Lost in the Never Woods

First book of 2022 that's not 5/5 for me. I'm giving Lost in the Never Woods a 4/5 as it was just a fun and easy read but I do have things to complain about. Let me introduce you to a duo of problems. One is Eugene, who will not hurt, and the other is Dwayne whose gaze alone breaks my bones.

Eugene is this constant expository narration. So many times the book keeps retelling events from the past which are not exactly necessary. So many descriptions to a point of being annoying. I was so tempted to skimp.

Now Dwayne is the wasted potential of the book. Peter Pan is a weirdo and the world (and the characters) rightfully think him to be suspicious. Of course our protagonist Wendy does come around to trust him quite quickly but I wished for Peter to not be the fun, nice, happy guy. I wanted this story to go just a few steps further and make Peter Pan into a complex character. There is a part that humanizes him a little but it's extremely predictable and, well, it's not exactly resolved. It's revealed very close to the book's end.

It's sad how long the book is and how much of it is wasted. :(

Still 4/5!