Alice in Tumblr-land
Tim Manley,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Viking Penguin
Tim Manley,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Viking Penguin
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780143124795 (014312479X)
Publish date: November 5th 2013
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 265
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Humor,
Funny,
Adult Fiction,
Fairy Tales,
Culture,
Short Stories,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Pop Culture,
Retellings
This wasn't at all what I expected. I thought it would be a full-on parody of Alice In Wonderland; however it was more like little drabbles of old fairytales. I liked it.Not all of them were funny. Some were kind of sad and gave me the feels. Some just made you think. At some point, when you gr...
I'd seen several reviews for this book and none had given me a very positive image. Still, the idea of this book ensured I had to at least try. the idea is the best part of the whole thing. If this is where re-imaging fairy tales is leading us, bring back the Brothers Grimm! It's clearly gone too ...
Um not sure what to say about this. I think I would have preferred a chapter to each story than random little snippets from page to page. I laughed a couple of times but overall it was disappointing.
This one just didn't do it for me. Some people may find it funny, charming, and a rather unique collection of fairy tales. But I found that it was just bizarre, had too many innuendo's, and was rather bias. Now the author is probably doing that on purpose but it definitely turned me off. Alice In ...
WARNING: This book is most definitely not for children. I read this book because it reminded me of the Politically Correct Bedtime Stories series. Tumblr is a short form blogging platform. Each set of two pages in this book includes a tumblr-like post. The books goes back and forth between diffe...
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