Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie

12 reviews

guardianofthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

3.0

"...and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless."

This is no lighthearted, fun book for children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

anniebob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

queenofodas's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Misogyny

camiandkitread's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

“Peter Pan” is a classic, it’s undeniable. It’s the quintessential tale of childhood whimsy and imagination, which contrasts nicely against the underlying theme of the inevitability growing up. 

It is important to note that Barrie’s book is from a very different time and thus feature outdated views and language. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

tattymouse's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

A huge shock to read this book for the first time in 2024 and be horrified by its contents the entire way through. Which is a shame, because the method of narration and sentence structure in the book are lovely and magical and are the only reason this gets a 1.5. The content issues I had cover all types of concerns: Peter routinely murders both children and adults and this is completely glossed over as something that doesn't alarm the children at all. Yet I see no indication in the text as to why this particular type of violence wouldn't stir them from the childhood spell Neverland seems to cast, especially when they're perfectly capable of remembering many nice things about the real world. The language used to describe the Native tribe is racist enough, but there is also a chapter of generalizations about Native People's versus "the white man" and that chapter in particular was difficult to listen to. Throughout the book there are several mentions of food and body size that I would also be very hesitant to let any child hear. And the father in the book is maybe the most unlikeable character I've encountered in children's literature, and that includes villains. 

Reading this book once was enough - it will not get a place on my bookshelves and I hope my children never ask to read it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence and Grief

mitzee's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Surprising in many ways:

• The prose was funnier than I thought it would be. 
• Some parts were actually more graphic  than I had expected it to be.
  like the descriptions of pirates killing people
• Definitely contains the same racist tropes I first learned about in the Disney film and actually contains racist slurs, which I was not expecting.
•  I also didn’t expect to dislike Peter so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal death

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Abandonment

Minor: Cannibalism

writewithapendragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

OBVIOUSLY PROBLEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE CHARACTERS, slurs included, stereotypes used. Period-typical language and stereotypes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

niche's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, and Toxic friendship