I can't remember reading Alice in Wonderland in childhood, and enough feels unfamiliar that I don't think I ever did. Yet so much--so many of the images, phrases, characters and situations are very familiar, because this book is so woven into the popular culture. Yet it all read so fresh, was such a...
This is a book that is full of charm. Alice is an intelligent and openly curious heroine who actively participates in the fantastical adventure her trip down the rabbit hole has set her on. She faces the world with a bright eyed pragmatism that is wonderfully endearing. The characters she meets are ...
Read this review, and many more on my blog October Tune!After reading ‘Splintered’, a story based on Alice in Wonderland, I thought to myself that I hadn’t actually read the original story by Lewis Carroll. I found a nice copy on the Book Depository and after it arrived I found out that it had Throu...
Read this review, and many more on my blog October Tune! After reading ‘Splintered’, a story based on Alice in Wonderland, I thought to myself that I hadn’t actually read the original story by Lewis Carroll. I found a nice copy on the Book Depository and after it arrived I found out that it had Thr...
If I was rating these as stories written today, I'd probably give them 1 star - they get an extra star because I appreciate they were written in a different time and for a very different audience to the kids of today. I didn't like Alice. She strikes me as not much more than a well spoken brat. I do...
So I finally read it. After reading Splintered, I was expecting something more darker and with other characters. I was also hoping that Alice wouldn't be an idiot. Sadly, I was disappointed on all accounts.Just because Alice is seven or something doesn't mean she has to be annoying. That was my mai...
I now understand why quite a lot of reviewers have hinted to Lewis Carroll's possible substance abuse. Alice in Wonderland reads like one long drug trip.I had no clue that the book would be so crazy. I'm a great fan of everything Alice in Wonderland, and especially the video game Madness Returns. Th...
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