The Child Thief
The first adult novel by award-winning illustrator Brom is perhaps best described by author Christopher Golden: "Brom has always been an artist who gave us nightmares fully realized, but with The Child Thief, he paints in words…a wonderfully nasty Peter Pan reboot that stands on its own as a dark...
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The first adult novel by award-winning illustrator Brom is perhaps best described by author Christopher Golden: "Brom has always been an artist who gave us nightmares fully realized, but with The Child Thief, he paints in words…a wonderfully nasty Peter Pan reboot that stands on its own as a dark twisted adventure." This haunting retelling of James Barrie's fairyland story is rendered through the eyes of Nick, a 14-year-old orphan lured into Peter's adolescent brigade. A wickedly poetic retake on a classical magical tale.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061903175 (0061903175)
Publish date: August 25th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
There are a whole host of mythologies and faerie tales at play here. My first thought was that this was a dark retelling of Peter Pan, which is not all that far off the mark. This is a twisted gory ode to Peter Pan and Avalon and other faerie stories. If you really think about Peter Pan, even the...
World building is where this novel is at its strongest. It was very atmospheric, and the descriptions of Avalon were beautiful and captivating. I didn't love this novel for a few reasons:- The novel just felt gory for the sake of being gory, and I frequently skimmed through the long action scenes. -...
Maybe I expected too much? I loved the premise so very much and ... well. The writing is pretty okay, but there were may too many story lines (Avalon, Peter, the Captain, Ulfgar ...), and too many stayed unfinished. What was up with Ulfgar? And the Captian? There just was no real plot, somehow.And m...
The Child Thief is a dark, modern retelling of Peter Pan with a bit of Celtic mythology thrown in, and it’s amazing. As with anything, it has a few faults, but I liked the rest of it so much that I can’t even remember them. It’s always so much easier to write a review about a book I don’t like, so ...
I can't praise THE CHILD THIEF highly enough. I read it several Christmases ago at the behest of a graphic-novel loving friend and, in spite of hating comic books and disliking the work necessary to decode them, I took a chance on this book. 1) Not a graphic novel.2) GORGEOUS.3) Read the tweaked rev...
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