book_concierge 's review for:

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

2.0

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I really did not enjoy this book. It’s really very dark; conditions are bad in Neverland – frequently no food, everyone sleeping in one bed, their clothes in tatters. And they are subject to terror – pirates and redskins, not to mention mermaids and the beasts of the forest. All that being said, I was bored.

I never read it as a child, and I am certain that I would not have enjoyed having it read to me as a child. (Although I did enjoy watching the TV special airing of the play starring Mary Martin.) Maybe the problem is that I, like Wendy at the end, have grown up.