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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll
3.95 AVERAGE
5.46k reviews for:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll
3.95 AVERAGE
It's a classic for a reason. Love the word play and imagination with no filters... it's like recapturing the way you thought when you were a child for a brief moment.
An excuse the re-read the two Alice books is always welcome. But some of the annotations in 'The Annotated Alice' are quite enlightening. For example, I had always been confused by the chess game described at the start of 'Through the Looking Glass', because many of the moves didn't seem legal, or even in the proper order. It turns out that's because they are not legal, or in a proper order. Another annotation that sticks in my mind is that in Victorian london, it became a meme of sorts to confront a newcomer to the local pub, or the like, with the question, "WHO are YOU?"
This edition of the Annotated Alice has many excellent illustrations-- both Tenniel's, and others, some of which are truly amazing.
This edition of the Annotated Alice has many excellent illustrations-- both Tenniel's, and others, some of which are truly amazing.
adventurous
funny
relaxing
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:
No
adventurous
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
finally finished this book (after dnf-ing it in my childhood, lol)
I loved these stories as a child and I think I appreciate the cleverness of them more as an adult! Lewis Carroll created such amazing worlds where logic and nonsense were debated by the strangest characters with Alice on her adventures in Wonderland and through the Looking-Glass. Some I actually forgot - except for those classic ones like the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. If I was Alice I would have been terrified to meet these strange characters but she is so brave (and polite!) I think its why I loved the stories as a child. How could Alice fall down that rabbit hole and not be terrified? I wanted to be her and have such marvelous adventures myself knowing I would eventually wake up entirely safe at home again :-)
I'm too much of a realist and a pessimist (maybe a bit of a cynic as well but that doesn't have to do with this) to truly enjoy this book. I don't fully appreciate it. I understand that it is clearly all about nonsense and there is a deeper meaning behind each event that occurs in the stories, trust me, my English teacher had us analyze every possibility in this story. But the nonsense was much too over the top for my taste.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I’ve never read a classic and reading one from 150 years ago was quite the experience and once I got accustomed to the world Alice was in it was very much enjoyable
4.3/5
4.3/5
Alicia, Alicia, Alicia... Realmente pensé que me iba a gustar mucho más; le tenía una fe ciega. En primera no tiene una historia lineal, es más el cúmulo de anécdotas de una niña caprichosa; Alicia es completamente insoportable.
Está lleno de poemas desagradables (imagino que en la época en que fue escrito el libro, tenían sentido y eran entretenidos) o por lo menos a mi no me hicieron la menor gracia. Pese a todo Alicia en el país de las maravillas me gustó, pero Alicia a través del espejo... fue casi una tortura. Aunque todo lo que pasa es muy apresurado es como que todas las situaciones van corriendo; parece que jamás va terminar. No puedo negar que tiene personajes entrañables y refleja la realidad de la época, algo así como una severa crítica, da justo al clavo. En fin, tardé mucho en leer estas historias, no me arrepiento, pero tampoco puedo decir llenó mis expectativas.
Posiblemente fue el hype que me arruinó todo esto... quién sabe. No descarto de releerlo en un futuro pero de momento dejaré que baje mi decepción.
PD: Todas las ilustraciones son maravillosas, valen la pena por completo.
Está lleno de poemas desagradables (imagino que en la época en que fue escrito el libro, tenían sentido y eran entretenidos) o por lo menos a mi no me hicieron la menor gracia. Pese a todo Alicia en el país de las maravillas me gustó, pero Alicia a través del espejo... fue casi una tortura. Aunque todo lo que pasa es muy apresurado es como que todas las situaciones van corriendo; parece que jamás va terminar. No puedo negar que tiene personajes entrañables y refleja la realidad de la época, algo así como una severa crítica, da justo al clavo. En fin, tardé mucho en leer estas historias, no me arrepiento, pero tampoco puedo decir llenó mis expectativas.
Posiblemente fue el hype que me arruinó todo esto... quién sabe. No descarto de releerlo en un futuro pero de momento dejaré que baje mi decepción.
PD: Todas las ilustraciones son maravillosas, valen la pena por completo.