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July 15 |
Book Review: Peter Pan |
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Okay so maybe I was a little late in reading this; It is one of the books that I’ve picked up a hundred times, flipped through, but wound up getting distracted by something else. What was I thinking? Why had I not allowed myself to read this classic?
Peter Pan is one of the timeless tale about the child who did not want to ever grow up. Everyone knows the story in one form or another, be it play or movie, etc. But to read it as the story itself was spellbinding. The cherry on top was a small ‘about the author’ bit at the back of my edition, telling on Barrie and making allusions to himself as both Peter Pan and Captain Jas. Hook. I had never really researched the man and it was very interesting to read.
Wendy is not the annoying character I took her to be. She is often presented as nagging, pretentious, and far too grown up for the fantasies wrapped around and within Neverland. Here, she is truly just a child in a land of make believe. Oh, she is quite intelligent and knows which buttons to push but isn’t it true that girls learn this trick at a young age, manipulating the boys around them early on?
All in all, I am glad to have finally read this. I was always a fan of the story it presented, particularly in stage play, but I had never indulged in the original (or close to, I suppose, depending on the edition) in all its glory. A highly recommended read.
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