i never mentioned in here that a couple month ago i briefly picked up "the never king" which is a dirty retelling of peter pan (no, none of the character are children) and i did so bc i had seen ppl call it like the nastiest or horniest book/retelling theyve evre read and i got curious and then quickly disapointed. maybe it was my impatience, cus i only got to like chapter 10 bc i was bored or i was waiting too much but like it was kinda lame. which is a shame, since a peter pan retelling, a story quite literally about growing up and the transition of childhood to adulthood as a toxic dark erotica could get sooo interesting, not necesarily bc of the erotica btw. also, peter and the lost boys felt like so much lost potential, like they introduce peter as this eldrich being who existence is intrinsecally tied to neverland itself and is implied to be older than time itself and i thougth that this concept paired with the idea of eternal childhood would mix in a character thats like rlly uncanny, like it looks human but theres something wrong with it and also absolutly unhinged and childish almost bordering on cruel and instead hes the most basic ass mafia boss type character and with all due respect i cant take that seriously in this particular context, especially considering that the lost boys are described like deviant art oc. idk man maybe i'll pick it up again if im bored one of these days but like not even gonna lie i enjoyed more reading the first descendants book, and i didnt finish that one either