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feelingferal's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. I think many of the stories really captured the surrealism of Alice and captured the darkness without it becoming a dystopian cliche. It even managed to overcome my inborn dislike of short story compilations! Now if only I could find a full length novel that does the same thing!!!
catladylover94's review against another edition
3.0
short stories, with characters like alice, hatter, queen, some where good some just boring, some really stupid and did not make any since, not a 5 star but close
l1brarygirl's review against another edition
3.0
*I received an electronic ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
Average Rating: 2.9 stars
1. My Own Invention by [a:Delia Sherman|24|Delia Sherman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1391010737p2/24.jpg][a:Delia Sherman|24|Delia Sherman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1391010737p2/24.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
2. Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night by [a:C.S.E. Cooney|4511345|C.S.E. Cooney|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442528798p2/4511345.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
3. Conjoined by [a:Jane Yolen|5989|Jane Yolen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413465729p2/5989.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
4. Mercury by [a:Priya Sharma|4538187|Priya Sharma|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1487957918p2/4538187.jpg] - ★★★★★
5. Some Kind of Wonderland by [a:Richard Bowes|107744|Richard Bowes|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1371918485p2/107744.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
Different, but boring
6. Alis by [a:Stephen Graham Jones|96300|Stephen Graham Jones|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458951688p2/96300.jpg] - ★★★★★
Absolutely terrifying!!!
7. All the King's Men by [a:Jeffrey Ford|19305|Jeffrey Ford|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1271689548p2/19305.jpg] - ★★★★☆
8. Run, Rabbit by [a:Angela Slatter|2847546|Angela Slatter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1286290946p2/2847546.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
9. In Memory of a Summer's Day by [a:Matthew Kressel|4127611|Matthew Kressel|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1440950015p2/4127611.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
10. Sentence Like a Saturday by [a:Seanan McGuire|2860219|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1245623198p2/2860219.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
11. Worrity, Worrity by [a:Andy Duncan|331704|Andy Duncan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - ★★☆☆☆
12. Eating the Alice Cake by [a:Kaaron Warren|1207458|Kaaron Warren|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1303270263p2/1207458.jpg] - ★★★★☆
13. The Queen of Hats by [a:Ysabeau S. Wilce|133908|Ysabeau S. Wilce|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1319486647p2/133908.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
14. A Comfort, One Way by [a:Genevieve Valentine|3400079|Genevieve Valentine|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360060998p2/3400079.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
15. The Flame After the Candle by [a:Catherynne M. Valente|338705|Catherynne M. Valente|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1220999852p2/338705.jpg] - ★☆☆☆☆
DNF
16. Moon, and Memory, and Muchness by [a:Katherine Vaz|330853|Katherine Vaz|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - ★★★★☆
17. Run, Rabbit, Run by [a:Jane Yolen|5989|Jane Yolen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413465729p2/5989.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
Average Rating: 2.9 stars
1. My Own Invention by [a:Delia Sherman|24|Delia Sherman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1391010737p2/24.jpg][a:Delia Sherman|24|Delia Sherman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1391010737p2/24.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
2. Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night by [a:C.S.E. Cooney|4511345|C.S.E. Cooney|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442528798p2/4511345.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
3. Conjoined by [a:Jane Yolen|5989|Jane Yolen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413465729p2/5989.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
4. Mercury by [a:Priya Sharma|4538187|Priya Sharma|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1487957918p2/4538187.jpg] - ★★★★★
5. Some Kind of Wonderland by [a:Richard Bowes|107744|Richard Bowes|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1371918485p2/107744.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
Different, but boring
6. Alis by [a:Stephen Graham Jones|96300|Stephen Graham Jones|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458951688p2/96300.jpg] - ★★★★★
Absolutely terrifying!!!
7. All the King's Men by [a:Jeffrey Ford|19305|Jeffrey Ford|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1271689548p2/19305.jpg] - ★★★★☆
8. Run, Rabbit by [a:Angela Slatter|2847546|Angela Slatter|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1286290946p2/2847546.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
9. In Memory of a Summer's Day by [a:Matthew Kressel|4127611|Matthew Kressel|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1440950015p2/4127611.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
10. Sentence Like a Saturday by [a:Seanan McGuire|2860219|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1245623198p2/2860219.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
11. Worrity, Worrity by [a:Andy Duncan|331704|Andy Duncan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - ★★☆☆☆
12. Eating the Alice Cake by [a:Kaaron Warren|1207458|Kaaron Warren|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1303270263p2/1207458.jpg] - ★★★★☆
13. The Queen of Hats by [a:Ysabeau S. Wilce|133908|Ysabeau S. Wilce|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1319486647p2/133908.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
14. A Comfort, One Way by [a:Genevieve Valentine|3400079|Genevieve Valentine|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360060998p2/3400079.jpg] - ★★☆☆☆
15. The Flame After the Candle by [a:Catherynne M. Valente|338705|Catherynne M. Valente|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1220999852p2/338705.jpg] - ★☆☆☆☆
DNF
16. Moon, and Memory, and Muchness by [a:Katherine Vaz|330853|Katherine Vaz|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - ★★★★☆
17. Run, Rabbit, Run by [a:Jane Yolen|5989|Jane Yolen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1413465729p2/5989.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
endlessmidnight's review against another edition
1.0
DNF
I really tried to get myself to read this anthology. Sadly, nothing worked. My interest just kept on waning and waning with each story. And some of them are rather unique but just failed to retain my attention.
I am fascinated about the short stories regarding Alice In Wonderland. But nothing was to my taste, and well you can say that was why I ended deciding to just abandon it. It just didn’t work out.
I won’t review individual stories because as a collective whole, I just didn’t like any of them and none of them really kept my eye at all.
Perhaps it might be for you, but it just wasn’t for me.
I really tried to get myself to read this anthology. Sadly, nothing worked. My interest just kept on waning and waning with each story. And some of them are rather unique but just failed to retain my attention.
I am fascinated about the short stories regarding Alice In Wonderland. But nothing was to my taste, and well you can say that was why I ended deciding to just abandon it. It just didn’t work out.
I won’t review individual stories because as a collective whole, I just didn’t like any of them and none of them really kept my eye at all.
Perhaps it might be for you, but it just wasn’t for me.
tardycreative's review against another edition
2.0
there were 7 stories in this anthology which were good enough for 4 or 5 stars but a majority of the stories I am sorry to say were barely 2 stars and 3 were not finished.
The stories I rated highly were;
Gentle Alice
My own invention
Mercury
Sentence like a Saturday
Eating the Alice cake
A comfort one way
Moon and memory and Muchness
I have to say as a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland stories and fanfiction of such stories, I was very disappointed by this compilation as a whole.
The stories I rated highly were;
Gentle Alice
My own invention
Mercury
Sentence like a Saturday
Eating the Alice cake
A comfort one way
Moon and memory and Muchness
I have to say as a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland stories and fanfiction of such stories, I was very disappointed by this compilation as a whole.
see_sadie_read's review against another edition
3.0
I think it took me a decade to listen to all of these stories. Like most anthologies, I liked some of them quite a lot and others not so much. Some seemed to just take the excuse of being about wonderland to dash non-sense on a page and call it 'artistic.' The narrators did a lovely job though. I thought the male narrator (Summerer) was the better of the two.
taranana's review against another edition
3.0
”Mad Hatters and March Hares” edited by Ellen Datlow [3/5]
This book is an anthology edited by the famous anthology editor Ellen Datlow and as you might have guessed from cover and title it is a Alice in Wonderland themed anthology. I like Carroll's Wonderland so I looked forward to reading this and I think I have learned I might enjoy Carroll's weirdness but I cannot stand it when other people try it.
The Favourites
So I enjoyed four of the short stories in this anthology but these four are very, very good ibn my opinion and I enjoyed them immensly.
”Mercury” by Priya Sharma
Alice's father is a hatter who went mad and they are in a debtor's prison. Is money the answer to their problems?
”Some Kind of Wonderland” by Richard Bowes
There was a show with the short story's name about Alice in Wonderland and this story shows what the actors were up to until the anniversary of the show
”Run, Rabbit” by Angela Slatter
The White Rabbit brought the wrong girl to wonderland and his live crumbled, now he meets a girl in the bar who is not nearly as nice as her name suggests.
”Worrity, Worrity” by Andy Duncan
A story about John Tenniel and what happens when a part of a cancelled chapter of Alice's Adventures comes back to haunt you
The Rest
Some of the stories have a strange relation to Carroll's works and the works which are more similar to Carroll's style are most of the times the stories I really dislike because the tone seems to be a bit...fake. They are not Carroll and I would have preferred if they had written the stories in their own voice/style.
The poems were okay but nothing out of the ordinary regarding Alice in Wonderland inspired poems.
There is one thing I want to say about Valente's story ”The Flame after the Candle”. I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more were it not for the two plotlines. I would have been happy with the part set in some kind of reality.
I think this anthology might be more for people who love Carroll's works. I like them well enough to re-read them from time to time but I do not love them and I might have appreciated the effort of some of the authors more if I loved everything Alice related.
This book is an anthology edited by the famous anthology editor Ellen Datlow and as you might have guessed from cover and title it is a Alice in Wonderland themed anthology. I like Carroll's Wonderland so I looked forward to reading this and I think I have learned I might enjoy Carroll's weirdness but I cannot stand it when other people try it.
The Favourites
So I enjoyed four of the short stories in this anthology but these four are very, very good ibn my opinion and I enjoyed them immensly.
”Mercury” by Priya Sharma
Alice's father is a hatter who went mad and they are in a debtor's prison. Is money the answer to their problems?
”Some Kind of Wonderland” by Richard Bowes
There was a show with the short story's name about Alice in Wonderland and this story shows what the actors were up to until the anniversary of the show
”Run, Rabbit” by Angela Slatter
The White Rabbit brought the wrong girl to wonderland and his live crumbled, now he meets a girl in the bar who is not nearly as nice as her name suggests.
”Worrity, Worrity” by Andy Duncan
A story about John Tenniel and what happens when a part of a cancelled chapter of Alice's Adventures comes back to haunt you
The Rest
Some of the stories have a strange relation to Carroll's works and the works which are more similar to Carroll's style are most of the times the stories I really dislike because the tone seems to be a bit...fake. They are not Carroll and I would have preferred if they had written the stories in their own voice/style.
The poems were okay but nothing out of the ordinary regarding Alice in Wonderland inspired poems.
There is one thing I want to say about Valente's story ”The Flame after the Candle”. I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more were it not for the two plotlines. I would have been happy with the part set in some kind of reality.
I think this anthology might be more for people who love Carroll's works. I like them well enough to re-read them from time to time but I do not love them and I might have appreciated the effort of some of the authors more if I loved everything Alice related.