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Wonderland: An Anthology by Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

ayane's review

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dark funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

maripuu's review

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medium-paced

3.0

phantomphan28's review

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

goldengeode's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

As any anthology, some were hit or miss. 

I love AIW and for that reason found myself enjoying more stories than I have in past anthologies, although the overall amount was still about 1/3. 
I probably won’t be seeking out any works by these authors I don’t know, but it was a nice read.

Favorites:
Robert Shearman- Wonders Never Cease

Genevieve Cogman- The White Queen’s Pawn 

James Lovegrove- The White Queen’s Dictum 

Allison Littlewood- Eat Me, Drink Me 

Jane Yolen- Revolution in Wonder (poem)



hjerteknuser's review against another edition

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

moira_desu's review against another edition

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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

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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

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

ex_odette's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

aaron_j136's review

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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