Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

3.83 AVERAGE

max69's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
A classic, love the Tenniel wood block illustrations.
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marynolan63's review against another edition

4.0
bizarre & funny

odetosleejp's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
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capt_ahab's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

n3rd_grl's review against another edition

4.5
reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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the_reading_rabbithole's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
I have always and will always love this book. It is absurd in the most wonderful way! 

njkirkman's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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goldie_locks's review against another edition

3.0
lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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ccen's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mah011's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted
Today it's a double feature! These books are good examples of how doing the PopSugar Reading challenge affects my reading life. One of the prompts this year is “a book mentioned in another book,” which is a little tricky. So when one of my recent reads mentioned Alice Through the Looking Glass, I thought that would be a good way to meet that prompt. And THEN I realized I could read Alice in Wonderland (which came first) and also complete another prompt (a classic you’ve never read). So down the rabbit hole I went!

I would guess a lot of us are familiar with the general plot of Alice in Wonderland, (girl falls down rabbit hole, has many odd adventures and meets many strange characters). Through the Looking Glass is very similar (swap falling down rabbit hole with stepping through a mirror, add in real-life chess game). 

If you enjoy weird animal characters and wordplay/puns in a surreal/dreamlike environment, these books are for you. For me they were just fine. I do feel some satisfaction at having read the original texts and getting the context for lots of pop culture references, which is something, I guess!