Tiger Lily

by Jodi Lynn Anderson

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This book is a world that is more Lord of the Flies than Neverland and she destroys Peter and I didn't like any of it.

A part of me wants to give this one star but I know it's not fair because it isn't quite that bad.

It's written perfectly decently and has an interesting point of view. Though I didn't like the pov for several chapters, I have to admit letting Tinkerbell tell the story is a different approach.

But the whole thing is just so cynical and ugly and raw. Some people like their fairy tales with a good dose of reality but I don't see the value in being mired in the darker parts of humanity and insisting that it's good because it's "real." Besides, this isn't just real, it's uglier and sadder than that. And that isn't what fairy tales are for. Fairy tales are about reminding us what the beautiful things are in life when we've spent our days living in reality; whispering that there is goodness in the midst of the darkness.