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Alice in Deadland (Alice in Deadland #1)
by
Mainak Dhar (Goodreads Author)
Civilization as we know it ended more than fifteen years ago, leaving as it's legacy barren wastelands called the Deadland and a new terror for the humans who survived — hordes of undead Biters.
Fifteen year-old Alice has spent her entire life in the Deadland, her education consisting of how best to use guns and knives in the ongoing war for survival against the Biters. On...more
Fifteen year-old Alice has spent her entire life in the Deadland, her education consisting of how best to use guns and knives in the ongoing war for survival against the Biters. On...more
Kindle Edition, 1st Edition, 232 pages
Published
November 19th 2011
by Mainak Dhar
(first published January 14th 2011)
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Don't believe the hype! Or the 4- and 5-star ratings. Alice in Deadland was a huge disappointment. Normally I don't rate books I stop reading, but I felt compelled to in this case because I was so totally duped by the book's back cover blurb and hundreds of glowing reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. (I didn't compare usernames to see if they were the same reviewers on both sites.)
Anywho, I won't waste any more of my time by writing an in-depth critique. My advice to anyone thinking of reading Alic...more
Anywho, I won't waste any more of my time by writing an in-depth critique. My advice to anyone thinking of reading Alic...more
Clearly and sadly, This was not World War Z.
Very rarely I dislike books. Mostly because I cannot write a novel to save my life and don't feel overly critical of anyone who writes. However I disliked this book. Alice in Deadland was pretty bad and I'm surprised at the number of such generous and positive reviews.
The premise and the story is good, but the way it evolved and was written felt like a high school short story written for English class. The author used the term "be that as it may", oh...more
Very rarely I dislike books. Mostly because I cannot write a novel to save my life and don't feel overly critical of anyone who writes. However I disliked this book. Alice in Deadland was pretty bad and I'm surprised at the number of such generous and positive reviews.
The premise and the story is good, but the way it evolved and was written felt like a high school short story written for English class. The author used the term "be that as it may", oh...more
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I marked this as "read" because this site doesn't have a "started it, but it was so bad I couldn't finish it" option.
The story appears to be post apocolyptic / zombie book and the main character a supposedly a super-warrior-teen-chick named Alice who, coincidentally, resembles the fictional character Alice of "Alice in Wonderland". According to the blurb, her world is turned upside down when she sees, and then follows, a zombie (or "biter") wearing a pair of dirty rabbit ears. In so doing she di...more
The story appears to be post apocolyptic / zombie book and the main character a supposedly a super-warrior-teen-chick named Alice who, coincidentally, resembles the fictional character Alice of "Alice in Wonderland". According to the blurb, her world is turned upside down when she sees, and then follows, a zombie (or "biter") wearing a pair of dirty rabbit ears. In so doing she di...more
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This is the fourth book I have read by Mainak Dhar. I would say he is probably one of my favorite authors. The use of imagery in his stories as well as the way he weaves a story is amazing. I would have to say the fact that it has Zombies makes it that much better. The two best parts of this story are Bunny Ears and Alice. The comparisons that are made between Alice and Wonderland and this story almost make you laugh. I would say a must read for a “DEAD HEAD”.
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My Review: 15 year old Alice Gladwell has spent her entire life living in the Deadland, only knowing how to use guns, knives, and what the best way is to kill a Biter. One day, Alice notices a Biter with Bunny Ears and decides to follow him down the rabbit hole. What she finds, turns everything she's known about the biters upside down. They live in underground communities, and are basically governed by their "Queen".
When Bunny Ears sees a drawing on one of the wall underground captioned "Alice,...more
When Bunny Ears sees a drawing on one of the wall underground captioned "Alice,...more
~*。*4.5*。*~
Somewhere around a year ago, I got my first Kindle. While I ended up mostly using it for brain teasers, I did buy some books to read on it. Fast forward to now where I have discovered my awesome new iPhone has a Kindle app that works beautifully. I'm not bashing my Kindle or nuthin' I'm just saying that I got the cheapest one I could, which means it's in black and white while my iPhone is not. It's also something I can fit into a pocket so.
Yeah.
Anyways, the first books I bought after...more
Somewhere around a year ago, I got my first Kindle. While I ended up mostly using it for brain teasers, I did buy some books to read on it. Fast forward to now where I have discovered my awesome new iPhone has a Kindle app that works beautifully. I'm not bashing my Kindle or nuthin' I'm just saying that I got the cheapest one I could, which means it's in black and white while my iPhone is not. It's also something I can fit into a pocket so.
Yeah.
Anyways, the first books I bought after...more
Ana karakterimiz 15 yaşında bir genç kız, Alice eski medeniyete dair hiçbir şeye şahit olmamış. Anne babasının anlattıkları dışında bizim dünyamıza dair hiçbir fikri yok çünkü tüm medeniyet o doğmadan önce yok edilmiş. Çat pat okuyabiliyor, ama nerdeyse profesyonel bir asker kadar iyi dövüşüyor. Yaşıtları arasında en iyisi,hayatta kalmak için de böyle olması gerek zaten.
Alice gene bir av sırasındayken zombilerle karşılaşıyor, bir iki tanesini haklıyor ancak karşısına en son tavşan kulaklığı taka...more
Alice gene bir av sırasındayken zombilerle karşılaşıyor, bir iki tanesini haklıyor ancak karşısına en son tavşan kulaklığı taka...more
Alice in Deadland was a book I bought at the simple notion of there being zombies and Alice wielding a sniper rifle. The premise seemed silly enough to grab my attention. It also didn't hurt that Amazon had a promotion going on that gave the first three books in the trilogy for only a dollar. With that said, I couldn't refuse.
Reading into the book both intrigued and annoyed me in the beginning. The author really desired to hammer it into the readers head how awesome she was with combat and fire...more
Reading into the book both intrigued and annoyed me in the beginning. The author really desired to hammer it into the readers head how awesome she was with combat and fire...more
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Using a classic tale for inspiration is very dangerous territory, walking through the Deadlands with a dull pocketknife dangerous... Don't worry, you will get that reference when you read the book. An author needs to be careful where they tread with such cherished inspiration because they don't want to rewrite the story and be called a rip-off, but they also don't want to insult the fans with a poor representation of a hero or story line and be called much worse.
Mainak Dhar used just enough Alic...more
Mainak Dhar used just enough Alic...more
Jun 07, 2012
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Civilization as we know it ended more than fifteen years ago, leaving behind a post-apocalyptic barren wasteland.. Fifteen year-old Alice has spent her entire life in the Deadland, her education consisting of how best to use guns and knives in the ongoing war for survival against a terrorizing enemy called the Biters. (Some spoilers if you continue reading....)
One day Alice fires upon a Biter, but instead of splattering into bits of decaying flesh and rancid liquid, it escapes into a hole in the...more
One day Alice fires upon a Biter, but instead of splattering into bits of decaying flesh and rancid liquid, it escapes into a hole in the...more
Curious story about a 15-year old girl named Alice Gladwell who goes down a hole after a zombie with bunny ears. Yeah, it's a nice hook!
According to the product description page at Amazon this book has sold over 60,000 copies. I so, so, so wanted to love this book based on the story idea but the writing was not just flat for me, it was zombie undead. I couldn't get any passion out of the often eye-straining long paragraphs (some stretching almost two full Kindle pages). The rhythm just didn't wo...more
According to the product description page at Amazon this book has sold over 60,000 copies. I so, so, so wanted to love this book based on the story idea but the writing was not just flat for me, it was zombie undead. I couldn't get any passion out of the often eye-straining long paragraphs (some stretching almost two full Kindle pages). The rhythm just didn't wo...more
This book had me divided. There were parts of me that loved the similarities in the fairy tale book, Alice in Wonderland, albeit small ones. Like when she follows a "Biter wearing bunny ears down a Biter hole"; okay that made me laugh. Couldn't help it!
Also the Queen in this story seems much more fair than the Queen in the fairy tale story. Though it was funny when she said,"Off with their heads." Nice.
But then the repetition tended to grate on my nerves. The author stated Alice grew up, not pl...more
Also the Queen in this story seems much more fair than the Queen in the fairy tale story. Though it was funny when she said,"Off with their heads." Nice.
But then the repetition tended to grate on my nerves. The author stated Alice grew up, not pl...more
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I love the premise of Mainak Dhar's "Alice in Deadland": It's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," but instead of an innocent British girl lost in a fantastical dream world, it's a hardened teenager caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in India.
Really.
The opening strikes the perfect balance of introducing what it's like to live in the Deadland while paying tribute to the original "Alice." The titular character, Alice, leaves her sister's side to chase a "Biter" - a zombie, though the book...more
Really.
The opening strikes the perfect balance of introducing what it's like to live in the Deadland while paying tribute to the original "Alice." The titular character, Alice, leaves her sister's side to chase a "Biter" - a zombie, though the book...more
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I love zombies. I love post-apocalyptic stories. I love Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Deadland sounded like it was made for me.
Many of the ideas behind Alice in Deadland are interesting ones. The Alice in Wonderland parallels (although I am biased), the conspiracy, the half-zombies... The trouble Mainak Dhar has in Alice in Deadland is the trouble so many writers with great ideas have--the execution.
Alice in Deadland reads like a summary of a book, and even that summary could use some trimming d...more
Many of the ideas behind Alice in Deadland are interesting ones. The Alice in Wonderland parallels (although I am biased), the conspiracy, the half-zombies... The trouble Mainak Dhar has in Alice in Deadland is the trouble so many writers with great ideas have--the execution.
Alice in Deadland reads like a summary of a book, and even that summary could use some trimming d...more
The disappointment...it burns.
What sounded like a great story turned out to be a repetitive, poorly crafted and woefully edited steaming pile of not much. The first couple of chapters do very little but remind you over and over again what a brilliant fighter Alice is. And after she follows a Biter with bunny ears down a rabbit hole, well that could be the best metaphor ever for the direction this tale was going to take....down.
The author did so much explaining, and yet the explanations themsel...more
What sounded like a great story turned out to be a repetitive, poorly crafted and woefully edited steaming pile of not much. The first couple of chapters do very little but remind you over and over again what a brilliant fighter Alice is. And after she follows a Biter with bunny ears down a rabbit hole, well that could be the best metaphor ever for the direction this tale was going to take....down.
The author did so much explaining, and yet the explanations themsel...more
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Alice in Wonderland meets the zombie shock troops of the New World Order
This remarkably inventive story takes some familiar themes and reinvents familiar fears about contemporary New World Order conspiracies and flings them into a distant but believable future where the survivors of the total destruction of today’s civilization are compelled to fight tooth and nail for their daily bread and for a few brief moments of comfort and security.
Added into the mix are zombie like predators known as Bite...more
This remarkably inventive story takes some familiar themes and reinvents familiar fears about contemporary New World Order conspiracies and flings them into a distant but believable future where the survivors of the total destruction of today’s civilization are compelled to fight tooth and nail for their daily bread and for a few brief moments of comfort and security.
Added into the mix are zombie like predators known as Bite...more
Post-apocalyptic zombie story with a twist
In a post-apocalyptic world where Alice in Wonderland (or at least its charred damaged remains, is the last surviving book, the survivors face numerous challenges, including walking zombies, conspiratorial efforts to keep them ignorant of the true history of humanity, and most importantly, the quest for something to give them hope of a better life.
The author combines a number of science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tale tropes with stirring action sequenc...more
In a post-apocalyptic world where Alice in Wonderland (or at least its charred damaged remains, is the last surviving book, the survivors face numerous challenges, including walking zombies, conspiratorial efforts to keep them ignorant of the true history of humanity, and most importantly, the quest for something to give them hope of a better life.
The author combines a number of science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tale tropes with stirring action sequenc...more
Initially, the cover art of this book made me take notice and I thought to myself, ‘Alice in Deadland? Who doesn’t love a good zombie book!’ – that coupled with it being a Kindle Bestseller made up my mind for me. Had to check it out. But I was a little off on my Alice in Wonderland meets Zombies assumption. It is a post-apocalyptic zombie story that’s for sure. But the idea that zombies are just like you and me… except they might bite… is definitely an intriguing twist on the zombie genre but t...more
Apr 25, 2013
Wyllow
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
dystopian,
fantasy,
favorite-fantasy,
favorite-fiction,
favorite-zombie,
kindle-books,
sci-fi,
zombies
3.5 stars, really, but I couldn't bring myself to knock the rating down to 3.
What I liked: The story wasn't quite what I expected. It was close in many ways, but still different. The storyline was original, the characters were real enough, there was plenty of action, and the pace was good. Alice was an interesting character, not too self absorbed or heroic. The Queen was probably one of my favorite characters. I absolutely loved her, and Bunny Ears, one of the Biters she kept close to her. I enj...more
What I liked: The story wasn't quite what I expected. It was close in many ways, but still different. The storyline was original, the characters were real enough, there was plenty of action, and the pace was good. Alice was an interesting character, not too self absorbed or heroic. The Queen was probably one of my favorite characters. I absolutely loved her, and Bunny Ears, one of the Biters she kept close to her. I enj...more
Despite all the negative reviews for this book I bought it and am glad I did. I thought it was a really good story - a slightly different twist to the other zombie books I have read. Yes there were a few spelling errors and yes there were words and phrases that were overused (such exponentially!), but the story was quite funny in places and such small things can be overlooked.
Alice is a 15 year old girl living in India after The Rising, the time when society as we know it ended with a virus that...more
Alice is a 15 year old girl living in India after The Rising, the time when society as we know it ended with a virus that...more
This sounded promising. A retelling of one of my favorite books from childhood, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, only with the Wonderland denizens recast as zombies. And the first paragraph does sound like something Lewis Carrol might have written, and soon Alice spots a zombie wearing bunny ears and follows him down a hole. After that, well, there's all kinds of stuff involving the real villains, who turn out to be the Chinese government. Most characters would have to aspire upwards to be two-...more
A very loose retelling of Alice in Wonderland with plenty of zombies.
This was a free read on Amazon and I snagged it since I really enjoy retellings. Alice in Wonderland is already a very strange and weird story and zombies would only add to the weirdness. This book starts off like Alice in Wonderland with a zombie (aka biter) wearing rabbit ears and Alice following him down a hole. Rabbit Ears almost eats her until he discovers that she looks like Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Then Alice goe...more
This was a free read on Amazon and I snagged it since I really enjoy retellings. Alice in Wonderland is already a very strange and weird story and zombies would only add to the weirdness. This book starts off like Alice in Wonderland with a zombie (aka biter) wearing rabbit ears and Alice following him down a hole. Rabbit Ears almost eats her until he discovers that she looks like Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Then Alice goe...more
Aug 01, 2012
Lori Anderson
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
postapocalyptic fans
Shelves:
dystopia-post-apocalyptic
I found this by chance on the Kindle and thought it sounded intriguing. Well, intriguing it is! It starts with Alice sitting on the hillside.... but instead of watching a white rabbit with a pocket watch jump down a rabbit hole, she's sitting on the hillside with a rifle with a scope on it about to shoot the Biter known as Bunny Ears because, for some reason, this zombie is wearing bunny ears. Later we meet another Biter named Hatter who, of course, wears a hat, and The Queen, who is a bit bat-s...more
Alice in Deadland is a fun exercise in displaced myth. Dhar takes certain themes from the Alice and Wonderland children's adventures and spins them into a dark apocalyptic zombie story for adults.
Probably the thing I enjoyed most about this series was its pace and Dhars excellent vocabulary--not a single sentence seems to linger or repeat--his story telling is always progressive. That said, there is not much in the way of character development other than a handful of primary protagonists mixed...more
Probably the thing I enjoyed most about this series was its pace and Dhars excellent vocabulary--not a single sentence seems to linger or repeat--his story telling is always progressive. That said, there is not much in the way of character development other than a handful of primary protagonists mixed...more
Book 36 / 100
Book: Alice in Deadland (Alice in Deadland #1)
Author: Mainak Dhar
ASIN: B006AQYAA4
Pages: 230
The end of the world came. Fifteen years ago the world was laid to waste, leaving behind it a wasteland and the remnants of the human race struggle to survive. Their plight is made terrifying by the hoards of undead Biters that attack and convert any living and moving human.
Teenager Alice has spent her life in the Deadland that was once the thriving country of India, where her education consis...more
Book: Alice in Deadland (Alice in Deadland #1)
Author: Mainak Dhar
ASIN: B006AQYAA4
Pages: 230
The end of the world came. Fifteen years ago the world was laid to waste, leaving behind it a wasteland and the remnants of the human race struggle to survive. Their plight is made terrifying by the hoards of undead Biters that attack and convert any living and moving human.
Teenager Alice has spent her life in the Deadland that was once the thriving country of India, where her education consis...more
It was an interesting story and was great until the very end. Alice is a 15 year old girl that lives in India where her father was a diplomat before The Rising. She knows nothing of the comforts we take for granted. They live in small communities and spend their lives protecting themselves from the biters. Of course, given they are called biters and are apparently undead one would guess they are vampires, but no they are zombies. Alice happens to find that the biters are not only less unintellig...more
Very rarely do I dislike a book. I usually will even give a book a decent rating because I know how hard it is to sit down and write something decent. However, I could not stay interested in this book. I forced myself to finish it, hoping it would get better, but it just didn't. I am a HUGE fan of the original Alice in Wonderland and thought this book would follow the story line except with a zombie twist. I was very disappointed to find out that there was very few parallels to the original stor...more
This book wasn't what I thought it was going to be. I honestly thought it was going to be a total rip off of Alice In Wonderland. Well, colored me surprised when it didn't stick to the C.S. Lewis version like I thought. It went in a total different direction. Sure, there were mentions of Alice (of course), Rabbit, The Queen and Hatter. But that was it. Instead the book focused on Alice and her quest to destroy the people who were responsible for releasing the Biter virus and causing the end of t...more
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