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Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Eva Mason, Dan Andreasen, Lewis Carroll
3.83 AVERAGE
7.55k reviews for:
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Eva Mason, Dan Andreasen, Lewis Carroll
3.83 AVERAGE
Con 19 años disfruté cada palabra como si fuera una niña, desearía haber leído este libro hace unos 10 años porque este mundo loco y raro del País de las Maravillas me hubiera encantado, y que de hecho ahora me encantó.
All time classic. Glad I read it aber war jetzt auch nicht weltbewegend
I've read parts of this story and I'm familiar with the Disney version, but I've never read the story's original version and it was just wonderful! Reading this with the kids and giggling over it ... we gave all the characters voices, etc. ... it was so much fun and we made lots of memories. We'll be reading Through the Looking Glass very soon! :)
UTTER MADNESS
"`In that direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.'
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.”
There really is a case to be made that, in this book, Alice visits not Wonderland, but a mental asylum. I enjoyed this classic more than I expected. It reads like some surreal, drug-induced vision. Carroll seems to delight in subverting expectations and contemplating how much fun it would be to be totally mad. And perhaps, some scenes seem to suggest, our society is mad?
In this dive down the rabbit hole, Carroll unmasks the absurdity of the rules and restraints we place upon ourselves as humans. I was also impressed by some of the clever wordplays which would surely go right over most childrens' heads but make it a more enjoyable read for adults.
“A dream is not reality but who's to say which is which?”
"`In that direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the other paw, `lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.'
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.”
There really is a case to be made that, in this book, Alice visits not Wonderland, but a mental asylum. I enjoyed this classic more than I expected. It reads like some surreal, drug-induced vision. Carroll seems to delight in subverting expectations and contemplating how much fun it would be to be totally mad. And perhaps, some scenes seem to suggest, our society is mad?
In this dive down the rabbit hole, Carroll unmasks the absurdity of the rules and restraints we place upon ourselves as humans. I was also impressed by some of the clever wordplays which would surely go right over most childrens' heads but make it a more enjoyable read for adults.
“A dream is not reality but who's to say which is which?”
Egentlig 3, men 1+ på grunn av Chris Riddels illustrasjoner
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It feels weird fitting my opinions on this book into a three star rating so time to write my first-ever review!
What I have to preface this with is that I read Alice in Wonderland in perhaps the most absurd format imaginable: in fifteen-to-twenty second chunks, 2-4 times a day, over the course of five months. This was because the entire book is printed on the walls of the elevator at my office and I read it exclusively there. It made for a disconnected, surreal reading experience. It meant the story lived under the surface of my thoughts for far longer than a children's book generally would when you read it as an adult and don't particularly like it. It made an already-nonsensical plotline a little bit harder to follow, but also helped smooth some of the weirder narrative jumps.
There were weeks when I really, really hated this book. There were weeks I found it hilarious and joyous. The end hit a lot harder than I think it would have otherwise because it was the payoff of a five-month buildup.
My overall take: I didn't love it, won't reread, but it was a really memorable Experience. My stranger take: somehow, this book worked better for me when I was thinking of it as a /horror novel/ rather than as a children's book. It gets at both uncanny valley and the way children's games/toys/songs are often repurposed into horror. There's a lot here that's really nightmare-sequence and quietly disturbing, and on days when I was able to approach that as a strength of the book rather than a flaw, I had a great time.
I think my experience was also shaped by the /other/ classic novel i am currently reading in an unusually-serialized format - yes, i am one of Those Dracula Daily people. Without making this review too tangential to the book I'm actually reviewing, I can't imagine I would have had the same experience without Dracula as a parallel and comparison. I certainly don't think I would have seen the horror in it in the same way.
Am I glad I read it the way I did? Absolutely. Did I have fun? No I did not. Would I recommend other people read it as an adult? Only if you have access to a certain elevator.
What I have to preface this with is that I read Alice in Wonderland in perhaps the most absurd format imaginable: in fifteen-to-twenty second chunks, 2-4 times a day, over the course of five months. This was because the entire book is printed on the walls of the elevator at my office and I read it exclusively there. It made for a disconnected, surreal reading experience. It meant the story lived under the surface of my thoughts for far longer than a children's book generally would when you read it as an adult and don't particularly like it. It made an already-nonsensical plotline a little bit harder to follow, but also helped smooth some of the weirder narrative jumps.
There were weeks when I really, really hated this book. There were weeks I found it hilarious and joyous. The end hit a lot harder than I think it would have otherwise because it was the payoff of a five-month buildup.
My overall take: I didn't love it, won't reread, but it was a really memorable Experience. My stranger take: somehow, this book worked better for me when I was thinking of it as a /horror novel/ rather than as a children's book. It gets at both uncanny valley and the way children's games/toys/songs are often repurposed into horror. There's a lot here that's really nightmare-sequence and quietly disturbing, and on days when I was able to approach that as a strength of the book rather than a flaw, I had a great time.
I think my experience was also shaped by the /other/ classic novel i am currently reading in an unusually-serialized format - yes, i am one of Those Dracula Daily people. Without making this review too tangential to the book I'm actually reviewing, I can't imagine I would have had the same experience without Dracula as a parallel and comparison. I certainly don't think I would have seen the horror in it in the same way.
Am I glad I read it the way I did? Absolutely. Did I have fun? No I did not. Would I recommend other people read it as an adult? Only if you have access to a certain elevator.
challenging
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated