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Peter Pan
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bookshelves: made-into-a-movie, own, 2025-audiobooks, 2025-middle-grade
Jun 20, 2011
bookshelves: made-into-a-movie, own, 2025-audiobooks, 2025-middle-grade
Read 3 times. Last read January 24, 2025 to January 28, 2025.
Jan 2025
5 stars (I loved it)
So I apparently gave this a 3 star rating the first time I read it. Yet I go around and tell people that it's my favorite book....
There are just so many quotes from this book that make me feel like home. "oh the cleverness of me" "to die would be an awfully big adventure" "boy, why are you crying?" and so many more. I have "think happy thoughts" tattooed on my arm and two stars (second star to the right) tattooed on my shoulder.
This is definitely a product of its time. A lot of racism especially towards Indigenous People. Sexism too. But I just love the writing and the fantasy of the story (part of it is also that I grew up watching and loving Mary Martin's version of the play, which is very similar to the book).
They do say a$$ a bit much for a kids' book (mostly said by Tinkerbell) and there is a mention of a fairy orgy. These things make me hesitant to tell people, especially my students, that Peter Pan is my favorite book but I can't help it! It feels like home.
5 stars (I loved it)
So I apparently gave this a 3 star rating the first time I read it. Yet I go around and tell people that it's my favorite book....
There are just so many quotes from this book that make me feel like home. "oh the cleverness of me" "to die would be an awfully big adventure" "boy, why are you crying?" and so many more. I have "think happy thoughts" tattooed on my arm and two stars (second star to the right) tattooed on my shoulder.
This is definitely a product of its time. A lot of racism especially towards Indigenous People. Sexism too. But I just love the writing and the fantasy of the story (part of it is also that I grew up watching and loving Mary Martin's version of the play, which is very similar to the book).
They do say a$$ a bit much for a kids' book (mostly said by Tinkerbell) and there is a mention of a fairy orgy. These things make me hesitant to tell people, especially my students, that Peter Pan is my favorite book but I can't help it! It feels like home.
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Quotes Ellon Liked
“Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
Reading Progress
Started Reading
March 1, 2010
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Finished Reading
June 20, 2011
– Shelved
December 14, 2013
– Shelved as:
made-into-a-movie
December 6, 2014
– Shelved as:
own
April 5, 2020
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Started Reading
(Hardcover Edition)
Finished Reading
(Hardcover Edition)
January 24, 2025
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Started Reading
January 28, 2025
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Finished Reading
January 31, 2025
– Shelved as:
2025-audiobooks
January 31, 2025
– Shelved as:
2025-middle-grade
