"All children, but one, grow up." But what happens if that one child actually does grow up? Terry Brooks takes us back to Neverland where a grown up Peter Pan faces off with Captain Hook to save his children.I don't normally like retellings and re-imaginings of Peter Pan. It's one of those classics that just shouldn't be messed with, however, I make an exception with Hook. Brooks manages to give us something new without destroying the magic and innocence of the original.

I gave this a three star rating simply because Brooks kept very close to the movie. This is a good thing of course, but I think he may have done so to a fault. Sure, he added a bit more of the internal emotions and motivations of the character, but there isn't much to say other than that. It followed the movie so exactly, that if someone asked me if they should read the book, I'd recommend they just go watch the movie instead. Perhaps this is because I saw the movie millions of times as a child

Easy to read and very entertaining. Hook is the answer to the question "What if Peter Pan grew up?". Not only was that question answered, this book also has a deeper message behind it, and that is, even though we all need to grow up eventually, we should never loose our inner Peter Pan. It should be there, with us, always. We might not even come in touch with it ever again, but we never know when we might need it.

Such a great book - especially for people that are fans of Peter Pan. I mean, who didn't wonder, when they were young, what would happen when and if Peter Pan actually did grow up? I sure did and I think that this book was done well.I have actually used it in summer programs with children from 5 and up - reading one chapter a day - and they really enjoyed it as well. The book would always get done quicker because they would ask for me to go on and read another chapter or two. Sadly, the movie (w...

The tale of Peter Pan, after he left Neverland, and decided to grow up, and has no memory of his life as Peter Pan. He is now a father, and on a visit to Wendy, who is now an old lady, much older than him because of his delayed entry into the real world, his own son is kidnapped in retaliation by Hook, and Peter must rediscover all of those lost memories and skills in order to save his son.

Rating: 4.75This rating would have been better if it had a more descriptive ending. Or had an epilogue that showed what happened after the kids returned home with Peter. :/

This is one of the best novelizations I have read/own. And it’s a good size for a novelization as well, dropping in at 273 pages. I also think it’s one of the few hardback novelisations that I own.Terry Brooks did an amazing job of translating the screenplay into a well rounded novelization. Each scene feels more than what was in the actual film. Almost fuller and more rounded out. There’s so much more background detail, things that I found myself noticing during the re-watch of the film afterwa...

review coming tomorrow... oh boy, this is gonna be interestingSo. Here we go. While I was finishing this book I was thinking to myself, maybe I should review more film tie-in's? Some of them are just downright hilarious and bad, and then some are really good. Then some are... I don't know? Hook falls in the not good, not bad, not amazing... just 'I don't know?'I love Hook. Unlike Steven and the countless critics who bashed the film, I found something whimsical and childhood quenching about it. I...

Being a lifelong Peter Pan fan, the movie, Hook, has always been a favorite, & then I discovered it was a book. I searched for years trying to find a copy in libraries to read without luck. I finally located a copy in an online book site & bought it. It is based on the screenplay so it is word for word the same as the movie with the descriptive filler provided by Terry Brooks. It's very good and easy to picture all the action & characters if you've seen the movie, but would be enjoyable even if

The book was ok. There are still a lot of questions I have about the story that weren’t answered in the film or book. The book was ok, it told the same story with a few changes/additions. However, the film captures the magic better than the novelization.

Ever since I was young, I was obsessed with Peter Pan. I think most young boys were obsessed with the concept. I read this book in the fifth grade. It is an enjoyable continuance of the story. It is a lot of fun. If you're looking for a good fun read, I recommend this book.

Generally, I wouldn't pick up a book adaptation of a movie, but I have such nostalgia feels for Hook and I've heard good things about Terry Brooks from my Sweetbeeps (though I've yet to actually read his work), so I took a chance on this (especially because it was like $2.00 at a used bookstore). It wasn't horrible! If you love the movie, the book follows it pretty closely - I only noticed a few changes in dialogue and some of the Pan training scenes and Hook and Jack bonding scenes. It has some...

Quite possibly Terry Brook's laziest book (I'm assuming The Phantom Menace is on par). It felt like it was done over a week for easy money because the publisher knew Brooks' name would move copies. I'm a fan of the movie but was looking forward to a deeper take or additional plots that a fictional book could contain. I was disappointed. The book itself is fun and fine, but only because it matches the movie almost line for line. I'm being literal; Dialogue matches the movie line for line during t...

Just like the movie, I think they hired him to write it.

It was OK, but I liked the movie better. The book followed the movie very closely, just gave some more explanation as to charater motive.

Pretty much word-for-word like the movie, so just watch the movie.

Just watch the movie, man.

Novelizations of films are notoriously tricky in that they often aren't able to capture the cinematic magic of the film's visual interpretation, much in the same way that films adapated from books miss the cadence of written language and the character depth, but when I spotted this book at a charity sale I couldn't resist picking it up for a mere $2. Terry Brooks was, after all, responsible for a pretty paletteable version of Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace that I still own a copy of, s...

We all know that Peter Pan is one of my all-time favourite stories. It's equal parts magic and heartbreak, whimsy and danger, good and evil - basically every contradiction you need to make something interesting. Over the years I've read a number of retellings and have enjoyed all of them, but I always knew that this one by Terry Brooks would take the cake for a number of reasons:- Brooks is a humorous, fantastical literary genius- He writes like someone who genuinely enjoys the stories he's tell...

Peter Pan grows up to be Peter Banning who is married to Moira, Wendy Darling's granddaughter, and have two kids, Jack and Maggie. As Banning, Peter is immersed in his work and forgets to pay attention to his family. Hook kidnaps his kids and Peter is forced to remember his life as Pan. Once in Neverland, Hook agrees to give him three days to prepare for a duel to win his kids back. Even as Maggie tries to convince him of their parents' love, Jack is easily swayed by Hook to forget Peter. This m...

Hook is probably my all-time favourite film, and I'm always gonna love this story. But I cannot deny that I prefer the movie. Maybe it's because I saw the movie first, years and years ago. Maybe it's because I only own this book in Dutch because it was bought for me when I was a kid, and I don't like the translation much. But I think it's because the book is mostly descriptive, and lacks the dept of thoughts and emotions. Maybe that's a very grown-up criticism to have, because I'm quite sure tha...

I have loved the movie and I felt the book was compatible. Most of the book had the same scenarios as the movie except for Maggie's song, and Pan & Hook's final battle. They had some extra scenes that were nice. One could see the lines that were already written and the lines that Robin Williams ad-libbed. In that case the movie had more. It was a fun read but you would not be missing much if you watched the movie instead, just skip to Maggie's song and the final battle of you want to read the de...

It brought me right back to watching the movie because this book was written after the movie came out. It was pretty much word for word ,scene for scene with a few differences thrown in. It brings so many happy thoughts to my mind days when my family and I used to watch the movie and laugh and just have a good time together making memories. I miss those days of being a kid and this book just brings it all back . Hook is timeless as is the story of Peter Pan it's something I will always remember

This is a great movie of my childhood. I didn't know it was a book. I received this as a Christmas gift and was pleasantly surprised to see the name Terry Brooks on the cover. One of my favorite authors. I enjoyed reading this. It took me down memory lane a bit. This is a wonderful story that could have gone on a lot longer than it did. I'd rather small book it is. It had more potential for sure. I like the pictures from the movie that were in the middle.

Terry Brooks took the screenplay of the movie and wrote a huge love letter to both Peter Pan and the legacy of J.M. Barrie himself. There's enough additional scenes in this novel for any fan of the movie to want to seek a copy out. I compare some of those changes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMMs...

Doesn't come close to the film, but it's a decent read nonetheless. For superfans, mainly.

Perfect for every Peter Pan lover.

Found this book at a local thrift store. If you've seen the movie, it's literally word for word. I did notice the book answers questions the movie left out. Finished in about an hour.

After reading the script and watching the movie I guess reading the book was Overkill but it was interesting to see how a book was adapted from a movie and still had its own flavor

Fun.