I just read this for the first time - can you believe it? I knew the story, of course. I saw the Disney movie way back when, and probably some spin-offs too (Hook? Was that one?). And I may even have seen the play, or part of it. But I'd never read the book itself. 
 It was cute. I was really intrigued by the way the author asserts that children are wee narcissistic sociopaths - and here he is saying it right to his (young) readers' faces, confident that it will go over their heads. And I'm sure it does. I've got an eight-year-old; I know what self-centred little monsters they can be (and know, too, that they get over it eventually. That WE get over it eventually, I should say, for we are none of us exempt). 
 I loved the idea of The Neverland as something all children recognize, as imagination games made literal. I loved what an asshole Tinker Bell was, to say nothing of the mermaids. But, alas, it was really hard for me to get around all the racism and sexism. I know this book, like all books, is a product of its times, but still. My eyes got sore from rolling so hard, and that really hampers my enjoyment of a book.