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Alice in Zombieland
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank-the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
ebook, 256 pages
Published
March 1st 2011
by Sourcebooks
(first published December 9th 2009)
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Karen sacrificed this book to me cause I was so excited when I saw it. I felt bad taking it from her, but I NEEDED it. I am obsessed with alice and wonderland, then way that I'm obsessed with peter pan. I think in fact she is the female version of peter pan.
but when I think of alice I don't think of this:
I think of this:
Do you want to know a secret? (view spoiler)
I mean you totally lose the impor...more
but when I think of alice I don't think of this:
I think of this:
Do you want to know a secret? (view spoiler)
I mean you totally lose the impor...more
So much potential, so much chaos and unmet potential
When asked to review this book, I was a little hesitant in accepting. I liked Alice in Wonderland as a child, and I wasn't too sure I wanted to see what changes would be made to this classic story. I was curious though after reading some Austen remakes that are being retold the same way. So I fell through the rabbit hole and began the journey with Alice.
After only a few pages of the book, I knew this was going to be hard to get through. The writing wasn't favorable in the fact that it had a ton...more
After only a few pages of the book, I knew this was going to be hard to get through. The writing wasn't favorable in the fact that it had a ton...more
This was definitely the book I was looking for when I wanted to read "Alice in Zombieland" the first time around. This is also a book you will either love or hate once you're finished reading it. And I say "once you're finished reading it" since it's actually a rather fast read even with it being 256 pages for the ebook version.
This book is exactly what the title says-it's Alice in Wonderland with the addition of zombies. And it was a weird read. There were points I wasn't sure how to feel abou...more
This book is exactly what the title says-it's Alice in Wonderland with the addition of zombies. And it was a weird read. There were points I wasn't sure how to feel abou...more
Mar 15, 2012
Meghan
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
no one. Sorry!
Shelves:
fiction-zombies
I loved Alice in Wonderland and was pretty stoked to finally be able to find this. I was not, however, much encouraged to finish :(
I slogged through it and after a promising and pretty cute beginning, it just got pretty boring. It honestly just felt like the "co-author" cut and paste certain sections of the original and then added his own zombie bits to them that made the entire story just awkward, hard to read and thoroughly un-entertaining, at least for me. What writing he did do was stilted...more
I slogged through it and after a promising and pretty cute beginning, it just got pretty boring. It honestly just felt like the "co-author" cut and paste certain sections of the original and then added his own zombie bits to them that made the entire story just awkward, hard to read and thoroughly un-entertaining, at least for me. What writing he did do was stilted...more
I have read and watched a variety of Alice based books and movies since I was young. None of them have held my attention like this version. Alice in Zombieland kept me laughing page after page. I couldn't help but compare each of the scenes with my memory of how it was presented in a more traditional rendition. Alice is still a sweet, innocent girl, though her perfectly pressed dress and starched pinafore does take quite a beating and bloodying.
The story starts with Alice and her sister outside...more
The story starts with Alice and her sister outside...more
"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!"
I have never read Alice in Wonderland and I am not sure if I should have read that before this book or not. I know the basics of the story, but you put zombies in it and it gets a LOT weirder.
So Alice follows a Black Rat instead of a White Rabbit down a grave and into the world of Zombie land. In Zombieland everything is pretty much dead. Alice starts to get hungry for flesh but she doesn't understand why. It's not till she meets the Cheshire Cat that she lea...more
I have never read Alice in Wonderland and I am not sure if I should have read that before this book or not. I know the basics of the story, but you put zombies in it and it gets a LOT weirder.
So Alice follows a Black Rat instead of a White Rabbit down a grave and into the world of Zombie land. In Zombieland everything is pretty much dead. Alice starts to get hungry for flesh but she doesn't understand why. It's not till she meets the Cheshire Cat that she lea...more
Alice in ZombieLand
AUTHOR: Lewis Carrol/Nickolas Cook
GENRE: Classic/Horror Mash-up
FORM: Book – Advance Review Copy
SYNOPSIS: Alice and her sister go out to the graveyard to do her reading lesson when she gets distracted and sees a black rat checking his watch. Curious, Alice follows the black rat into a hole, and finds herself in a land where the creatures are zombies and ruled by an overbearing Red Queen. Alice finds that she herself is becoming more and more zombie-like and desperately seeks a...more
AUTHOR: Lewis Carrol/Nickolas Cook
GENRE: Classic/Horror Mash-up
FORM: Book – Advance Review Copy
SYNOPSIS: Alice and her sister go out to the graveyard to do her reading lesson when she gets distracted and sees a black rat checking his watch. Curious, Alice follows the black rat into a hole, and finds herself in a land where the creatures are zombies and ruled by an overbearing Red Queen. Alice finds that she herself is becoming more and more zombie-like and desperately seeks a...more
I've actually never read Alice In Wonderland, but I have seen the film version so I know the basic storyline.
In this zombified version, Alice is playing in a graveyard near her home with her sister when she spots a Black Rat nearby and follows it down an open grave. Alice ends up in Zombieland where the Red Queen rules over the living and the dead.
She ends up meeting strange characters, most of whom seem to not be alive, yet not wholly dead. Some of these strange characters are the Conqueror Wu...more
In this zombified version, Alice is playing in a graveyard near her home with her sister when she spots a Black Rat nearby and follows it down an open grave. Alice ends up in Zombieland where the Red Queen rules over the living and the dead.
She ends up meeting strange characters, most of whom seem to not be alive, yet not wholly dead. Some of these strange characters are the Conqueror Wu...more
Alice was sitting with her sister outside on the bank. Alice wished she was in the graveyard instead. She loved walking through the graveyard. Suddenly, Alice sees a black rat. A black rat is nothing to awe about but a talking black rat is. The rat goes racing by chanting about being late. Alice takes off after the rat and follows him. Alice ends up in a strange and bizarre world…filled with odd creatures. All Alice can think about is the horrific craving she has for eating fresh meat. What is t...more
I decided to check this book out solely based on the title. A re-write of the classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" as a zombie story was too much for me to pass up. To begin, I was skeptical, dare I say, annoyed, at the thought of taking a classic children's fairy tale and modifying it into some horror story.
Unfortunately, I completed the book disappointed. It was certainly an interesting take on the classic, but it really felt like a replica without its own purpose. I've read other review...more
Unfortunately, I completed the book disappointed. It was certainly an interesting take on the classic, but it really felt like a replica without its own purpose. I've read other review...more
When author Lewis Carroll took Alice through the looking glass in 1871, little did he know that a much more gruesome nightmare awaited his dear Alice. When 1864 Alice woke up in a land of wonder, 2011 Alice awoke to a land of the living dead ruled by a power hungry, yet very human, queen.
Forced to listen to her lessons from her sister as they sit their favorite cemetery, Alice notices a black rat who seems to be in a hurry. More startling, he has a pocket watch and was quite verbally worried ab...more
Forced to listen to her lessons from her sister as they sit their favorite cemetery, Alice notices a black rat who seems to be in a hurry. More startling, he has a pocket watch and was quite verbally worried ab...more
Depois de ler os clássicos Alice in Wonderland e Through the Looking-glass este ano, não resisti a devorar o Alice in Zombieland assim que o apanhei na kindle store.
Foi uma leitura verdadeiramente deliciosa em que podemos acompanhar a evolução de Alice, de menina que gostava de brincar em cemitérios a zombie, neste estranho e horrível mundo em que se viu depois de cair numa sepultura...
Quando já conhecemos os originais não conseguimos não achar graça a esta versão alterada das aventuras de Alice...more
Foi uma leitura verdadeiramente deliciosa em que podemos acompanhar a evolução de Alice, de menina que gostava de brincar em cemitérios a zombie, neste estranho e horrível mundo em que se viu depois de cair numa sepultura...
Quando já conhecemos os originais não conseguimos não achar graça a esta versão alterada das aventuras de Alice...more
Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite stories- that being said, I really enjoyed Alice in Zombieland. Wonderland is already an eccentric place, so I felt that turning it into a Zombieland wasn't too far fetched and the new world fit right into the story. This novel was a lot of fun for me, I love the horror twists on old classics.
This book is disturbing and humorous. A really light, quick read. The illustrations are fabulous. It isn't the typical zombie mash-up, either. I have seen some rev...more
This book is disturbing and humorous. A really light, quick read. The illustrations are fabulous. It isn't the typical zombie mash-up, either. I have seen some rev...more
Ever wonder what Alice would be like if she ended up in Zombieland instead of Wonderland?
Title: Alice in Zombieland
Author: Lewis Carroll and Nickolas Cook
Publisher: Sourcebooks
www.sourcebooks.com
ISBN: 978-1-4022-5621-9
Genre: Horror
Price: $14.99
Pages: 240
Rating: 4 Blood Drops
Blurb:
When little Alice follows the Black Rat down into the gaping darkness of an open grave, she falls and falls. And soon finds herself in an undead nightmare of rotting flesh and insanity. Venturing further into this land...more
Title: Alice in Zombieland
Author: Lewis Carroll and Nickolas Cook
Publisher: Sourcebooks
www.sourcebooks.com
ISBN: 978-1-4022-5621-9
Genre: Horror
Price: $14.99
Pages: 240
Rating: 4 Blood Drops
Blurb:
When little Alice follows the Black Rat down into the gaping darkness of an open grave, she falls and falls. And soon finds herself in an undead nightmare of rotting flesh and insanity. Venturing further into this land...more
I had a lot of fun reading this. You may not. It depends on your sensibilities and expectations.
First of all, this is a humor book. The reader is asked to lighten up and go along for the ride. To have fun and not to dwell too heavily on the fact that there is little originality to the story except for the characterizations and some of the settings.
As some reviewers have noted, and criticized Cook for, is the sense that he did not make this work his own as much as Seth Grahame-Smith did with Pr...more
First of all, this is a humor book. The reader is asked to lighten up and go along for the ride. To have fun and not to dwell too heavily on the fact that there is little originality to the story except for the characterizations and some of the settings.
As some reviewers have noted, and criticized Cook for, is the sense that he did not make this work his own as much as Seth Grahame-Smith did with Pr...more
Lovely. Sticking very very close to the original story (perhaps could have digressed a bit more in favor of developing the horror aspect of the book) but with enough darkness, gore and ickiness (for lack of a better word) to make it different enough to enjoy. As far as remakes go it was delightful. The use of original illustrations that were modified to include the zombie-style was also creative and the book binding was also pretty enough to take note of.
EDIT: Although now I see that this editio...more
EDIT: Although now I see that this editio...more
I probably didn't have very high hopes for this book to begin with but was still rather disappointed. I thought it would at least be amusing and that it would be a little more inventive in how the story was altered, but it just fell flat. The "co-author" only changed the original story in minor ways to make it mildly morbid. There was nothing particularly clever in his adaption and nothing really original that might have made this worth reading. About the only thing that was worth while where th...more
Oh my god! Doesn't even deserve half a star. A few pages in and I was instantly annoyed with this book. I knew this was a mash up and excited to get it in the mail, but i was hoping for some really witty macabre tale using Alice in wonderland as a base.
I hold the original story close to my heart and I defend it against butchers like this... This... "author". It reminded me of Tim Burton's butchery of Alice last year (the only good thing was Johnny depp).
The way the author just replaced parts an...more
I hold the original story close to my heart and I defend it against butchers like this... This... "author". It reminded me of Tim Burton's butchery of Alice last year (the only good thing was Johnny depp).
The way the author just replaced parts an...more
I've been a big fan of the whole zombie mashup genre. But where Pride and Prejudice and Zombies broke new ground, this, while cleverly done, is just not as slick and seemed forced in places. And in a semi-victorian setting where everything is either magical or mechanical, the zombie controller seemed out of place and out of character for the story.
Other than that, Alice in Zombieland follows Alice in Wonderland pretty well, and it's plain to see that the writers were trying to take great care o...more
Other than that, Alice in Zombieland follows Alice in Wonderland pretty well, and it's plain to see that the writers were trying to take great care o...more
Alice follows a Black Rat instead of a White Rabbit down a grave and into the world of Zombie land. In Zombieland everything is dead. Alice starts to get hungry for flesh but she doesn't understand why. She eventually learns she is a zombie in a world of zombies.
This was a cute take on Alice in Wonderland. I will say however I got the impression the Author had Alice in Wonderland opened on a table and just copied what he saw. He then went back and changed everyone into zombies. Not very orginal...more
This was a cute take on Alice in Wonderland. I will say however I got the impression the Author had Alice in Wonderland opened on a table and just copied what he saw. He then went back and changed everyone into zombies. Not very orginal...more
Well, this was a fun book to read! It was off of what I'd consider my "normal" track for a book, and it's just not something I'd ever normally pick up. I enjoyed the gruesomeness and the little trip into darker fantasy/horror juxtaposed against that Victorian style of writing. It was such a strange contrast!
Was this fine literature? No. Parts of it were choppy (no pun intended) and didn't make much sense. If you want literary dark literature, read Poe. You read Alice in Zombieland when you're f...more
Was this fine literature? No. Parts of it were choppy (no pun intended) and didn't make much sense. If you want literary dark literature, read Poe. You read Alice in Zombieland when you're f...more
Typed out a review, lost my internet connection. That's not cool.
Anyway, I've never read Alice in Wonderland. My knowledge of it is based upon the various film adaptions I've seen over the year, so I didn't know what to expect when I began to read this.
It was interesting, to say the least. The Red Queen was my favorite, I wonder to what extent, her character differs from the original Alice in Wonderland novel. Not much, I'm assuming.
A few parts were a bit too slow for me, there seemed to be page...more
Anyway, I've never read Alice in Wonderland. My knowledge of it is based upon the various film adaptions I've seen over the year, so I didn't know what to expect when I began to read this.
It was interesting, to say the least. The Red Queen was my favorite, I wonder to what extent, her character differs from the original Alice in Wonderland novel. Not much, I'm assuming.
A few parts were a bit too slow for me, there seemed to be page...more
This was my first mash-up book. It was a quick, fun, creepy read. It’s fun to gross oneself out on occasion, especially around Halloween-Time. I was hoping for more of an original story based loosely off of the classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” but for the most part it reads like the classic with minor changes. For instance, the word “water” may be changed to “blood.” I really liked the idea; it could’ve used a plot twist at the least. I loved the beginning with Alice following the Bla...more
If you've never read the original stories, please do. Either before or after, doesn't matter much. Get Camilla Rose Garcia's version, her artwork is beautiful.
Being a highly critically fan of anything Alice I was disappointed.
Much to my dislike of Tim Burton's retelling, I'd envisioned this completely different.
I'd personally like to rewrite it the way I see it. I believe zombies and Alice can work, when done well.
I know there's a couple other Alice zombie books and classics + zombies, but after...more
Being a highly critically fan of anything Alice I was disappointed.
Much to my dislike of Tim Burton's retelling, I'd envisioned this completely different.
I'd personally like to rewrite it the way I see it. I believe zombies and Alice can work, when done well.
I know there's a couple other Alice zombie books and classics + zombies, but after...more
As a fan of Alice Alice in Wonderland...and zombies, I saw this book and couldn't wait to start reading. This book started out like many other books do, slow. So I did not think much of it, but before I knew it, I was to the middle of the story, still waiting for it to get interesting. When I eventually finished the book, I was quite disappointed that it was not as great as I thought it would be. Of course that just may be my own opinion, but I would not read this book again nor recommend it to...more
This is a very quick and mindless (no pun intended) read. It was cute because it used the language & style of Carroll, but was soundly in the realm of the zombies. It was quite humorous at times and I enjoyed it as a nice weekend book. Another thing about this edition, the book cover is made out of some type of material that I could touch and hold all day long!! It is like a pseudo suede and is very soft and smooth. My husband jokingly said "It's a zombie book honey, it's made out of human s...more
The book certainly had its’ fun moments! Zombieland was well written and well thought out. It certainly put a funny twist on Wonderland (even though Wonderland is quirky to begin with anyway). It’s definitely not for the squeamish, as body parts are flying everywhere and Alice gets a craving for a bite of flesh once very so often. The characters are all there, they’re just zombified. The only difference I have seen is instead of a White Rabbit, you have a Black Rat instead. (If I am wrong, forgi...more
Alice in Zombieland is a novel by Lewis Carroll and Nickolas Cook from Sourcebooks.
Book Blurb:
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank-the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable. All of them were covered in Alice's now cold and congealed blood, which made them even tastier looking to poor hungry Alice.
When little Alice follows the Black Rat down into the gaping darkness of an open gr...more
Book Blurb:
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank-the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable. All of them were covered in Alice's now cold and congealed blood, which made them even tastier looking to poor hungry Alice.
When little Alice follows the Black Rat down into the gaping darkness of an open gr...more
Although the idea was intriguing, once I began reading the book I quickly became disenchanted. I was looking for a new story, a further adventure where she ends up with zombies. Instead, I got a frankly, very near plagiarized Alice in Wonderland, with the occasional morose or creepy word replacing one in the book. I enjoy NEW stories. I enjoy new twists on old stories. I enjoy originality, however the author seems to sack originality & instead stands on the cusp of plagiarism just to make a...more
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