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samanthaleighreads's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 ⭐️
I still love the concept of Alice but I think this book was just a little too out there for me. I looked into Carroll and the story surrounding how Alice came to be and that helped me make a little more sense of it. I’m glad I read it, escaping into the world was fun, but I’m also glad it’s over.
I still love the concept of Alice but I think this book was just a little too out there for me. I looked into Carroll and the story surrounding how Alice came to be and that helped me make a little more sense of it. I’m glad I read it, escaping into the world was fun, but I’m also glad it’s over.
viewfromtheskye's review against another edition
5.0
I was really surprised at how most of the story that I new came from "through the looking glass" and not "Alice in Wonderland"
sahcloudy's review against another edition
2.0
I don't know what to think about the books tbh, maybe I just wasn't in the mood to be receptive to it.
stacy_morow's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
helene_g's review against another edition
4.0
The kids enjoyed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland much more than Through the Looking-Glass.
abeerhoque's review against another edition
4.0
"Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."
I hadn't read "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Caroll in 1865, since I was a kid. But I very recently watched the movie (with Johnny Depp) and was curious about the Jabberwocky monster that Alice defeats in the end. I couldn't remember it from the book. It turns out there's no such monster in the book (or in the sequel, "Through the Looking Glass" - as far as wiki tells me).
What's marvelous though is everything else that *is* in the book. What other book has created so many characters that live on in our world? The Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Duchess, the Mock Turtle, Alice herself (and this isn't counting all the myriad characters from "Through the Looking Glass" like Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, Humpty Dumpty, the Walrus and the Carpenter... I must read this second book now). "The Wizard of Oz" comes close, but as a child of British colonial rule, it's Alice's story, not Dorothy's that I remember best.
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
Why indeed. I loved all the mad things that happen so casually: the caterpillar smoking, Alice growing and shrinking, the never ending tea party, the "Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils." And I especially loved how there's no moral, no lessons learned, no neat resolution. It only gets "curiouser and curiouser," until an army of playing cards rushes at Alice, and she comes awake as if from a dream, her sister brushing leaves from her face.
I hadn't read "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Caroll in 1865, since I was a kid. But I very recently watched the movie (with Johnny Depp) and was curious about the Jabberwocky monster that Alice defeats in the end. I couldn't remember it from the book. It turns out there's no such monster in the book (or in the sequel, "Through the Looking Glass" - as far as wiki tells me).
What's marvelous though is everything else that *is* in the book. What other book has created so many characters that live on in our world? The Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Duchess, the Mock Turtle, Alice herself (and this isn't counting all the myriad characters from "Through the Looking Glass" like Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, Humpty Dumpty, the Walrus and the Carpenter... I must read this second book now). "The Wizard of Oz" comes close, but as a child of British colonial rule, it's Alice's story, not Dorothy's that I remember best.
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
Why indeed. I loved all the mad things that happen so casually: the caterpillar smoking, Alice growing and shrinking, the never ending tea party, the "Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils." And I especially loved how there's no moral, no lessons learned, no neat resolution. It only gets "curiouser and curiouser," until an army of playing cards rushes at Alice, and she comes awake as if from a dream, her sister brushing leaves from her face.