crey18's review against another edition
3.0
Barrie has a marvelous way of narrating adventures involving deep philosophical comments on childhood, maturity, and growth. I enjoyed reading between the lines of this book.
bay_maxx's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
4.5
teachingkids1982's review against another edition
4.0
My goodness you can feel the depth of the author's sorrow in losing her son while you're reading this book... sad... heartbreaking.
alliepeduto's review against another edition
4.0
Though I have made an effort this year to read more classics, I’m actually reading this in preparation for seeing Finding Neverland the musical (yes, it’s based off that movie with Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp), which tells the story of J.M. Barrie’s relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her children, which in turn inspired the story of Peter Pan. I’m eager to see it, especially because the last live performance I witnessed in regard to Peter Pan was that absolutely terrible NBC live special they did a few years ago. I need a palette cleanser to say the least.
That being sad, it’s strange reading this story as an adult after seeing so much of it as a child. I’ve seen the Disney movie countless times, and I had a print of Tinkerbell in my room for years. I loved the simplicity of the story back then, because what child wouldn’t love a tale of adventure and pirates, mermaids and fairies? Now it’s much more nuanced; I don’t have children myself, but I can’t help but see the story from Mrs. Darling’s point of view. And I think that was J.M. Barrie’s intention from the start. It may be a story for children, but it’s more so about a parent’s love for their child, and that children can always come home, even after all the mistakes they have made. I’m really glad I finally read the source material for such a timeless tale, for like Peter himself, it never grows old.
That being sad, it’s strange reading this story as an adult after seeing so much of it as a child. I’ve seen the Disney movie countless times, and I had a print of Tinkerbell in my room for years. I loved the simplicity of the story back then, because what child wouldn’t love a tale of adventure and pirates, mermaids and fairies? Now it’s much more nuanced; I don’t have children myself, but I can’t help but see the story from Mrs. Darling’s point of view. And I think that was J.M. Barrie’s intention from the start. It may be a story for children, but it’s more so about a parent’s love for their child, and that children can always come home, even after all the mistakes they have made. I’m really glad I finally read the source material for such a timeless tale, for like Peter himself, it never grows old.
booknerd777's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book so much! It was so cute. I loved the characters. It's definitely one of my favorite books now :) Stay tuned for a full review at http://www.Booknerd777.Blogspot.com
marsunnyreads's review against another edition
2.0
i don’t know if it was the disney adaptation or the P.J hogan adaptation but i started this book thinking it would be a nice chill read. (also i’m on a reading slump that i always break with short books), but i was not expecting it to be so dark and racist.
i felt so uncomfortable reading how Mr. darling made nana drink his medicine, Mrs. darling in her children’s brains??? peter pan being weird to the lost boys, mentioning a fairy orgy, and the way women are written is just insane. like mentions of wendy’s chores as a mother being mostly cleaning after the lost boys and peter. AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON TINKER BELL !
i never thought the og peter pan was a nasty pick me “i’m not like the other boys” (an actual line in the book), boy.
the only thing i liked about it was tink (stand up he doesn’t deserve you), and nana (BABY I WILL GET YOU OUT OF THERE).
idc this is a children’s classic (is not or at least shouldn’t be). ITS WEIRD AF !
i know this was written ages ago but it reminded me of why i don’t read books written by men. yes it’s that serious.
i felt so uncomfortable reading how Mr. darling made nana drink his medicine, Mrs. darling in her children’s brains??? peter pan being weird to the lost boys, mentioning a fairy orgy, and the way women are written is just insane. like mentions of wendy’s chores as a mother being mostly cleaning after the lost boys and peter. AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON TINKER BELL !
i never thought the og peter pan was a nasty pick me “i’m not like the other boys” (an actual line in the book), boy.
the only thing i liked about it was tink (stand up he doesn’t deserve you), and nana (BABY I WILL GET YOU OUT OF THERE).
idc this is a children’s classic (is not or at least shouldn’t be). ITS WEIRD AF !
i know this was written ages ago but it reminded me of why i don’t read books written by men. yes it’s that serious.
paracosm's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't like this book, and I really wanted to. For me, I think it was a case of a great concept but with a not so great execution.
The idea of Never land is very creative and interesting. It has all the components of a great story. But most of the plot is focused on how the Lost Boys and Peter Pan decide that Wendy should be their mother, so they give her all the responsabilities of one. I think that's just very, very weird. It wasn't a succession of events in which they learn to view her as their mother, but the only reason Peter brought her to the Never land is to take care of them. I honestly don't think Wendy had a good time there, parenting is hard. Also, all of these boys are probably several hundred years older than her. One of the pirates, a grown man, even asked her to be his mother, that was bizarre.
My favorite part of the book was Captain Hook. He was so funny, all of his interactions with the rest of the pirates were so entertaining to read, and overall was pretty great. He reminded me of Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. I also liked Tinkerbell because she was a brat.
There were also some very dark scenes in this book, for example, when the Lost Boys massacre all the pirates or when Hook gets torn to pieces by the crocodile. I'm not complaining about those, but it was worth noticing.
The idea of Never land is very creative and interesting. It has all the components of a great story. But most of the plot is focused on how the Lost Boys and Peter Pan decide that Wendy should be their mother, so they give her all the responsabilities of one. I think that's just very, very weird. It wasn't a succession of events in which they learn to view her as their mother, but the only reason Peter brought her to the Never land is to take care of them. I honestly don't think Wendy had a good time there, parenting is hard. Also, all of these boys are probably several hundred years older than her. One of the pirates, a grown man, even asked her to be his mother, that was bizarre.
My favorite part of the book was Captain Hook. He was so funny, all of his interactions with the rest of the pirates were so entertaining to read, and overall was pretty great. He reminded me of Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. I also liked Tinkerbell because she was a brat.
There were also some very dark scenes in this book, for example, when the Lost Boys massacre all the pirates or when Hook gets torn to pieces by the crocodile. I'm not complaining about those, but it was worth noticing.