Tigerheart

I've enjoyed a few books that take a new look at some of our favorite stories, and I've enjoyed a few - like Frank Beddor's Looking Glass Wars series - but it certainly is a risky proposition. This book is great. Peter David takes on Peter Pan. It's a whole new take on Peter. Still a coming of age story and the struggles of not wanting to grow up - but much much messier and not quite as...more

I've enjoyed a few books that take a new look at some of our favorite stories, and I've enjoyed a few - like Frank Beddor's Looking Glass Wars series - but it certainly is a risky proposition. This book is great. Peter David takes on Peter Pan. It's a whole new take on Peter. Still a coming of age story and the struggles of not wanting to grow up - but much much messier and not quite as pretty as the Peter Pan we know. (Though even that Peter wasn't all that great sometimes). TInkerbell has been recast as a fickle and very punk rock little fairy, which is awesome. And the lost boys are sometimes a ragtag band of straight up hooligans. Lots of adventure and hijinks, a lot more danger. Great story.   hide

Loved this book!! Great take on the Peter Pan world.

Loved David's sarcastic tone to the narrative. It really made the Peter Pan retelling much more appealing than it could have been.

Breathtaking, adventurous, interactive

This is one of my most favorite books. It's a spin on peter Pan. Full of adventure and fantasy. Peter David has an amazing imagination!

Tigerheart is a wonderful play on the Peter Pan story. While never actually using the name, called The Boy instead, the remnants of his previous adventures are well strung throughout, with a little name changing for disguise. There is a hint at the "real" Peter Pan of yore very early, at of all places a gravestone. The voice of the author is its own character within the novel, as it comments on...more

Tigerheart is a wonderful play on the Peter Pan story. While never actually using the name, called The Boy instead, the remnants of his previous adventures are well strung throughout, with a little name changing for disguise. There is a hint at the "real" Peter Pan of yore very early, at of all places a gravestone. The voice of the author is its own character within the novel, as it comments on characters and actions throughout. It's a bit similar to The Series of Unfortunate Events, but not nearly as condescending or annoying. It fits like the voice over in a Disney movie. Unlike Disney's Peter Pan, Tigerheart harkens back the darker original source material, giving the Boy his tragic quality of thinking "to die would be an awfully big adventure". In Tigerheart, he just might find out which is harder, dying or growing up.   hide

This was a great book, another trip to neverland to visit Peter Pan and those who hang out with him, even though in this book all the names are changed, you know who the author is talking about. It would make a great read aloud book. I knew it was fun right away, what I didn't expect was to cry at the end...I was moved, it was sweet and very touching. I highly recommend this book to anyone...more

This was a great book, another trip to neverland to visit Peter Pan and those who hang out with him, even though in this book all the names are changed, you know who the author is talking about. It would make a great read aloud book. I knew it was fun right away, what I didn't expect was to cry at the end...I was moved, it was sweet and very touching. I highly recommend this book to anyone who can still clap there hands and say "I do believe"   hide

I hated how the author seemed to be telling the reader how to feel about situations in the book. It is almost like he doesnt want the readers to formula their own ideas or allow their imagination run free. It's not that he is overly descriptive, its that he uses phrases like "you should probably be feeling..." or "had our hero decided to do this instead". Not good read for me.