Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook Paperback – July 4, 2017

…an amazing back story to a tale most of us know. The perfect prequel. Full of intrigue and plot twists that made it difficult to put down. The story line is so well crafted I found myself questioning what I had always believed of the other tale from the first page (which , no doubt, was the author’s intent). Definitely worth exploring this new perspective. Brava to the author.

I love this author she wiert creepy soter and can keep my attention white her books they can be very drack sometimes.

I’m at a loss for words as this is a work of art. A must read for anyone and everyone 10/10

Wildly imaginative and wonderfully inventive, Lost Boy twisted the long-standing characters of Pan and Hook from the classic tale to give a new origin story, one of how two friends became the life-long enemies they're famously known as. With skill and finesse, Henry's storytelling easily transported me to a wild island where boys never aged, one where they could never leave, and where the true side of the boy that led them all shone through.Henry brilliantly wove a tale with an underlying of darkness, expertly showing the slow progression of insanity that was Peter Pan and the depravities of the island. With rich detail and vivid characters, there was no fear in showing the unbridled side to boys when left to their own devices and how susceptible they were to attention. It was poignantly bloodied, but incredibly moving and emotional. Every moment of the story carried with it a deeper meaning, crossing reality with make believe and jealousy with love. And Jamie, before he took to his famous moniker, was at the center of it all as Pan's favorite token from the Other Land, the longest on the island. His character was deeply rooted and clearly written, flickering between his devotion to the Lost Boys and his love for the boy who brought him there. It became impossible to not be wrapped up in him.Lost Boy was darkly clever, intricate in every way, and so different from any version before it, but brilliant nonetheless. Words cannot express how much I adored this version, how easily it fit into the character we've always known, and how its effect alludes explanation. If you're looking to be thrilled and charmed and twisted, I can not recommend this tale enough.

It makes complete sense of the relationship of Peter Pan and Captain Hook! It’s a very sad dark story. I truly recommend this book.

Before jumping into this book, know that it is a prologue to Barrie’s original that really embraces the concept of wild youth— irresponsible, narcissistic, fickle, greedy, careless, envious, impetuous, feral, violent, and impulsive. Peter reads as a psychopath, as do all young children before they learn from adults how to become considerate, compassionate, moral and rule abiding members of a family so that they can develop from there into good community members and decent, civilized humans. I enjoyed this version of Peter, especially because it created an amazing foil in our main character, Jamie, destined to become the nefarious Captain Hook.The story reads like a more magical Lord of the Flies, complete with violence and gore. As Jamie takes on responsibility for the others, he learns to love. That love and the subsequent losses of Peter’s endless parade of impermanent playmates cause Jamie to grapple with grown up emotions and concepts. His body follows suit, and Peter’s first and best playmate grows up.If the audience knows anything about Peter Pan, then Jamie’s transformation into Captain Hook is not a spoiler. We enter the story knowing our destination, but I was still surprised by the tenderness I felt for Jamie as he opens his eyes to the abusive cycles of Peter Pan and struggles to change the one boy who never ever changes. Nod and Sal make delightful secondary characters too, and Christina Henry uses several twists to show how they also come into growing up and leave the false promise of eternal youth to strike out for the better sweetbitter hope of real life— eyes open to the complexity and the spectrum of painful and pleasurable experiences that come with time. The fact that Jamie realizes the value of mortality and ends the story with a curse that he once believed to be a blessing cuts cruelly and simply, stitching a weapon to the end of this retelling just as surely as Jamie slips on his hook.

My daughter who is 21 loved this book.

An alternative view of Peter Pan and Captain Hook (Jaime). As Peter’s first boy captive and best friend, Jaime enables Peter’s plans. He nurses the boys back to health if they are injured or sick. Makes them bathe regularly and watches over them as a father figure. All that changes when Peter captures five year old Charlie and Sal.