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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
The story is well-known: Peter Pan, a boy who never grows up, takes Wendy and her brothers away to Neverland. They stay there for months while their parents grieve, having rather violent adventures. Adventures, for Wendy, meant a whole lot of housework most of the time. Even when she agrees to go back with Peter once a year, it is to do his spring cleaning.
The book is rather strange at times and closes by making the point that children in general are gay, innocent and heartless.
The book is rather strange at times and closes by making the point that children in general are gay, innocent and heartless.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wanted to like it, but the I found the writing REALLY unappealing. I didn't like Peter in the book as much, the pirates seemed really stupid and not scary at all, and other characters, like Mr. Darling kind of just knocked the whole deal. At one point, Mr. Darling actually argues with Michael about who should take their medicine first. He was just extremely immature and unlikeable. I did like Tinker Bell and Wendy though. I liked the concepts that the book brought up about the Never Lands being the lands of make belief that we make up when we're children. I liked that it showed that eventually we have to grow up and leave these worlds behind. Definitely some interesting themes, but I had to push myself to keep reading.
What an awful great adventure! Every kid should read this book !!!
i have always been fascinated by the story of peter pan and its adaptions (disney in the 50s and the sequel i had in vhs, the 2003 live action version, ouat) and i am pretty sure my mom read me the book as a child.
glad to have re-read it or i would have missed out on the fairy orgy, non binary fairies or something i had forgotten like the fact that peter pan kills the lost boys when they grow too old or that he brutally kills all of the pirates or that they in turn brutally kill a bunch of natives (whose treatment is definitely the most racist and controversial part of this story)
also peter pan is a fucking asshole and ouat making him a straight up villain was not that far off.
i still wanna live in a world with fairies, mermaids and pirates
glad to have re-read it or i would have missed out on the fairy orgy, non binary fairies or something i had forgotten like the fact that peter pan kills the lost boys when they grow too old or that he brutally kills all of the pirates or that they in turn brutally kill a bunch of natives (whose treatment is definitely the most racist and controversial part of this story)
also peter pan is a fucking asshole and ouat making him a straight up villain was not that far off.
i still wanna live in a world with fairies, mermaids and pirates
adventurous
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honest review: Peter Pan by J.M. Berrie
Quotes: "All children, except one, grow up."
"There never was a simpler happier family until the coming of Peter Pan."
"There were odd stories about him, as that when children died he went part of the way with them, so that they should not be frightened."
"I don't want ever to be a man," he said with passion. "I want always to be a little boy and to have fun."
"He was never more sinister than when he was most polite,"
"Of course the Neverland had been make- believe in those days, but it was real now,"
*Before I start, I'll just say there's no doubt more in-depth reviews for this with a more intelligent interpretation of this story.
Times and terms were different.
My thoughts: The story is different than I expected. Peter Pan is almost an urban legend type of figure. There's a little bit of an ominous tone to start.
Looking at this in today's world is wild.
Peter is very brash and selfish. Refusing to grow up, literally. Among taking Wendy, pretty much against her will to Neverland.
To be a mother figure to the lost boys.
Here's a direct quote about the Lost Boys:
"The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out;"...
Yeah, you read that right.
There's a tiny bit of whimsical in the story. But this is so dark. I'm amazed it's a children's story. Hook is a dark figure himself, which I expected. Peter... I didn't expect to dislike so much. Wendy is referred to as the children's mother.. She's 12, I believe. Humorous and disturbing how Peter wanted Tiger Lilly or Wendy to be his mother.
Smee, a presumed grown man, offering to save Wendy, if she agreed to be his mother...
"See here, honey," he whispered, "I'll save you if you promise to be my mother."
It's just very odd..
Some of the descriptions of characters have aged horribly. I am grateful for some of the Adaptations of this story and like them. This was just disturbing in a way I wasn't expecting. The end was kinda of wild, too.
No disrespect intended to anybody that loves this book.
Thanks for reading 📚
Quotes: "All children, except one, grow up."
"There never was a simpler happier family until the coming of Peter Pan."
"There were odd stories about him, as that when children died he went part of the way with them, so that they should not be frightened."
"I don't want ever to be a man," he said with passion. "I want always to be a little boy and to have fun."
"He was never more sinister than when he was most polite,"
"Of course the Neverland had been make- believe in those days, but it was real now,"
*Before I start, I'll just say there's no doubt more in-depth reviews for this with a more intelligent interpretation of this story.
Times and terms were different.
My thoughts: The story is different than I expected. Peter Pan is almost an urban legend type of figure. There's a little bit of an ominous tone to start.
Looking at this in today's world is wild.
Peter is very brash and selfish. Refusing to grow up, literally. Among taking Wendy, pretty much against her will to Neverland.
To be a mother figure to the lost boys.
Here's a direct quote about the Lost Boys:
"The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out;"...
Yeah, you read that right.
There's a tiny bit of whimsical in the story. But this is so dark. I'm amazed it's a children's story. Hook is a dark figure himself, which I expected. Peter... I didn't expect to dislike so much. Wendy is referred to as the children's mother.. She's 12, I believe. Humorous and disturbing how Peter wanted Tiger Lilly or Wendy to be his mother.
Smee, a presumed grown man, offering to save Wendy, if she agreed to be his mother...
"See here, honey," he whispered, "I'll save you if you promise to be my mother."
It's just very odd..
Some of the descriptions of characters have aged horribly. I am grateful for some of the Adaptations of this story and like them. This was just disturbing in a way I wasn't expecting. The end was kinda of wild, too.
No disrespect intended to anybody that loves this book.
Thanks for reading 📚
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A strong story and a fantastic sense of whimsy set this book apart, yet the racism and sexism in this book are obvious (and in the case of the sexism, central to the story) and distracting.