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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
Mrs Darling told Peter Wendy could go back for a week every year - to do spring cleaning. What?!
Peter is such an exquisite character and some times mean. But he is a child, isn't he? Such a fantastic little adventure.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A timeless classic, through and through. For those who have only seen the movies or plays, this book will be a shock to their system. It is every child's dream committed to paper, yet it is also a very "grown-up" read.
So I know, or at least I thought I knew, that I had read this book before. But after listening to it on audio this weekend, I think perhaps I didn't, or maybe read an abridged version instead. Or maybe listening to it made certain elements stand out to me more clearly. The audio I listened to was read by Christopher Cazanove who was brilliant as a narrator and was very engaging. If you are ever to listen to this book, I definitely recommend this version. On to the second point, the book itself. There are so, so many elements that I had either forgotten or never knew. Firstly that the children spent far more time on the island than is typically depicted in films. Secondly, that Peter is far more fickle and heartless. Thirdly, that there is much more violence (I didn't remember the pirates/ indians actually being slaughtered). Fourthly, that it is even more racist than I remembered. My 5 year old, despite the formal old-fashioned language, the strangeness (fairies returning from an orgy.. k, so glad I didn't have to explain that word she just missed it), and the darkness (Michael so gleeful about straight up murdering a pirate) really enjoyed listening to it, though how much she retained is debatable. I enjoyed it quite a bit more than I thought I would, but the horrific, and I mean truly horrific, racism in the book just cannot be ignored and really dampens my appreciation. One can make the argument that since the book was written so long ago, that element can be ignored, but I simply cannot hear the word piccaninny again and again and let it go unchallenged. My daughter, who loves the Disney film, has been talked to extensively about how Peter Pan isn't how Native Americans really are, etc. Every 10 minutes it seems I was telling her that this isn't how we speak about people of other cultures. You could say that perhaps I shouldn't have had her listen to it in the first place, and maybe that is true, but thinking it a canonical work of children's literature, I didn't think that it would matter. I had anticipated the kind of racism seen in the Disney film or musical, not something even worse. That is entirely on me. As for the writing itself, it is a cracking good story that is at times as familiar as it is strange, but I would say that it would be best appreciated by an older audience who can understand it in its context and as a work of classic literature rather than a bedtime story.
Terrible book. Did not age well at all. Honestly offensive at many parts— would not recommend for modern children. 1.5 ✨ only reason it gets anything is because I appreciate the imagination
Als Abenteuergeschichte für Kinder hat mir der Roman gut gefallen. Er ist spannend und magisch erzählt, genau auf die Art, die mir damals als Kind schon gut gefallen hat.
Vieles stößt einem, insbesondere in der heutigen Zeit, beim Lesen natürlich etwas auf. Dass Wendy selbst noch ein Kind ist, aber dann bereitwillig Mutter für alle spielt und in dieser Rolle so sehr aufgeht. Wie die Indigenen beschrieben werden. Oder dass Englischsein als das Nonplusultra für Mut und Kultur gesehen wird. Das alles hinterlässt natürlich ein Geschmäckle, aber es war gemessen an der damaligen Zeit nicht so abstoßend, dass ich es noch gut einordnen konnte.
Insgesamt war "Peter Pan" für mich ein gutes 4-Sterne-Buch.
Vieles stößt einem, insbesondere in der heutigen Zeit, beim Lesen natürlich etwas auf. Dass Wendy selbst noch ein Kind ist, aber dann bereitwillig Mutter für alle spielt und in dieser Rolle so sehr aufgeht. Wie die Indigenen beschrieben werden. Oder dass Englischsein als das Nonplusultra für Mut und Kultur gesehen wird. Das alles hinterlässt natürlich ein Geschmäckle, aber es war gemessen an der damaligen Zeit nicht so abstoßend, dass ich es noch gut einordnen konnte.
Insgesamt war "Peter Pan" für mich ein gutes 4-Sterne-Buch.