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A review by arinoyume
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
5.0
I don't think I could give this literary work less than 5 stars, could I.
In all honesty, after reading it for the first time at 28 years-old, I can't help but feeling both ashamed, for I should have read it years ago and unfortunately didn't, and particularly accomplished.
All throughout my reading, I was animated with that 'will to know'. I wished to know how the original work was like, but also what Disney left out, and how much the other adaptations did not comprehend enough to depict on screen. I wasn't disappointed. From my perspective, it turns out Disney's adaptation was the best ever made, in terms of atmosphere and general feeling, but it still left quite a fair bit out (the most nonsensical?).
In my opinion, these works are certainly not for every audience, and I dare say I would think twice before giving them to read to my child, or any other child for that matter. Just because they are so impressive, I think they will necessarily leave a mark, and I'm not sure yet whether that would be a positive or a partly negative one. I would have to give time to time, and reassess it within my own perception in a few months or years.
I'd like to end this review by quoting a very short passage of the introduction which I find particularly fitting and which I want to remember: "If a story is like a dream, who is the dreamer?"
In all honesty, after reading it for the first time at 28 years-old, I can't help but feeling both ashamed, for I should have read it years ago and unfortunately didn't, and particularly accomplished.
All throughout my reading, I was animated with that 'will to know'. I wished to know how the original work was like, but also what Disney left out, and how much the other adaptations did not comprehend enough to depict on screen. I wasn't disappointed. From my perspective, it turns out Disney's adaptation was the best ever made, in terms of atmosphere and general feeling, but it still left quite a fair bit out (the most nonsensical?).
In my opinion, these works are certainly not for every audience, and I dare say I would think twice before giving them to read to my child, or any other child for that matter. Just because they are so impressive, I think they will necessarily leave a mark, and I'm not sure yet whether that would be a positive or a partly negative one. I would have to give time to time, and reassess it within my own perception in a few months or years.
I'd like to end this review by quoting a very short passage of the introduction which I find particularly fitting and which I want to remember: "If a story is like a dream, who is the dreamer?"