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itsgraziela's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
sharimeyer's review against another edition
4.0
If anyone thinks Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, whatever you'd like to call him, was NOT on drugs when he wrote this book, they have another think coming! (And if you understand the joke, you have clearly read this book.)
shauna831's review
5.0
Fabulous edition!
One of my all time favorite memories of reading as a kids and even as an adult.
It teaches....and entertains.....Beware the monster you create.....
One of my all time favorite memories of reading as a kids and even as an adult.
It teaches....and entertains.....Beware the monster you create.....
bookishlyintroverted's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
- pg. 57
Curiosity for young Alice led her on an escapade into Wonderland, where she met many lively and colourful characters from the White Rabbit, The Mad Hatter and Dormouse, The King and Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, Gryphon and the Cheshire Cat.
Alice's innocence in this lively world causes confusion but overall delightful conversation, and even though at times, Alice was a bit bratty, her presence in Wonderland was an adventure not just for herself but for the reader too.
There was humour, word play, puzzles and riddles - this story had it all!
The pictures told the story beautifully and this book is not just for the young, but the adults who are kids at heart, as it ignites nostalgia for the childhood that everyone dreams of.
A childhood of imagination and adventure.
***
Through the Looking Glass
"You may call it nonsense if you like," she [The Red Queen] said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
- Chapter 2, The Garden of Live Flowers.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had ended but that didn't stop the ever so intuitive little girl from entering another world of riddles and wordplay.
Alice enters the back-to-front world of the looking-glass and finds herself on a chessboard, playing a game of chess in which she has to reach the eighth rank/row for her to be proclaimed Queen.
A tempting offer for a seven-year-old!
So she begins her adventure across the squares as riddles, rhymes and childhood memories replay for the reader, meeting characters such as Tweedledum and Tweedledee and Humpty Dumpty.
A wonderful book of poetry, rhymes and riddles that would make anyone wish they were a child all over again.
Not only that, but the final chapter questioned Alice and life in general...
"Life what is it but a dream..."
Was Alice dreaming or was she the dream?
- Chapter 2, The Garden of Live Flowers.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had ended but that didn't stop the ever so intuitive little girl from entering another world of riddles and wordplay.
Alice enters the back-to-front world of the looking-glass and finds herself on a chessboard, playing a game of chess in which she has to reach the eighth rank/row for her to be proclaimed Queen.
A tempting offer for a seven-year-old!
So she begins her adventure across the squares as riddles, rhymes and childhood memories replay for the reader, meeting characters such as Tweedledum and Tweedledee and Humpty Dumpty.
A wonderful book of poetry, rhymes and riddles that would make anyone wish they were a child all over again.
Not only that, but the final chapter questioned Alice and life in general...
"Life what is it but a dream..."
Was Alice dreaming or was she the dream?
fernleaf's review against another edition
3.0
For some reason this book didn't have the same level of wit and wordplay that I remember (or that books like Gödel-Escher-Bach revere it for having), but it's still an enjoyable read at any time.
enby_crazy's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the manga edition I read but I couldn't get through the whole book. I lost interest after reading Alice in Wonderland but couldn't continue Through the Looking Glass. I know this is a classic story but I don't think it's for me. I might go back to it at a later time to finish the story but for now, I don't think I'll finish it
25alex94's review against another edition
4.0
"To become a child is to be very literal; to find everything so strange that nothing is surprising; to be heartless, to be ruthless, yet to be so passionate that a snub or a shadow drapes the world in gloom. It is to be Alice in Wonderland." - Virginia Woolf
savannahwelch's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
An iconic classic. Such a fun story with so much character. Having watched the movie first, I found it really interesting to find the differences.