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¿Qué le pasó a Alicia cuando regresó del País de las Maravillas?
¿Qué fue de Wendy al volver del País de Nunca Jamás?
¿Cómo fue la vida de Dorothy tras abandonar Oz?
¿Qué viene después del ser felices y comer perdices?
Cuando Alicia, Wendy y Dorothy dicen que han estado en el País de las Maravillas, Oz o el País de Nunca Jamás, nadie las cree. Así que las encierran en Cheshire Crossing, un internado especial, un lugar para «chicas como ellas». Pero las chicas como ellas tienen problemas con la autoridad.
Pronto empezarán a viajar entre los mundos creando caos y despertando, de paso, un amor tan impensable como letal: el que unirá la Bruja del Norte y el Capitán Garfio.
Una obra maestra hilarante y mágica creada por la extraordinaria imaginación de Andy Weir y las brillantes ilustraciones de Sarah Anderssen.
¿Qué fue de Wendy al volver del País de Nunca Jamás?
¿Cómo fue la vida de Dorothy tras abandonar Oz?
¿Qué viene después del ser felices y comer perdices?
Cuando Alicia, Wendy y Dorothy dicen que han estado en el País de las Maravillas, Oz o el País de Nunca Jamás, nadie las cree. Así que las encierran en Cheshire Crossing, un internado especial, un lugar para «chicas como ellas». Pero las chicas como ellas tienen problemas con la autoridad.
Pronto empezarán a viajar entre los mundos creando caos y despertando, de paso, un amor tan impensable como letal: el que unirá la Bruja del Norte y el Capitán Garfio.
Una obra maestra hilarante y mágica creada por la extraordinaria imaginación de Andy Weir y las brillantes ilustraciones de Sarah Anderssen.
128 pages, Paperback
First published July 16, 2019
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Andy Weir
57 books64.8k followersANDY WEIR built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to live out his dream of writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California. Andy’s next book, ARTEMIS, is available now.
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January 25, 2020
Here is something very funny and cool that doesn’t remotely make me want to scream for a thousand years: When authors write retellings of books they apparently have never read.
This is a graphic novel that imagines there is a boarding school for children who have returned from magical worlds (and if you’re saying “Wow, sounds an awful lot like Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series,” you take that back right now. This book wishes it had a tenth of the creativity and fun and adventure).
The students of this particular school are Alice (of Wonderland fame), Wendy (fresh outta Neverland), and Dorothy (back from Oz).
If you told me that Andy Weir wrote this having never read any of those books, instead only having seen the movie adaptations of each one, I would say, “Only if the last time he watched those movies was a hundred years ago, and also he didn’t watch the movies, he watched the trailers, and not like in a movie theater where you’d be paying attention, but like they were playing before a VHS tape and he was fast-forwarding them to get to the movie he intended to watch, which was probably something very bad like Blade Runner, and so all he saw were random images.”
(On a sidenote, I just watched Blade Runner for the first time. Not a good movie.)
As anyone who has so much as accidentally read a word I’ve written knows, my very favorite book in the world is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and it is the great curse of my life to pick up retellings of it thinking I will love them and then hating them with my life.
There are two things that every retelling of Alice does, and neither of them make any sense, and both of them make me want to weep profusely and shield Lewis Carroll’s ghost’s eyes so he never has to know what has been done to his work.
The first is the temptation to make Alice fight the Jabberwock. The most famous example of this is in Tim Burton’s ungodly nightmare of a film adaptation. This is dumb for two reasons: one, the Jabberwock does not exist in Wonderland. It is a nonsense poem that Alice reads. You know, in a book. Two, Alice is a child whose greatest act of destruction is accidentally kicking a creature named Bill into next Tuesday. But whatever.
The second is much, much, much more heinous. Whenever I think about it I feel the urge to shout, which I will convey in this moment by using all caps.
THE WHITE RABBIT AND THE MARCH HARE ARE NOT THE SAME.
THIS SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME, FOR MANY REASONS. ONE, RABBITS AND HARES ARE DIFFERENT ANIMALS. TWO, THEY ARE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK. THREE, EVEN IF YOU ARE A COMPLETE DUNCE AND YOUR IDEA OF READING IS RIFLING THROUGH A BOOK AND LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WHITE RABBIT AND THE MARCH HARE ARE DRAWN DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
THE WHITE RABBIT IS THE I’M-LATE-I’M-LATE GUY WITH THE POCKET WATCH WHO ALICE FALLS INTO WONDERLAND WHILE NOSILY CHASING. THE MARCH HARE IS ONE OF THE TWO ANIMALS AT THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY. THERE IS NO CAUSE TO CONFUSE THEM WHATSOEVER.
I am taking deep breaths and yet I refuse to be calmed.
At one point in this book, during a massive info-dump towards the end in which people are called in to dryly explain how the already-boring magic system works, one character says, “In fact, your own page, the March Hare, once fell into the girl’s world due to this effect.”
And, you know, just one problem there. THAT’S A REFERENCE TO THE WHITE RABBIT, AND THE MARCH HARE AND THE WHITE RABBIT ARE TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS, IN FACT. TRULY WHY WRITE A BOOK USING SOMEONE ELSE’S WORLD AND CHARACTERS WHEN YOU CAN’T EVEN BOTHER TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
But that isn’t actually the only problem I have with this book. (Because of course it isn’t. I love to complain.)
The whole conceit of this is that Alice hates Wonderland, and that the villain of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (which is consistently referred to here as Alice in Wonderland - pet peeve. The title of the book is Alice’S ADVENTURES in Wonderland. The MOVIE, you dumb f*cks, is Alice in Wonderland) is Wonderland itself. THAT IS SO DUMB.
And none of these characters feel like themselves even remotely even at all (and the fact that Andy Weir decided to inexplicably make these three children Cool Teens instead can’t explain that away).
And on top of that, there’s no character development or world building or friendship construction or much of anything to make me care about this even a little.
But as if that weren’t enough cause for me to attempt to delete this from my brain forever: welcome to Grammatical Error City, population you while you read this book.
Bottom line: Never in the world has there been such a cool idea with such f*cking garbage execution.
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reading this was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad idea.
review to come / 1 star
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i am legally obligated to read any graphic novel involving alice's adventures in wonderland
or really anything involving it at all.
This is a graphic novel that imagines there is a boarding school for children who have returned from magical worlds (and if you’re saying “Wow, sounds an awful lot like Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series,” you take that back right now. This book wishes it had a tenth of the creativity and fun and adventure).
The students of this particular school are Alice (of Wonderland fame), Wendy (fresh outta Neverland), and Dorothy (back from Oz).
If you told me that Andy Weir wrote this having never read any of those books, instead only having seen the movie adaptations of each one, I would say, “Only if the last time he watched those movies was a hundred years ago, and also he didn’t watch the movies, he watched the trailers, and not like in a movie theater where you’d be paying attention, but like they were playing before a VHS tape and he was fast-forwarding them to get to the movie he intended to watch, which was probably something very bad like Blade Runner, and so all he saw were random images.”
(On a sidenote, I just watched Blade Runner for the first time. Not a good movie.)
As anyone who has so much as accidentally read a word I’ve written knows, my very favorite book in the world is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and it is the great curse of my life to pick up retellings of it thinking I will love them and then hating them with my life.
There are two things that every retelling of Alice does, and neither of them make any sense, and both of them make me want to weep profusely and shield Lewis Carroll’s ghost’s eyes so he never has to know what has been done to his work.
The first is the temptation to make Alice fight the Jabberwock. The most famous example of this is in Tim Burton’s ungodly nightmare of a film adaptation. This is dumb for two reasons: one, the Jabberwock does not exist in Wonderland. It is a nonsense poem that Alice reads. You know, in a book. Two, Alice is a child whose greatest act of destruction is accidentally kicking a creature named Bill into next Tuesday. But whatever.
The second is much, much, much more heinous. Whenever I think about it I feel the urge to shout, which I will convey in this moment by using all caps.
THE WHITE RABBIT AND THE MARCH HARE ARE NOT THE SAME.
THIS SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME, FOR MANY REASONS. ONE, RABBITS AND HARES ARE DIFFERENT ANIMALS. TWO, THEY ARE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK. THREE, EVEN IF YOU ARE A COMPLETE DUNCE AND YOUR IDEA OF READING IS RIFLING THROUGH A BOOK AND LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WHITE RABBIT AND THE MARCH HARE ARE DRAWN DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
THE WHITE RABBIT IS THE I’M-LATE-I’M-LATE GUY WITH THE POCKET WATCH WHO ALICE FALLS INTO WONDERLAND WHILE NOSILY CHASING. THE MARCH HARE IS ONE OF THE TWO ANIMALS AT THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY. THERE IS NO CAUSE TO CONFUSE THEM WHATSOEVER.
I am taking deep breaths and yet I refuse to be calmed.
At one point in this book, during a massive info-dump towards the end in which people are called in to dryly explain how the already-boring magic system works, one character says, “In fact, your own page, the March Hare, once fell into the girl’s world due to this effect.”
And, you know, just one problem there. THAT’S A REFERENCE TO THE WHITE RABBIT, AND THE MARCH HARE AND THE WHITE RABBIT ARE TWO DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS, IN FACT. TRULY WHY WRITE A BOOK USING SOMEONE ELSE’S WORLD AND CHARACTERS WHEN YOU CAN’T EVEN BOTHER TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
But that isn’t actually the only problem I have with this book. (Because of course it isn’t. I love to complain.)
The whole conceit of this is that Alice hates Wonderland, and that the villain of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (which is consistently referred to here as Alice in Wonderland - pet peeve. The title of the book is Alice’S ADVENTURES in Wonderland. The MOVIE, you dumb f*cks, is Alice in Wonderland) is Wonderland itself. THAT IS SO DUMB.
And none of these characters feel like themselves even remotely even at all (and the fact that Andy Weir decided to inexplicably make these three children Cool Teens instead can’t explain that away).
And on top of that, there’s no character development or world building or friendship construction or much of anything to make me care about this even a little.
But as if that weren’t enough cause for me to attempt to delete this from my brain forever: welcome to Grammatical Error City, population you while you read this book.
Bottom line: Never in the world has there been such a cool idea with such f*cking garbage execution.
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reading this was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad idea.
review to come / 1 star
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i am legally obligated to read any graphic novel involving alice's adventures in wonderland
or really anything involving it at all.
May 23, 2020
Many thanks to Ten Speed Press for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review
Oh, this was such a mess. I had such high hopes because I love Sarah Anderson's art and I've heard so much praise for Andy Weir. Now, the art was great. Sarah did her best with what she was given but the story. And the characters. Oh dear god.
First off, it read like very poorly written fanfiction. It is based on The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland. It felt as though the author was trying to make the old-timey characters "hip" and relevant. But it just ended up being cringey. Like when your grandparents try to quote a vine.
The whole thing felt very juvinelle. Relating back to the above mentioned point, this was aimed at young adults but it felt like it should have been aimed at elementray schoolers. But it didn't fit any of those age ranges.
Overall, this was cringey, crappy and unenjoyable.
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August 6, 2019
W-wh-what did I just read?
Like... um...
The art is appropriate for ages 8+
The language is appropriate for ages 14+
The content is appropriate for ages 15+
The general plot will appeal to ages 12-25
The plot pacing was geared toward ages 10-
The concept – literary ladies manipulating portals through their various worlds and defeating their childhood baddies together – was super appealing, but it definitely struggled in execution. More than anything, I think it needed more *time.* Just to sit in it's premise, explore the characters and the world. Instead, it zoomed through everything. In such a rush to accomplish what it promised, its pace suffered.
That said, I'd read a second volume. I think there's potential here – a strong idea, a cute art style. With some extra page time, it *might* become something worth reading.
Like... um...
The art is appropriate for ages 8+
The language is appropriate for ages 14+
The content is appropriate for ages 15+
The general plot will appeal to ages 12-25
The plot pacing was geared toward ages 10-
The concept – literary ladies manipulating portals through their various worlds and defeating their childhood baddies together – was super appealing, but it definitely struggled in execution. More than anything, I think it needed more *time.* Just to sit in it's premise, explore the characters and the world. Instead, it zoomed through everything. In such a rush to accomplish what it promised, its pace suffered.
That said, I'd read a second volume. I think there's potential here – a strong idea, a cute art style. With some extra page time, it *might* become something worth reading.
September 7, 2020
I genuinely enjoyed this, though I should go ahead and make one thing very clear (and please don't hate me for this!): I'm not a fan of children's classics at all. This story combines multiple retellings of stories I genuinely do not care about: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz. I'm seeing a lot of reviews from people who do like those stories, or at least the films, saying they hated this book, so I guess your interest in picking this up should probably weigh heavily upon which camp you fall in.
Anyways, this book's version of Alice is a mean and/or violent little badass, which is also the case in all of my favorite AiW retellings (for some reason, I hate Alice in Wonderland, but love practically all retellings of it?). Dorothy is brilliant, and Wendy is just all outta bubblegum if you know what I mean. I loved it.
Anyways, this book's version of Alice is a mean and/or violent little badass, which is also the case in all of my favorite AiW retellings (for some reason, I hate Alice in Wonderland, but love practically all retellings of it?). Dorothy is brilliant, and Wendy is just all outta bubblegum if you know what I mean. I loved it.
August 11, 2019
¡Esta es la novela gráfica más absurda y divertida que he leído en mucho tiempo! ¡Y pensar que esto, que parece un fanfiction (y no lo digo a mal), lo escribió Andy Weir, el autor de El Marciano!
Aquí resulta que han pasado varios años desde que Alicia (de Alice in Wonderland), Wendy (de Peter Pan) y Dorothy (de El Mago de Oz) han vivido sus aventuras en esos otros mundos. Todos piensan que ellas tienen un trastorno disociativo y que se han inventado todo, así que las han enviado de asilo mental en asilo mental hasta que, al final, las tres terminan en un instituto llamado Cheshire Crossing. Allí el director les revela que no cree que estén locas y que, por el contrario, quiere estudiar sus poderes para atravesar dimensiones. Pero las tres chicas terminan metidas en varias aventuras más que las llevarán a los mundos que ya conocen y a meterse en problemas con el Capitán Garfio y con la Wicked Witch.
¡No saben lo divertido que es todo! Es increíble cómo las tres protagonistas van saltando de mundo en mundo y arrastrando a otros personajes con ellas. ¿De qué otra manera iban a terminar el Capitán Garfio y la Bruja aliados y atraídos el uno por el otro? Es que incluso sacan a Peter Pan de Nunca Jamás y se lo llevan al País de las Maravillas y luego a Oz para salvar a Campanilla. En serio, todo dentro de la historia es tremendamente absurdo, pero en el fondo todo encaja de una manera menos retorcida y forzada de lo que parecería.
¡Les recomiendo un montón esta novela gráfica!
Aquí resulta que han pasado varios años desde que Alicia (de Alice in Wonderland), Wendy (de Peter Pan) y Dorothy (de El Mago de Oz) han vivido sus aventuras en esos otros mundos. Todos piensan que ellas tienen un trastorno disociativo y que se han inventado todo, así que las han enviado de asilo mental en asilo mental hasta que, al final, las tres terminan en un instituto llamado Cheshire Crossing. Allí el director les revela que no cree que estén locas y que, por el contrario, quiere estudiar sus poderes para atravesar dimensiones. Pero las tres chicas terminan metidas en varias aventuras más que las llevarán a los mundos que ya conocen y a meterse en problemas con el Capitán Garfio y con la Wicked Witch.
¡No saben lo divertido que es todo! Es increíble cómo las tres protagonistas van saltando de mundo en mundo y arrastrando a otros personajes con ellas. ¿De qué otra manera iban a terminar el Capitán Garfio y la Bruja aliados y atraídos el uno por el otro? Es que incluso sacan a Peter Pan de Nunca Jamás y se lo llevan al País de las Maravillas y luego a Oz para salvar a Campanilla. En serio, todo dentro de la historia es tremendamente absurdo, pero en el fondo todo encaja de una manera menos retorcida y forzada de lo que parecería.
¡Les recomiendo un montón esta novela gráfica!
March 3, 2020
So years ago Andy Weir (of The Martian fame) wrote and drew a fanfic graphic novel where Alice of Wonderland, Dorothy of Oz, and Wendy of Neverland cross paths. Since he's a terrible artist he had Sarah Andersen (of Sarah Scribbles fame) redraw the whole thing.
This was a lot of fun seeing these three girls mix it up across their make-believe lands with Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch of the West. Weir doesn't attempt to write the dialogue in period. It's thoroughly modernized. These girls curse and know about sex. Some people are going to have a problem with it. I decided to go with it.
Anderson's art is so much better than I've seen in Sarah Scribbles. She's quite talented when not adapting a cartoonish comic strip style for her webcomic.
This was a lot of fun seeing these three girls mix it up across their make-believe lands with Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch of the West. Weir doesn't attempt to write the dialogue in period. It's thoroughly modernized. These girls curse and know about sex. Some people are going to have a problem with it. I decided to go with it.
Anderson's art is so much better than I've seen in Sarah Scribbles. She's quite talented when not adapting a cartoonish comic strip style for her webcomic.
July 2, 2019
This work is getting an awful lot of buzz and excitement and accompanying favorable reviews. This tale of Wendy, Dorothy, and Alice after their adventure coping with life now in the early 1900s told in graphic novel format by Andy Weir.
Perhaps the same crowd who is excited about this would also be interested in the tale of Wendy, Dorothy, and Alice after their adventure coping with life now in the early 1900s told in graphic novel format by Alan Moore. Written in 1991.
Perhaps the same crowd who is excited about this would also be interested in the tale of Wendy, Dorothy, and Alice after their adventure coping with life now in the early 1900s told in graphic novel format by Alan Moore. Written in 1991.
August 18, 2019
When you get famous enough as a writer, the joke goes, you can even get your grocery list published. Or, in this case, a graphic novel of your online fan fiction. And the publisher will even offer to have a high profile artist like Sarah Andersen of Sarah's Scribbles redraw it for you. Fortunately, this book is quite clever and pleasing in its crossover of Dorothy of Oz, Alice of Wonderland, and Wendy of Neverland.
Weir bumps them in age up into their teens, explains their previous adventures as being due to their inherent super powers, and unites them as a sort of Edwardian Age X-Men pitched in battle against Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch. The story is fun and packed with Easter eggs and cameos galore.
Curiously and coincidentally, I also have the newest edition of Alan Moore's Lost Girls on my shelf of library books to reread. That should make for an interesting contrast this weekend.
Weir bumps them in age up into their teens, explains their previous adventures as being due to their inherent super powers, and unites them as a sort of Edwardian Age X-Men pitched in battle against Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch. The story is fun and packed with Easter eggs and cameos galore.
Curiously and coincidentally, I also have the newest edition of Alan Moore's Lost Girls on my shelf of library books to reread. That should make for an interesting contrast this weekend.
August 12, 2019
This is just painful. I thought perhaps it would be a decent graphic novel. After all, it's Andy Weir (of The Martian) and Sarah Andersen (of Sarah's Scribbles). Aside from the decent illustrations, though, this is just bad fanfiction.
I can't take historical fiction seriously when it's this modern. The story takes place in 1910, so the inclusion of Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy all make sense, as their stories were published before that time. The inclusion of Mary Poppins is questionable (her story may be set around that time, but she wasn't written about until decades later). Even accepting that all these characters fit in this time period, their speech often does not. The characters "swear" (usually represented by "#%$@&" or something similar). At one point, Wendy uses the word "turd". Dorothy says, "Holy crap!" And there's even a reference to Planet of the Apes, which... I don't even know.
If you love the characters in the original stories, you might not be too pleased with what's been done with them here. The Wicked Witch of the West is beautiful... presumably so she can have a relationship with Captain Hook. Alice has black hair, which really messed with my head (as she's usually portrayed as blond). Peter Pan has a mishap and grows up, at which point he gets super horny and "needs" to have sex. (I wish I were kidding.)
The writing is just... really bad. I know it's a graphic novel, but that doesn't mean you can throw grammar and punctuation out the window. Combined with the overly modern speech of all the characters, it's just a painful book to read.
Andersen's illustrations are probably the best thing about this, although (as I mentioned before) I don't like the way Alice is drawn. Or Wendy. She's had a haircut since her time in Neverland, and wears pants. This isn't really commented on, but it would be highly unusual for a young girl in 1910 to dress like that. It's almost as if there was an attempt to modernize the story by doing this, but since it's historical fiction, it's not really necessary. (Also, take the dark-skinned Captain Hook as another example of trying to modernize the story and add diversity... while trampling on the tradition of the original story. The only way this would've worked would have been if Wendy had been dark-skinned as well. There's a tradition in the original play to have Captain Hook and Wendy's father played by the same actor. It's some sort of statement about fathers and daughters... and it's completely ignored here with the artistic choices that were made.)
So... it's basically bad fanfiction, written by people who don't appear to be that familiar with the original stories or their nuances. Fanfiction is fine, of course... but if I wanted to read it, I would do so. I kind of feel like I got duped into reading this one.
I can't take historical fiction seriously when it's this modern. The story takes place in 1910, so the inclusion of Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy all make sense, as their stories were published before that time. The inclusion of Mary Poppins is questionable (her story may be set around that time, but she wasn't written about until decades later). Even accepting that all these characters fit in this time period, their speech often does not. The characters "swear" (usually represented by "#%$@&" or something similar). At one point, Wendy uses the word "turd". Dorothy says, "Holy crap!" And there's even a reference to Planet of the Apes, which... I don't even know.
If you love the characters in the original stories, you might not be too pleased with what's been done with them here. The Wicked Witch of the West is beautiful... presumably so she can have a relationship with Captain Hook. Alice has black hair, which really messed with my head (as she's usually portrayed as blond). Peter Pan has a mishap and grows up, at which point he gets super horny and "needs" to have sex. (I wish I were kidding.)
The writing is just... really bad. I know it's a graphic novel, but that doesn't mean you can throw grammar and punctuation out the window. Combined with the overly modern speech of all the characters, it's just a painful book to read.
Andersen's illustrations are probably the best thing about this, although (as I mentioned before) I don't like the way Alice is drawn. Or Wendy. She's had a haircut since her time in Neverland, and wears pants. This isn't really commented on, but it would be highly unusual for a young girl in 1910 to dress like that. It's almost as if there was an attempt to modernize the story by doing this, but since it's historical fiction, it's not really necessary. (Also, take the dark-skinned Captain Hook as another example of trying to modernize the story and add diversity... while trampling on the tradition of the original story. The only way this would've worked would have been if Wendy had been dark-skinned as well. There's a tradition in the original play to have Captain Hook and Wendy's father played by the same actor. It's some sort of statement about fathers and daughters... and it's completely ignored here with the artistic choices that were made.)
So... it's basically bad fanfiction, written by people who don't appear to be that familiar with the original stories or their nuances. Fanfiction is fine, of course... but if I wanted to read it, I would do so. I kind of feel like I got duped into reading this one.
September 15, 2019
Sometimes, you read a book about women and you can really really tell that it was written by a man. And that was this book. And I'm not talking about the art style here, because it was amazing and I actually really enjoyed it in this book! I'm talking about the dialogue and the actually written part of the book. Just,,, the way these girls talk,,, is so unrealistic and I could not get over that. So I really can't say that I enjoyed these characters a lot. Which is a shame because the premise of this book was really interesting and it could have been amazing if someone else had written it. I also find it Very Questionable that both of the villains are characters of color, while we only get one PoC protagonist,,, I wonder why,,,
February 20, 2020
3,5
RESEÑA COMPLETA: https://letraslibrosymas.blogspot.com...
Érase una vez y otras mentiras es una novela gráfica escrita por Andy Weir, autor de El marciano (libro que no he leído pero si he visto la película xD) e ilustrado por Sarah Andersen, autora de los cómics Sarah's Scribbles. Como hacía mucho que no leía una novela gráfica y esta me parecía muy curiosa y original, decidí darle una oportunidad, además en ese momento no tenía muchas ganas de nada, y la verdad es que ha superado mis expectativas y ha logrado regalarme una buena sesión de lectura con una historia de lo más peculiar.
Es crossover/retelling de lo más ingenioso e imaginativo, de esas historias disparatadas que no sabes que necesitas hasta que lo lees, he disfrutado mucho de su lectura por la originalidad, por ver a Alicia, Wendy y Dorothy de adolescentes y las referencias a los cuentos clásicos.
Llena de imaginación, aventuras, parejas peculiares y humor... así es Érase una vez y otras mentiras.
RESEÑA COMPLETA: https://letraslibrosymas.blogspot.com...
Érase una vez y otras mentiras es una novela gráfica escrita por Andy Weir, autor de El marciano (libro que no he leído pero si he visto la película xD) e ilustrado por Sarah Andersen, autora de los cómics Sarah's Scribbles. Como hacía mucho que no leía una novela gráfica y esta me parecía muy curiosa y original, decidí darle una oportunidad, además en ese momento no tenía muchas ganas de nada, y la verdad es que ha superado mis expectativas y ha logrado regalarme una buena sesión de lectura con una historia de lo más peculiar.
Es crossover/retelling de lo más ingenioso e imaginativo, de esas historias disparatadas que no sabes que necesitas hasta que lo lees, he disfrutado mucho de su lectura por la originalidad, por ver a Alicia, Wendy y Dorothy de adolescentes y las referencias a los cuentos clásicos.
Llena de imaginación, aventuras, parejas peculiares y humor... así es Érase una vez y otras mentiras.
November 12, 2019
11/12/19:
Finally read this!!!!
I guess I get why this has crap reviews. It's a little fanfiction-y. But hey, this book gets all the credit for naming Alice Alice Liddell, including Tik-Tok in one of the flashbacks, and making all the wonderful Peter Pan references.
I mean, really, this book isn't just someone who's watched the Wizard of Oz movie and the Disney Alice In Wonderland and Peter Pan, this is deep. It's got all the references and it's so wonderfully apparent that Andy Weir loves these girls. He knows their stories. I ADORED that. So much.
The story itself here was a little juvenile in places, but hey, it was fun as heck. I had a great time with this and was squealing at all the great references. Absolutely wonderful.
I assume with the way this ended, and the fact that there are still a lot of loose ends... there's hopefully gonna be a sequel??? I feel bad for the author who has to see all of these negative ratings. Trust me, there's still a positive crowd for this kind of stuff!
4/5 stars. Seriously, this was great. I'd eat up a sequel. This is such a crazy fun book, and it's honestly very true to the original works. Highly recommend.
3/6/19:
OH MY GOODNESS.
THAT COVER. DOROTHY, ALICE, AND WENDY????
I AM SO IN.
Y'know, I've thought of a book with Dorothy and Alice as the MCs, but if I imagined a third member it would've been Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia. Wendy is an excellent choice, though.
I've read all of these gals books. (Well, not all of the Oz books, but the first five. I'm getting there.) I've loved all of them and am so utterly pumped to read a graphic novel about Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy. Seriously, this is going to be epic. (They better stay true to Dorothy's book character, though, not the movie's.)
I am so frickin' ready.
Finally read this!!!!
I guess I get why this has crap reviews. It's a little fanfiction-y. But hey, this book gets all the credit for naming Alice Alice Liddell, including Tik-Tok in one of the flashbacks, and making all the wonderful Peter Pan references.
I mean, really, this book isn't just someone who's watched the Wizard of Oz movie and the Disney Alice In Wonderland and Peter Pan, this is deep. It's got all the references and it's so wonderfully apparent that Andy Weir loves these girls. He knows their stories. I ADORED that. So much.
The story itself here was a little juvenile in places, but hey, it was fun as heck. I had a great time with this and was squealing at all the great references. Absolutely wonderful.
I assume with the way this ended, and the fact that there are still a lot of loose ends... there's hopefully gonna be a sequel??? I feel bad for the author who has to see all of these negative ratings. Trust me, there's still a positive crowd for this kind of stuff!
4/5 stars. Seriously, this was great. I'd eat up a sequel. This is such a crazy fun book, and it's honestly very true to the original works. Highly recommend.
3/6/19:
OH MY GOODNESS.
THAT COVER. DOROTHY, ALICE, AND WENDY????
I AM SO IN.
Y'know, I've thought of a book with Dorothy and Alice as the MCs, but if I imagined a third member it would've been Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia. Wendy is an excellent choice, though.
I've read all of these gals books. (Well, not all of the Oz books, but the first five. I'm getting there.) I've loved all of them and am so utterly pumped to read a graphic novel about Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy. Seriously, this is going to be epic. (They better stay true to Dorothy's book character, though, not the movie's.)
I am so frickin' ready.
October 8, 2025
Loved the concept and seeing the girls dropped into each other's worlds 🌎 and other characters doing the same... and the nanny person also being , clever touch.
There were some things that had me raising my eyebrows wondering why they changed those particular things but it didn't bother me much, just rolled with it but it made my brain squirm to not have explanations.
There wasn't much character development, but I did like the idea of how the girls were written.
There were parts that seemed rushed too.
The ending is cliff hanger of sorts, just to warn ya..
I did have fun and don't regret reading this but I think this would been better as full length novel series.
The story idea is such a fun and interesting one...sad the execution wasn't better :(.
Would love to see this idea as a movie or movies adaptation, I'd be first in line for it!
No other books either from what I could see either (still would have read the second book).
Recommend ? Still yes tentatively... if it sounds interesting to you, go for it and I hope you have fun with it :) 👍🏼
The art was good, fit with the style of the story and never pulled me out of it. (The random differences in certain plot points and characters did that on and off)
2 stars 🌟 = just okay, not horrible for me.
Glad I found this at the library and didn't buy it.
There were some things that had me raising my eyebrows wondering why they changed those particular things but it didn't bother me much, just rolled with it but it made my brain squirm to not have explanations.
There wasn't much character development, but I did like the idea of how the girls were written.
There were parts that seemed rushed too.
The ending is cliff hanger of sorts, just to warn ya..
I did have fun and don't regret reading this but I think this would been better as full length novel series.
The story idea is such a fun and interesting one...sad the execution wasn't better :(.
Would love to see this idea as a movie or movies adaptation, I'd be first in line for it!
No other books either from what I could see either (still would have read the second book).
Recommend ? Still yes tentatively... if it sounds interesting to you, go for it and I hope you have fun with it :) 👍🏼
The art was good, fit with the style of the story and never pulled me out of it. (The random differences in certain plot points and characters did that on and off)
2 stars 🌟 = just okay, not horrible for me.
Glad I found this at the library and didn't buy it.
November 25, 2020
Un graphic novel inaspettato. Non avevo mai immaginato cosa sarebbe successo se Alice, Wendy e Dorothy si fossero riunite coi loro tre mondi immaginari, il Paese delle meraviglie, L'isola che non c'è e Oz, per combattere un nemico comune.
I disegni mi sono piaciuti molto, soprattutto inizialmente quando la storia è ambientata nell'istituto. I colori mi sono piaciuti anche di più, li ho trovati molto accentuati. La storia è carina, perché non c'è mai un momento di noia ed è molto movimentata, anche se l'ho trovata troppo frettolosa in alcuni punti, specialmente nel combattimento finale. Però secondo me è davvero molto breve e avrebbe avuto bisogno di un maggior sviluppo, specialmente di una migliore caratterizzazione dei personaggi principali che risultano un po' abbozzati, o dei loro rapporti di amicizia.
Sicuramente Alice, Wendy e Dorothy, ormai adolescenti, sono davvero diverse da come le conoscevamo da bambine. Specialmente Alice è cambiata tanto, adesso è un'adolescente sfacciata e arrabbiata col mondo intero, anche a causa dei suoi continui trasferimenti in istituti psichiatrici.
Wendy è una ragazza combattiva e riflessiva, invece Dorothy è calma e pacata, ma allo stesso tempo desiderosa di aiutare i suoi amici.
La strega dell'Ovest e Capitan Uncino si ritroveranno insieme per cercare di conquistare i mondi e distruggere le tre ragazze, che con l'aiuto di qualche comparsa, (ad esempio Peter pan, che però non mi ha fatto impazzire, Trilli, o la tutrice delle ragazze che mi ha ricordato vagamente Mary Poppins, o forse lo è davvero?) cercheranno di contrastarli.
È una storia che si legge in un'oretta o poco più, non aspettatevi nulla di che, è una fanfiction/retelling a fumetti, divertente e d'intrattenimento, e per chi ama Alice nel paese delle meraviglie, Peter pan o il Mago di Oz è da recuperare anche solo per vedere questi tre fantastici mondi riuniti. Adesso mi è venuta voglia di recuperare i classici, che purtroppo non ho mai letto da bambino. In più mi è venuta anche voglia di rivedere i film!
P.s.= Ma ci sarà un sequel? Perché il finale è abbastanza aperto 🤔
Ringrazio la Oscar vault per avermi inviato la copia digitale!
I disegni mi sono piaciuti molto, soprattutto inizialmente quando la storia è ambientata nell'istituto. I colori mi sono piaciuti anche di più, li ho trovati molto accentuati. La storia è carina, perché non c'è mai un momento di noia ed è molto movimentata, anche se l'ho trovata troppo frettolosa in alcuni punti, specialmente nel combattimento finale. Però secondo me è davvero molto breve e avrebbe avuto bisogno di un maggior sviluppo, specialmente di una migliore caratterizzazione dei personaggi principali che risultano un po' abbozzati, o dei loro rapporti di amicizia.
Sicuramente Alice, Wendy e Dorothy, ormai adolescenti, sono davvero diverse da come le conoscevamo da bambine. Specialmente Alice è cambiata tanto, adesso è un'adolescente sfacciata e arrabbiata col mondo intero, anche a causa dei suoi continui trasferimenti in istituti psichiatrici.
Wendy è una ragazza combattiva e riflessiva, invece Dorothy è calma e pacata, ma allo stesso tempo desiderosa di aiutare i suoi amici.
La strega dell'Ovest e Capitan Uncino si ritroveranno insieme per cercare di conquistare i mondi e distruggere le tre ragazze, che con l'aiuto di qualche comparsa, (ad esempio Peter pan, che però non mi ha fatto impazzire, Trilli, o la tutrice delle ragazze che mi ha ricordato vagamente Mary Poppins, o forse lo è davvero?) cercheranno di contrastarli.
È una storia che si legge in un'oretta o poco più, non aspettatevi nulla di che, è una fanfiction/retelling a fumetti, divertente e d'intrattenimento, e per chi ama Alice nel paese delle meraviglie, Peter pan o il Mago di Oz è da recuperare anche solo per vedere questi tre fantastici mondi riuniti. Adesso mi è venuta voglia di recuperare i classici, che purtroppo non ho mai letto da bambino. In più mi è venuta anche voglia di rivedere i film!
P.s.= Ma ci sarà un sequel? Perché il finale è abbastanza aperto 🤔
Ringrazio la Oscar vault per avermi inviato la copia digitale!
August 9, 2019
Has there ever been a book more up my alley? I don’t think so. Fairy tale base, bad ass young women, twists and turns and some favorite big bads.....the only downfall is that I have to wait for a sequel!!
April 6, 2020
Gosh, I still don't know what to say. I was sooo looking forward to reading this graphic novel, fantasy thingy, neither of which is my genre at all, but I loved The Martian and Andy Weir's short stories on his website; and one of my all-time favourites is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I genuinely loved the idea of this book. Taking Dorothy from Oz, Alice from Wonderland and Wendy from Neverland, and sending them together to boarding school, then on adventures in their respective worlds. I was also thrilled by the news that it was none other than Sarah Andersen who was illustrating it.
They looked fun and different and the pictures are beautiful but all this is enough for a couple of short comic strips of not more than six frames. You know, like the funny pictures with a diagnosis of psychological disorder for each character in Winnie-the-Pooh, or the jokes saying Snow White's prince was a necrophiliac, and that sort of stuff.
This book had around two good lines and a very good idea but the characters managed to be utterly uninteresting, even annoying at times and nothing like the original ones Regarding the text, most of the time I had the feeling that this is how an American writer imagines a British person speaking. The romantic relationship shifted back and forth among gallantry, intimacy, pure business, almost rude behaviour and some stupid subordination, I just couldn't understand what was going on between them, not one part of it was believable.
An utter, utter disappointment.
They looked fun and different and the pictures are beautiful but all this is enough for a couple of short comic strips of not more than six frames. You know, like the funny pictures with a diagnosis of psychological disorder for each character in Winnie-the-Pooh, or the jokes saying Snow White's prince was a necrophiliac, and that sort of stuff.
This book had around two good lines and a very good idea but the characters managed to be utterly uninteresting, even annoying at times and nothing like the original ones Regarding the text, most of the time I had the feeling that this is how an American writer imagines a British person speaking. The romantic relationship shifted back and forth among gallantry, intimacy, pure business, almost rude behaviour and some stupid subordination, I just couldn't understand what was going on between them, not one part of it was believable.
An utter, utter disappointment.
July 3, 2019
a graphic novella that is above three stars... finally
Maybe it was that it was in a physical format? Maybe it was that this was a gift to me from my friend?? (thank you to her!!!!! idk if she reads my trashfire reviews or immediately clicks away before grimacing, which I would totally understand) But anyways, this was so FUN to read and also really short, so it could be easily added to my reading challenge. :)
I love Sarah Anderson and her Sarah's Scribbles, and it was so interesting to see an altered art style from her that I previously hadn't seen! There were so many really beautiful page spreads??
The entire story was pretty entertaining, although I wouldn't say hilarious-funny as more of just... weird with sarcasm mixed in?? (I feel like from the point of a millenial/gen z, this isn't as funny vs. the perspective of someone older, like Andy Weir.) But I really liked the expansion of the character's powers as well as seeing all of the worlds be visited again by our three girls. Also, I'm 99% sure one of the characters is basically Mary Poppins.
Maybe it was that it was in a physical format? Maybe it was that this was a gift to me from my friend?? (thank you to her!!!!! idk if she reads my trashfire reviews or immediately clicks away before grimacing, which I would totally understand) But anyways, this was so FUN to read and also really short, so it could be easily added to my reading challenge. :)
I love Sarah Anderson and her Sarah's Scribbles, and it was so interesting to see an altered art style from her that I previously hadn't seen! There were so many really beautiful page spreads??
The entire story was pretty entertaining, although I wouldn't say hilarious-funny as more of just... weird with sarcasm mixed in?? (I feel like from the point of a millenial/gen z, this isn't as funny vs. the perspective of someone older, like Andy Weir.) But I really liked the expansion of the character's powers as well as seeing all of the worlds be visited again by our three girls. Also, I'm 99% sure one of the characters is basically Mary Poppins.
September 10, 2020
Milá oddechovka, kterou nesmíte moc analyzovat, pokud jste hardcore fanoušci Říše divů, země Oz, nebo Země Nezemě... Ale je to roztomilé, pěkně nakreslené a zábavné.
3,5/5 🌟
3,5/5 🌟
September 17, 2019
I've never read anything by Andy Weir before, but I'm a huge fan of Andersen's Sarah's Scribbles. I think Sarah did a wonderful job in this one, the art is truly stunning. Unfortunately, I guess it is the only thing good in this graphic novel.
I think that story was cliche and poorly written. The dialogue was so cringey at times, and the characters felt like 13 year olds (and they were supposed to be 17). Storyline wasn't that interesting and even the plot twists were really predictable. It's completely obvious that this was originally a fanfiction and now it's just being redrawn by Sarah.
I'll probably check out the sequel, if it ever comes out, because I genuinely enjoyed the artwork. Otherwise, I hope that Weir is much better at writing novels than he is at writing comics.
I think that story was cliche and poorly written. The dialogue was so cringey at times, and the characters felt like 13 year olds (and they were supposed to be 17). Storyline wasn't that interesting and even the plot twists were really predictable. It's completely obvious that this was originally a fanfiction and now it's just being redrawn by Sarah.
I'll probably check out the sequel, if it ever comes out, because I genuinely enjoyed the artwork. Otherwise, I hope that Weir is much better at writing novels than he is at writing comics.
December 10, 2019
Peter Pan y El mago de Oz son mis clásicos favoritos por excelencia, así que descubrir esta novela gráfica en la que aparecían ambas protagonistas, junto con Alicia, encima, ¡me pareció una maravilla!
La edición, a color, es chulísima, y la historia bastante entretenida y original, aunque lo cierto es que esperaba que resultase más fantástico y fascinante, pero aun así, se lee en un momento y me ha gustado mucho.
La edición, a color, es chulísima, y la historia bastante entretenida y original, aunque lo cierto es que esperaba que resultase más fantástico y fascinante, pero aun así, se lee en un momento y me ha gustado mucho.
February 21, 2020
Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Peter Pan’s Wendy are now teens and very misunderstood- no one else believed their wild stories, and they were diagnosed as delusional. However, the teachers at the boarding school Cheshire Crossing believe them and know that each one possesses amazing powers. When the girls’ fantasy worlds collide and Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch of the West band together, the three teens must harness their talents to save humanity. Weir, author of the sci-fi book The Martian, and Andersen known for her funny webcomic Sarah’s Scribbles, may seem an unlikely pair, but they pull it off admirably if not perfectly. The world-hopping is at times confusing and the character of Nanny is unnecessary. Several swear words and references to sex make the tale more appropriate for a YA audience, although the charming illustrations might attract younger readers. The art is appealing, with eye-catching details. A lovely red poppy motif appears throughout the narrative and Anderson uses bold colors to depict the fantasy realms. The epilogue hints that the girls’ adventures are not done, with another familiar villain ready to take center stage.
*I wrote this review for the June 2019 issue of School Library Journal on page 86.
*I wrote this review for the June 2019 issue of School Library Journal on page 86.
April 14, 2020
Overall Rating: B
A quick, fun graphic novel with kick-ass girls and an ambiguous ending!
What more could you want?? *(another one preferably)
A quick, fun graphic novel with kick-ass girls and an ambiguous ending!
What more could you want?? *(another one preferably)
November 23, 2025
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The little romance between Captain Hook and The wicked witch of the west was an interesting twist. I wish Alice and Peter had been together instead of Peter and Tinkerbell but that might just be me.
I loved the art style and the settings, and characters!
The characters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dorothy ~ I really liked her!
Alice ~ I liked her because she was so sassy!
Peter ~ he was so awkward I really liked him.
Wendy ~ I quite liked her as well.
What to expect
🍄 Beautiful Art Style
🌪️ Fairytale Vibes
🧚♂️ Boarding School
🍄 Female Friendship
🌪️ Light Romance
Quotes
~~~~~~~
“Why is it you're always here when I show up?” “Infuriating isn't it? Perhaps there's a method to my madness… or perhaps simply a madness to my method.”
Content
~~~~~~~
❤️🔥Romance| Peter says he has strange urges with Alice hanging on to his back while he flies and she says she'd be willing to satisfy those physical urges if they survive, Captain Hook and the wicked witch of the west flirt quite a bit, Peter and Tinkerbell kiss,
🤬Language| Blast, Bloody, D-mnit, -ss, $#@£ing (written like that), crap,
🗡️Violence| stabbing, fighting, threatening,
🏳️🌈LGBTQ| none.
✝️ Religion/spirituality| praying, saying oh, Jesus Christ, Some characters are witches,
⚠️Other| attempted murder,
The little romance between Captain Hook and The wicked witch of the west was an interesting twist. I wish Alice and Peter had been together instead of Peter and Tinkerbell but that might just be me.
I loved the art style and the settings, and characters!
The characters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dorothy ~ I really liked her!
Alice ~ I liked her because she was so sassy!
Peter ~ he was so awkward I really liked him.
Wendy ~ I quite liked her as well.
What to expect
🍄 Beautiful Art Style
🌪️ Fairytale Vibes
🧚♂️ Boarding School
🍄 Female Friendship
🌪️ Light Romance
Quotes
~~~~~~~
“Why is it you're always here when I show up?” “Infuriating isn't it? Perhaps there's a method to my madness… or perhaps simply a madness to my method.”
Content
~~~~~~~
❤️🔥Romance| Peter says he has strange urges with Alice hanging on to his back while he flies and she says she'd be willing to satisfy those physical urges if they survive, Captain Hook and the wicked witch of the west flirt quite a bit, Peter and Tinkerbell kiss,
🤬Language| Blast, Bloody, D-mnit, -ss, $#@£ing (written like that), crap,
🗡️Violence| stabbing, fighting, threatening,
🏳️🌈LGBTQ| none.
✝️ Religion/spirituality| praying, saying oh, Jesus Christ, Some characters are witches,
⚠️Other| attempted murder,
December 30, 2025
I was not expecting to like this. I love these characters; they are my childhood heroines.
However, somewhere along the way, I changed my expectations and I thought of this as expensive/mainstream fanfic, which made it more bearable. There were things I thought were well done (Alice being immune to the poppies in Oz, Dorthy’s silver slippers), and there were things I disliked (what about Wendy’s brothers? Alice’s sister?).
Some of the characters were handled well and good moments of humor.
However, somewhere along the way, I changed my expectations and I thought of this as expensive/mainstream fanfic, which made it more bearable. There were things I thought were well done (Alice being immune to the poppies in Oz, Dorthy’s silver slippers), and there were things I disliked (what about Wendy’s brothers? Alice’s sister?).
Some of the characters were handled well and good moments of humor.
January 10, 2021
Un graphic novel molto simpatico e per tutte le età. I disegni sono molto belli, la storia è piuttosto semplice ma magica. Il messaggio iniziale dell’autore mi ha fatto ridere di cuore, Andy Weir è davvero un simpaticone. Penso di comprarne uno anche alle mie nipotine, saranno felicissime.
October 19, 2019
Audiobook!
The audiobook is amazing but the story was bad and nothing special didn’t like. If you wanna read this book I highly recommend the audiobook is fantastic.
The audiobook is amazing but the story was bad and nothing special didn’t like. If you wanna read this book I highly recommend the audiobook is fantastic.
September 13, 2025
Pintaba interesante pero menudo popurrí apresurado y caótico.
September 11, 2020
Toto bolo moc milé, vtipné a super. Maximálne odporúčam 😍🖤
February 13, 2020
Creo que es un libro que pueden disfrutar todos los fans de esos clásicos, por el mero hecho de conocer a esos personajes en otro "medio ambiente", y porque es una novela que se lee realmente rápido, engancha y te permite pasar un buen rato, aunque se quede algo descafeinada.
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