Thursday, March 13, 2014

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Caution, spoilers.

That's right, this is a book! I'd seen the animated film as a kid, and, while it was certainly not amongst my favorites, I couldn't pass up the book when I saw it the other day.

I really enjoyed the style and tone of this book. It was written in a very classic storyteller's voice, in my opinion, and I really enjoyed that. Plus, it just felt very turn-of-the-century / Edwardian era, and that's something everyone loves. The actual story was pretty close to the film version, though with decidedly more violence and death. I never cared for the movie as a child, so the book certainly isn't lighting my world on fire now, but I'm very glad to have read it, and I would recommend it just for that, even if you don't like Peter Pan.