Bei diesem Buch handelt es sich um die ursprüngliche Geschichte und nicht um die Version von Disney, die wie vermutlich alle kennen. Die Originale Story ist ein wenig anders, brutaler und ungeschönter, als die bekannte Disney Version. Es handelt sich um einen Klassiker, an die etwas in die Jahre gekommene Schreibweise, gewöhnt man sich recht schnell. Mir hat die Geschichte gut gefallen, ich finds ab und zu echt schön auch mal einen Klassiker zu lesen.

Das Buch ist definitiv anders als die Disney-Verfilmung ( mit der ich Peter Pan immer in Verbindung bringe). Dadurch das es realistischer und düsterer ist, kann man es auch als Erwachsener gut lesen. Leider hatte ich Probleme mit den Schreibstil und es zog sich an einigen Stellen.

A book that can be enjoyed by children as well as by adults. While the plot and the several events in this book are written to cater to a kid's imagination, it includes jokes and references (e.g. to history, other books...) that are probably more suitable for the enjoyment of their parents. Such clever hints were my greatest joy while reading, and best of all you don't have to get them all yourself because, in my edition at least, they are explained in a glossary, so everyone can enjoy the book without prior knowledge. Barrie includes some interesting themes in this like the innocents of childhood and the importance of mothers. The characters acted mostly understandable as their actions and feelings were explained with great wit. Wendys excitement for motherhood seems as a staple of the time the book was published in at first, but than I remembered that little girls today still like to play mother, so it holds up. As much as I liked these aspects of the book and wanted the love the whole story, it did not intrigue me as much as I hoped. Maybe it was the lack of a cohesive storyline, with only some events happening that kind of fit together and tell of the time in Netherland. Maybe it was that the language Barrie uses might be quite poetic but still not as fluent as you would wish from a child story. I read this in a bilingual edition and as much as I wanted to read the English original text, I tended to enjoy the modern translation much more. So I acknowledge that this is a great masterpiece but I never got perfectly in to it, therefore I personally can't give more than 3 stars.