she seems to be enjoying the "sound" of her own writing rather than characterizing, advancing the plot, or setting the scene, but her imagination is fantastic.
Some earlier reviews of this book placed too much emphasis on th...more
Some earlier reviews of this book placed too much emphasis on th...more
2 1/2 stars that I rounded up to be nice. Interesting idea. Takes place after what we know of Peter Pan. It's five years later. Wendy and her brothers are troubled children who no one believes. Peter and Tink are stuck in our world. And the rest of Neverland is asleep. But there was no style to the story. Did the author want to write a modern fairy tale? A romance? An urban fantasy? I'm not sure. I think this premise would have worked really well as an urban fantasy though. It already had a drun...more
Either this was a fairly short book or I read through it rather quickly. Either way this was an enjoyable story. This is a "what if" treatment of the story of Peter Pan and Neverland. What if after Wendy, John and Michael returned, no one believed their story of their trip to Neverland? What if instead they believed the children had been kidnapped and abused, and their stories merely a defense mechanism?
Peter Pan had pledged that he would not return to Neverland until he had found homes for all...more
Peter Pan had pledged that he would not return to Neverland until he had found homes for all...more
Forever Neverland continues the story of Wendy, Peter Pan, and the rest of the cast five years after the Darling children leave Neverland. Peter and the Lost Boys have all been living in the real world and have aged 5 years, Peter is 17 in this book. Wendy, John, and Michael have been having a rough time being back home, dreaming of Neverland, and having everyone disbelieve their stories. Peter is trying to return to Neverland but find he physically cannot because of his promise to not return un...more
I might have had too high of hopes for this book that led to my ultimate disappointment. I found the prose of the writing to be very beautiful more so than I would expect of a novel in this setting however the plot and character development seemed to me a bit thin. It seemed as though the author was trying to deepen the characters and make them more three dimensional yet this was all done through narrative, it was just summarized assumptions of Wendy, you didn't get to actually read through thei...more
What if Wendy, Michael and John Darling came back from Neverland to find that everyone believed they were abducted? What if they were still struggling to come to terms and Wendy was sent to a doctor to cure her 'dreams'? Much like the movie Return to Oz.
It's a fascinating premise and I was really looking forward to reading more, so I paid the $1 for the Kindle edition. Given the price, I don't regret buying it but I was ultimately a bit disappointed.
I liked the imaginative storyline and how the...more
It's a fascinating premise and I was really looking forward to reading more, so I paid the $1 for the Kindle edition. Given the price, I don't regret buying it but I was ultimately a bit disappointed.
I liked the imaginative storyline and how the...more
I absolutely love stories by authors who wish to finish or write their own tale of the marvelous Peter Pan story and Neverland. It is my favorite of all stories and I love original takes on it and the after stories of the beloved characters.
However, this book left me wanting more. Though I only paid $1 for it and can't feel too bad, I wasn't overly enthusiastic about where this author took her characters in their emotional/relationship journeys. She created this weird dynamic with Hook but with...more
However, this book left me wanting more. Though I only paid $1 for it and can't feel too bad, I wasn't overly enthusiastic about where this author took her characters in their emotional/relationship journeys. She created this weird dynamic with Hook but with...more
I really liked this book...for the most part. I thought it put a very original spin on a much beloved tale. This book brought a refreshing view to the characters of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. It did a great job of showing that the line between good and evil can sometimes be very blurry and that a person's story can sometimes show them in a different light. I was slightly bothered by a few points. For one, it was supposed to have taken place five years after the original story but seemed to be t...more
I enjoyed this story so much. There were parts that had a "magical writing" similar to the original
Example: " At the wheel of the ship stood a man with long black hair, a red brocade coat, and a shining silver hook for a right hand. This, alone would have been enough to promise the dream would be remembered. For no one ever forgets something a beautifully wicked as a hook."
Things like that bring me to the original and make me forget that these book do not have the same author. A very good thin...more
Example: " At the wheel of the ship stood a man with long black hair, a red brocade coat, and a shining silver hook for a right hand. This, alone would have been enough to promise the dream would be remembered. For no one ever forgets something a beautifully wicked as a hook."
Things like that bring me to the original and make me forget that these book do not have the same author. A very good thin...more
i wasn't really sure how to rate this book. to be honest most of the way through i was thinking it a 3 star at best. It's like an adult book(not the naughty kind) told as a children's book and even though i kept wanting to read it it wasn't exactly the kind of book that takes a hold of you and you can't let go. But the ending, i don't know for that i was like 5 stars. it was an incredible ending that was just perfect and gave a lot of insight into the book in a way you really would've never thou...more
Eh. This is one of Amazon's books that's not a real, published book; it's a $1 download for Kindle. It was an interesting story, but a little bit of editing would have gone a long way. The story picks up five years after the Darling children return home from Never Never Land. Nobody believes them when they talk about Peter Pan and Captain Hook; everyone thinks they were abducted and abused. Wendy is in psychotherapy, John is in denial, and Michael is getting in fights at school. But then...Peter...more
I absolutley LOVED this book. I could not put it down for one second. Peter Pan has always been one of my favorite fairytale stories, and to see it recreated with not only a modern twist, but with an entirely differnt plot and role reversal with Hook was unbelieveably amazing. Heather Killough-Walden is an amazing author, i CAN NOT wait to read the second book and see what happens to all the characters. I have always been a huge fan of Captain Hook, and this story only made my love for his chara...more
Ok- I'm a bit obsessed with Peter Pan, so this was a must read for me! So far so good, it's 5 years in the future from when Peter brought Wendy, Michael and John back from Neverland with the rest of the Lost Boys. Peter's stuck on Earth making sure all the Neverland children are safe and happy, he doesn't understand why he cannot return to Neverland, until Tink discovers that it's Wendy, Michael and John's unhappiness keeping him Earth bound. Weird twist, made me very skeptical and disappointed...more
Is what we think is good really good? Is what we think is bad really bad? Does it all come down to perspective and how much of an understanding we have or how ignorant we are that sways our judgement? Ok, so it is 5 years after their original trip to Neverland yet set in modern day. I get why this was done and appreciate what the modern day setting brings to the story that may not have worked so well in the time of the original story. As my mother keeps reminding me there was no such thing as 'a...more
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It's been 5 years since Wendy, John, and Michael returned from Neverland. Wendy is being labeled as "crazy" and is undergoing therapy for her delusions. John has completely forgotten Neverland. Michael is still an avid believer. Peter Pan has been stuck in the real world all this time, and is now a foul-mouthed wannabe biker.
I hated this book. It was total fan fiction--well-edited and -punctuated fan fiction, but I digress. Despite taking place just 5 years after their trip to Neverland, the sto...more
I hated this book. It was total fan fiction--well-edited and -punctuated fan fiction, but I digress. Despite taking place just 5 years after their trip to Neverland, the sto...more
I was pleasantly surprise with how much I enjoyed this read. It was fun! I found myself reading with gusto during the fighting scenes. I ran with the conflict, who is the villain??
It does start out slow, building up to Peter's "rescue" of Wendy... but after that, I found my self really "hooked" into the story. ;) It was a very nice read. Clean, good for young teens. I'm 35 and enjoyed it! Good vs Evil, of course since its Peter Pan, but some deep thought provoking realism thrown in. A very nice...more
It does start out slow, building up to Peter's "rescue" of Wendy... but after that, I found my self really "hooked" into the story. ;) It was a very nice read. Clean, good for young teens. I'm 35 and enjoyed it! Good vs Evil, of course since its Peter Pan, but some deep thought provoking realism thrown in. A very nice...more
I loved it. I loved how Heather shown that sometimes you might grow up in Neverland but, you don't have a happy ever after. Wendy was a great heroin. She had a tough personality but, life was hard for her. No one believed her except her little brother. Peter turned dark after being on earth to long. Hook had a whole new role. I had a tough time adjusting to it but it was awesome. Thumbs up! on this new twist of the story.
This book was a little confusing. The author tells me that it is 5 years since the Darling children went to Neverland, but it seems as though they are in modern US (which she finally tells the reader they did actually move the the US), using words like "shrink" instead of psychiatrist, and the kids seem to be in modern American high school. Peter rides a motorcycle. Most of this book did not keep my attention and I skimmed through it.
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Heather Killough-Walden is a California native currently living in Texas with her husband and child. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the Big Bad Wolf series. Heather’s educational background includes religious studies, archeology, and law. She has traveled all over the world but hopes to one day live in a town with a world-class hockey team. (Let’s Go Pens!) Visit Heather’s website...more
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