Puffin Classics Alice In Wonderland And Through The Looking Glass

I will admit that I did not read this book by choice, but I am thankful I did.

This puts a very different twist on the story that we all grew up with thanks to Disney. The world is filled with a lot more wonder and amazement as well as confusion than I even thought it would.

I could deicde between feeling pity for Alice or just not liking her at all. However, each character that was introduced did bring a new adventure and each brought something special to the book with their own quirks.

Caroll fills the books with illusion and metaphors about both childhood and adulthood with each change Alice undergoes with regards to her height, and constantly references adulthood to be full of nonsense and be complete ridiculous.

This may be a book you have to read twice just to make sure you understand everything correctly

I have lived the life of Alyss Heart and its nothing like this read the looking glass wars its way better

Alice's Adventure

My first impressions of this book were that it was like reading C.S. Lewis on cheap drugs. The events are complete non sequiturs and the changes in plot are worse.

It appears to be a spoiled child wandering in a world she does not understand, nor is willing to learn about - unlike Lucy in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe who seeks to understand the local customs and circumstances.

The book is very easy to read but it leaves distaste in my literary mouth. I know it is considered a classic but I just do not see it, and if I did not have to read it for school I would not have bothered to finish it.

(First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)

Through the Looking Glass

Though this book is not much better than Alice's Adventures, the chess motif and theme does make the book much more interesting. With the bossy, dominant Red Queen and the quiet, kind, messy white queen, the book is a study in contrasts.

The interweaving of the Nursery Rhyme Characters and the frequent fish poetry references does provide more continuity and a sense of sequential events than Alice's first adventure. I also appreciated the linking of the cat at the beginning and end of the story.

It does still feel like Carroll did way too many opium pipes in his time.

(First written as Journal Reading Notes in 1999.)

The amazing book Alice in wonderland is an outstanding story of a young girl lost in her dream. I give this book two thumbs up for it's creativity and perspective of a curious lost girl. When i was little i use to watch the movie of Alice's Adventure in Wonderland in spanish (my mother language) and it was my favourite movire. The cat the queen the flowers, everything amazed me. Now that i read the book, i am even more blown away. This book shows creativity and the world of the human mind. Awesome book that i recommend for any ages really. Maybe younger kids should just watch the movie like i did and THEN read the book.