Reviews

Wonderland: An Anthology of Works Inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

hjerteknuser's review against another edition

I'm sorry im just realising more and more that i fucking despise short story anthologies 

moira_desu's review against another edition

4.0

I have mixed feelings: Some of the stories were so wonderfully strange and just fun to read, while the last few plain boring. I loved the stories that took an interesting turn, had an unique perspective on the original work and added something fresh to it, or simply used it as inspiration. However, few of the tales literally just built their stories on the original setting without an interesting idea, and I couldn't enjoy the style either, but that's just my own taste I guess :) Anyhow, the stories I liked the most were (not in this particular order) :
There were no birds to fly
The white queen's pawn
Dream Girl
Good dog, Alice! (this I enjoyed probably the most, adorable with a dark turn)
The hunting of the Jabberwock
About time
Vanished summer glory
Black kitty (this was also one of the best reads, a very unique addition to the original story)
The night parade (if yiu are a fan of japanese culture, I'm positive you' ll like this just as much as I did)
The white queen's dictrum (nice if you like ghost stories)

rachael_amber's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

emma_emm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

ex_odette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

aaron_j136's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars

Alice in armour- 3/5
Wonders never cease- 3/5
There were no birds to fly- 3.5/5
The white queens pawn- 3/5
Dream girl- 4/5
Good dog, Alice!- 5/5
The hunting of the jabberwock- 4/5
About time- 4.5/5
Smoke ‘em if you got em- 2/5
Vanished summer glory- 2/5
Black kitty- 4/5
The night parade- 4/5
What makes a monster- 4/5
The white queens dictum- 4.5/5
Temp work- 3/5
Eat me, drink me- 2.5/5
How I comes to be the treacle queen- 3.5/5
Six impossible things- 3/5
Revolution in wonder- 3.5/5

snowglassandapples's review against another edition

5.0

Took me a bit cause of school, I read about 3 stories per day, it was amazing though. Some of the stories are hardly recognizable as based off of Jabberwocky or Alice but they are wonderfully done. Some pull on the heartstrings and others are wild sci-fi adventures, there were references to the real word and history and it was just amazing.

My review was a bit nonsensical but it’s fitting as I have just read versions of Alice which was nonsense writing, so I suppose I just followed the style.

rowynnreads's review against another edition

4.0

This is definitely one I will have to reread. Some of the stories were horrifyingly good! Some I didn’t care for! 

readingwithgee_'s review against another edition

3.0

This is a collection of short stories inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which obviously appealed to me straight away. Unfortunately I didn't love it, nor did I dislike it so to say.

Being a mix of short stories and poetry there were bound to be stories I liked and some I didn't, honestly I DID end up disliking more than I enjoyed. They were really quite odd which don't get me wrong, isn't a bad thing, but some were just too odd and I struggled to understand them or get my head around them.

I did however particularly enjoy a couple of stories, including: Wonders never cease, Dream girl, Good dog, Alice! And Eat me, drink me. I liked the fact that some were humerus, some were creepy and some were just odd in a way that I actually quite enjoyed.

chadreadsrom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5