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Tigerheart (2008)

by Peter David(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0345501594 (ISBN13: 9780345501592)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Del Rey

review 1: I'm sure this book is very good. I'm absolutely certain of it. I liked the author's style, especially with the omniscient narrator, conscious both of the characters and the fact that he/she is telling a story. It all felt right as a re-imagining of Peter Pan and I really wanted to like it and read it and everything.But I couldn't. Because, for whatever reason, Peter David had to change the names of all his characters and I just couldn't get past that. I could not get it to feel right in my head. I even tried to just think the original names to myself every time I saw the new ones. Didn't work. Maybe I will try to go back to it again later after I've let that issue settle in my head longer.
review 2: Tigerheart reminds me of Pan's Labyrinth; it's a story about c... morehildren, if not necessarily for children. It leads readers to a world full of vibrant, never-ending adventures with insidious fairies, talking animals, valiant Indian, salvage pirates, and not to mention, The Boy that never grows up. Yet at times, that world is so grim and violent. More often I found myself overwhelmed with melancholy or at loss at the cruel realism the story displays. "Oh gosh, no child should go through such heart-breaking or horrible experience" is what I kept thinking. Therefore, despite that many critics have praised Tigerheart as "the book for all ages", I am still uncertain whether it makes a suitable bedtime story for children under 10.That is not to say Tigerheart is a bad book, more likely the opposite. It's one of the most creative retellings of the ever-loved Peter Pan. Although in the book, Paul is the hero, Peter Pan is the second lead. Unlike the children travelling to the Anyplace to avoid adulthood, Paul's adventure is mature and selfless as his ultimate goal is to make his mother happy once again. Tigerheart flows effortlessly with creative narration and witty comments, lending subtle wisdom to the story without being preachy.I came to the book with an expectation for a conventional children lit. You know, the type of books with carefree escapades and triumphs awaiting the heroes at the end. And this fixative belief is what constantly shook me up. Tigerheart is nothing as such. As I've mentioned above, there is more than a grain of realistic symbolism in the story. Paul's quest is not always joyful; it's plagued with regret and somewhat violent death of both friends and foes. It turns out that David Peter is an avid comic writer, now that explains a lot about the warfare-and-violence feeling I've been sensing throughout the book. However, at its very core, Tigerheart is a beautiful story about both the pain and the joy of growing up, and yet know that your day of adventure will never stop just because you're an adult. It's a heartbreaking yet profound sentiment I can relate to. less

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