Alice in the Country of Clover: Twin Lovers

by QuinRose, Kei Shichiri (Illustrator)

An all-new adventure in the New York Times Manga best-selling series featuring the "Bloody Twins" Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum!

Alice in the Country of Twin Lovers chronicles the further adventures of Alice as she goes deeper down the rabbit hole. Like the other New York Times bestselling books in the Alice in the Country of Clover series, this new volume is an oversized edition that features impressive artwork and color pinups.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are the "Bloody Twins," amorous and affable killers who are able to transform themselves into adorable children or suavely handsome adults. As the gatekeepers to the Hatter Mansion, they tried to kill Alice once. Now they are hopelessly in love with her. In this newest adventure, will either Dee or Dum win Alice's affections, and more importantly...will she survive their screwball courtship?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 2011

About the author

Quinrose is a games company which is also responsible for the manga based on their games.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a slightly uncomfortable entry into the franchise as it involves Alice becoming the girlfriend/lover of both twins, plus it takes care to emphasize that it's really only their bodies that grow up, which basically makes it a story about a girl getting involved with identical children. That aside, the art is much better than other books have had and the fact that there's really no rivalry outside of the trio allows the book to really explore Alice's feelings for the twins in more depth. So creepy, yes, but also kind of sweet...which makes me worry about myself a little!

[Bibliothecat · Rating 1.5 out of 5]

I will at the very least admit that I didn't go into this expecting to like it. It's almost a shame as it's one of the better spin offs in terms of art. But there was just no way a story focusing on the twins would work for me.

Even in the main series, I am not overly fond of the twins - they're treated as a single entity and I couldn't begin to tell you who is who. While they were vaguely annoying in the main series, it just takes a whole different turn when they are considered as love interests as this standalone does. First and foremost, they are children - perhaps 12 or 13 years old tops? They have the ability to transform and look older, but the series makes it pretty clear that even in an older body, mentally they remain children. Using them as a love interest and even adding suggestive content is a no no from me.

To add salt to injury, one of my most disliked tropes is why choose and once again, I take issue with the twins essentially being treated as one. So even if they were adults, I wouldn't enjoy this instalment where Alice essentially has a thing with both twins at the same time and everyone is all good about it.

[Miss Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

see alice's big dilemma this volume is she doesn't think she can choose between the twins whereas i am more concerned about the fact that even when they look like adults they're still mentally children

like. alice. don't make out with kids, it's creepy even in wonderland

2.5 stars

[Jessica G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh god, I missed this world so much - it literally felt like I was a melting in a pile of gooey goodness. Okay, that sounded weird, but basically my heart was a hot mess, hahahaha! The country of hearts, clover and joker are all so comforting, I couldn't think of anything better to be reading during the stress of exams.

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh.

It was the Twins.

I'm not as big on Alice being paired with the Twins.

No new revelations. Just fluff with the Twins, pretty much.

[Anaïs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dee and Dum are so cute but they aren't so happy about killing people. But the way they love Alice is so pure and beautiful. It's just wonderful to see and i really loved to read it.

[Raven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still cute. Art work still amazing. It was a little weird that they were switching back from children to adults and she "loved them both" but whatever, it was still cute.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very shallow in the sense that we don't learn much about the twins at all. I'm not sure how much you learn about them in the game, but if you don't learn anything about them, what's the point of even reading their route? Their pairing with Alice feels VERY weird, even if I know they're technically ageless/waaay older than Alice/just stuck in time... Time flows different in wonderland, but it still kinda feels like an excuse to include young children. And Quinrose probably realised that, which is why they are now able to shift to adults, and never shift to children in recent games. (In the recent Spade Alice doesn't even know they are originally children, despite remarking on how they seem like children). The twins are interesting characters, and curiousity to their backstory is the only reason I read their books, but that seems to be barely there, which is a pity. The art was really good, but the plot felt lackluster.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dee and Dum protect Alice but she gets knocked unconscious. Alice gives the two gifts for protecting her. Vivaldi takes Alice out shopping and later the March Hare saves her from an unsavory character who wants to take her hostage. Dee and Dum fight for Alice's love as she can't choose between the two.

[Kanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

This had way too many pedophilia vibes for me. I think they might be mythical, thus the age change at will, but it still bothers me.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit weird for me.

[Hanii Aburame · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5* stars.

[E.S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one left a bad taste in my mouth. It's almost worse than the first one about the twins. Why even make a manga about this? It's like, they're obviously still children, at least mentally for the most part, but she still goes for it? I can hardly stand to read the twins' dialogue. They are kids and they are in love with Alice and are all over her, and then 1 second later they are adults doing the same thing and then they start making out. Like, it felt like I was reading child pornography. I don't mean to be dramatic, and I guess I chose to read it, but damn...she should have never gone this route. Also, the ending was a little weird. Not that I expected it to be mind-blowing, but at least with some of the side stories there is a little bit of background about the person that Alice is pursuing, but not in this one, or the other book about the Twins. We still know very little about them except that they work for Blood. Plus side: Alice was tolerable in this (other than...you know...being a slight sexual predator...but I really mean tolerable with regards to her personality if that makes sense). Other thing: Why did this book start out with so much background about the Country of Clover? I know these don't go in any particular order, but was this one one of the first Country of Clover spin-offs to be published? Because like...yeah I know about the Country of Clover because I've read like 6 OTHER VOLUMES SET IN THIS WORLD. WHY SPEND LIKE 8 PAGES TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS WORLD IS AND MEANS?!

[Acsis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 3.8 stars. Shortly, it's quite good (looking at it with eyes from a long-term Alice in the Country of Hearts fan, so kind of unfair). The art loses against some of the other Alice mangas while also winning against some of the other Alice mangas as well.

[Sharakael · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art in this book is pretty good (ie., consistent) compared to some others I've read... the only thing that bothered me was how "soft" Alice seemed to be. I've never played the Clover game so I'm not sure if that's how Alice was in the Clover game... all dere and no tsun. And she spent most of her dialogue in a monologue of "Oh no whom should I choose?". For the first quarter of the book that's OK, when it goes on for more than half it takes away from the romantic content and made the book more... angst-y? Melancholic is probably a better word.

Still a pretty good read if you like the twins.

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

The manga deals with Alice's relation to the Bloody Twins who always seem to be fighting someone. Alice is even attacked once by a faceless. The twins are always worried that Alice will not like them and will leave them. The question becomes will Alice fall in love with one of them, both of them or neither of them?

I liked the story and was satisfied with how it ended.

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

"They may look like adults, but they're bratty kids through and through."


NOPE.

The fans may like the twins but they're not even 16 and she's much older than them....and they get romantically involved....and intimate. LIKE NOPE.

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well this was weird. Not surprised since well the other volumes and other Alice series are. But it has a charm to it in a way since well, Wonderland. So this one has Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The art is of course just as good. Okay volume.

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh, only ok. Kinda weird.