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Jun 01, 2017
Grace
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it was amazing
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#18 on the McCrum list.... still going along in chronological order.
Debating between 4 and 5 stars, it jumps up into the 5 category as much because of the novelty of it.... Carroll's imagination carries the day. My second time reading it as an adult.... oddly (or maybe naturally) I couldn't "get it" enough to finish it as a child.
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of their own
4= Special and well written. Truly a good/maybe great book, but ...more
Debating between 4 and 5 stars, it jumps up into the 5 category as much because of the novelty of it.... Carroll's imagination carries the day. My second time reading it as an adult.... oddly (or maybe naturally) I couldn't "get it" enough to finish it as a child.
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of their own
4= Special and well written. Truly a good/maybe great book, but ...more
I have been familiar with this tale as long as I can remember.
However, while I love the story, and the escapism that it provides, I was disappointed that the Wonderland world wasn't explored more. I thought that perhaps it had been condensed for the movie/film adaptations as is prone to happen.
But sadly, no. Aside from a couple of instances, nearly everything was included in the movie.
The only new part that did stand out to me was the pig-baby and the home of the Cheshire cat. I never would hav ...more
However, while I love the story, and the escapism that it provides, I was disappointed that the Wonderland world wasn't explored more. I thought that perhaps it had been condensed for the movie/film adaptations as is prone to happen.
But sadly, no. Aside from a couple of instances, nearly everything was included in the movie.
The only new part that did stand out to me was the pig-baby and the home of the Cheshire cat. I never would hav ...more
I started this as a kid and DNF'd it. In the last few years I've read several books that made reference to Alice, so when I had a long car trip and this short book was available, I gave it another chance. Nope. Still not for me. I get nothing from this but a childrens nonsense tale, and not a particularly interesting nonsense tale at that. This may be one of the few books that Walt Disney actually improved.
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Forgot how funny this book was...
Rereading this as an adult makes most of the text seem random. I still enjoyed it but ended up feeling very confused half the time.
Membosankan, berputar-putar, gak jelas. Aku gak paham dimana bagus dan menariknya buku ini.
Feb 18, 2014
Elanna
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it was amazing
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Psychedelia.
Jan 20, 2015
J. Sebastian
marked it as to-read
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Feb 21, 2021
Alice
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it was amazing
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