Peter and Wendy

Only ever seeing the Disney version of this story, I was quite surprised at the ending of this original writing of this children’s tale.

Great book

J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy was, by my recollection, a fun-filled romo through the Neverland, but upon reading it now I realized it is hardly that. Peter kills frequently and happily, Wendy is useless and Tinker Bell is murderous, but worse, Barrie's style succeeds in robbing an intelligent reader of any payoff or enjoyment through cheap stylistic choices, ghastly plot devices, and the like, while sometimes completely disregarding plot in order to get a few laughs. The book isn't worthless; it has a good message and invokes some nostalgia, but overall I wouldn't read it more than once. Good thing it was free!