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What impresses me most about this book, is the author's re-interpretation of Captain Hook in a rather convincing first-person voice.

My question is this.

Who would James Hookbridge be if he lived in your neighborhood? Your lifetime? In the world as you know it now?

Or is he simply too intangible, like a literary figment of our imagination?

Jen wrote: "Hey there! I was on a reading hiatus for a while.

When is this book supposed to be read by? I just picked it up."

I've got it marked through the end of Feb, but really you can read it anytime.

I've just added it to my to read list...sounds interesting.

Here is an interview with the author.

Here is a YouTube review of the book.

I'm having a really hard time getting into this one, over a 100 pages in and I'll solider through but I'm struggling....

The older I get, and the more married I get, the harder romances have to work to win me over. The romance here, between Hook and Stella, was not my favorite part of this book. For me, it was the voice of Hook, part scoundrel, part tortured soul, that kept me reading.

In contemporary times, I imagine Hook as an actor, because whereas could such an unstable, irresistibly big personality land? It would have to be an actor with a troubled past, yet someone incomprehensibly charming. Robert Downey Jr?

On a smaller scale, in my little town, Hook would be the middle-aged man I sometimes see taking walks alone in a leather jacket and a beret. It shouldn't make any sense, but on him it does.

I just finished it and it did end better then it began (really struggled not sure if it was me or the story). Concept is really cool and after reading the author's bio, I wonder if she wrote it to be a movie. It played better that way. A Hook part 2 - from the captain's point of view - or something along that line.

I think the author would say that Hook or any of the Neverland returns could be me, you, anyone that needed to explore the want and desires of childhood and like Piper says it is up to them to choose where they are going and when they leave.

In that same vein, anyone could of been to Neverland but Hook stays special in that he encapsulates the man with the rough voice but the sweet smile hidden for children. He's the motorcycle dude with the heart of gold. The barkeep that is rough around the edges but driving the drunks home. The fisherman whose bark is loud but patience enduring.

Jen wrote: "I had to surrender. I wanted to like ti and tried to get into it. Unfortunately....I'm calling "uncle""

Better luck next time. I call uncle more than I'd like to admit when I can't get into a new book.

Jasmine wrote: "I just finished it and it did end better then it began (really struggled not sure if it was me or the story). Concept is really cool and after reading the author's bio, I wonder if she wrote it to..."

Thank you for participating, Jasmine. I enjoyed reading your thoughtful comments.

Could it be any of us? I hadn't considered that at all when I read the book, but I'll be chewing that one over now that you've mentioned it.

I still haven't started it, I was engrossed in another book that I was listening to. The concept of this book intrigues me though so it's next.

Denise wrote: "I still haven't started it, I was engrossed in another book that I was listening to. The concept of this book intrigues me though so it's next."

Denise, please come back and leave your thoughts even if the discussion has moved on to the next book. If you're reading something *amazing* now, please share it on our "What are you reading now" discussion board.

Ahh! I didn't even realise we had that! Heading there now. :-)