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Alice in Zombieland by Nickolas Cook, Lewis Carroll

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samfang's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The original Alice book is my favorite story, and this horror-inspired rewrite is an enjoyable take on the classic. A small gripe, but proofreading errors in the climactic scene becoming distracting; the white rabbit is changed to a Black Rat in Zombieland, but the character is referred to as a white rabbit at the climax among other small errors that would’ve been easily caught by an editor reading the story from start to finish.

pageb's review against another edition

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2.0

This book was okay, but disappointed me. It seems as though the author merely copied down Lewis Carroll's words and inserted blood here and there. While Alice has a hunger for body parts and there is one good zombie scene, I really had to struggle to get through this book. I'll probably give it away to one of my students.

biblio_lore's review against another edition

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2.0

I'm a little surprised by this one. I have read a few mashups and while they are generally the kind of thing I read for a laugh or a quick bit of entertainment, I was disappointed in this one. It moved surprisingly slowly and I think that part of it is that so much of it was just slight modifications to the original storyline. This is par for the course in these kinds of books but I found that I just couldn't get into this one, particularly considering the kinds of things that you can do with the Alice in Wonderland world. I also found it a little jarring that her dialogue wasn't much changed in a circumstance that I would have expected it to be. Not a terrible mashup but I think it could have been worked with more and made into a more interesting story if the author would have taken the time to develop it more.

madamepurpura's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Loveable characters? No

2.0

psykobilliethekid's review against another edition

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3.0

This was definitely the book I was looking for when I wanted to read "Alice in Zombieland" the first time around. This is also a book you will either love or hate once you're finished reading it. And I say "once you're finished reading it" since it's actually a rather fast read even with it being 256 pages for the ebook version.

This book is exactly what the title says-it's Alice in Wonderland with the addition of zombies. And it was a weird read. There were points I wasn't sure how to feel about the changes they made to add in the zombies since it was either really stupid or really well done. Which I guess shows that I liked the book but felt it needed something a little extra to make it seem not as weird. Maybe if it was written by Seth Grahame-Smith it could have been a more cohesive mashup. But it was worth the read. I was entertained and liked the ending which are two things I look for in a book outside of a decent plot that actually makes me want to finish the book. (I'm talking to you Swan Thieves!)

Would I read it again, maybe. Would I suggest it to others, sort of. If you want something silly and weird to read in one sitting, sure give it a try. If not, the original is just as good. But I would definitely read the original first before reading this version just to make sure you remember all of the characters from the story and how they're supposed to behave before they're zombified.