Peter Pan (Aladdin Classics)
by J. M. Barrie

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Book Review: Boy, why are crying?
Summary: 5 Stars

If you think this is simply a children's book, and that as an adult you should just ignore it, well, then you're absolutely crazy. This is one of the few books that have ever made me cry. Yes, I actually cried when I read this book, because the story is just that good.

It is beautifully written by Barrie, with all the different characters that can be found in Neverland and throughout the great galaxy, even the stars are friends with Peter, well except when he tries to sneak up behind them and blow them out. There's mermaids and Indians and Pirates in Neverland, all the ingredients for a wonderful adventure for Peter and the lost boys.

If you've seen the Disney movie don't let that stop you from reading this. Disney's version is for kids. Barrie's version is for adults. I believe I've actually read somewhere that Barrie wrote this book for adults not children, and I do believe that adults will get so much more out of it then children will. Not that it won't be a good entertaining read for them, but an adult will be left with so much more afterwards.

The part of this book that really cinched the fact that it's perhaps one of the best books ever written is the final chapter, which is absolutely heart breaking and had me in tears. After the adventures the Darlings return home with all the Lost boys. All the boys grow up eventually forgetting the adventures they had, and become engineers and office workers never remembering what they had done already. Then there's Peter, who promises to come back for Wendy every spring, at first he remembers and comes back for her. We find out however that he has no recollection of his past adventures that the new ones have pushed them from his mind. He doesn't remember Hook, or Tinker Bell, he recons she must have just died since faeries don't live very long. Alas, Peter eventually forgets about Wendy, and she grows up and has a daughter of her own, Jane. Then one day he shows up and gives no notice to the fact that Wendy's all grown up, since he's to busy thinking of himself. Instead he takes Jane to do his spring cleaning, and afterwards every Spring he remembers he returns to take his mother for spring cleaning (As I sit here re-reading the final chapter for this review I'm crying again, how sad).

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