Book Suggestion!

So here is where I absolutely love getting to have my own blog: I get to share all of my favorite topics and items with you guys! One of my absolute favorite pastimes is to read a good book, and I'm one of those people who will not just read a book once, but over and over if it’s an absolute favorite. That’s what I want to share today: a relative “oldy” but goody. I've shared it once before on the StoryBoard years ago, but I'm rereading it now and wanted to share it again: Brom’s “Child Thief.”

I fell head first into this novel, not really knowing initially what to expect other than “another Peter Pan adaption.”  It is exactly that and so much more. It is very dark and far from the children’s story and movie that we’ve grown to love…but that’s exactly why I loved it. Peter Pan was NOT written for children. I love the original, too, and feel sorry that the author’s original intent was altered so drastically. When J. M. Barrie wrote the original Peter Pan, it was meant as a play and learning experience for adults.

Brom brought the adult aspect back to Peter Pan, but made him into a much less than endearing character (to say the least). The “hero” of lost and emotionally distraught youths; pulling them into a world just as dark as their own.

The "Child Thief" is not your typical weekend hammock or beach read, but is definitely worth your time if you’re willing to dig into it.