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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)

Lewis Carroll

Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

Discussion: Group Reads

Why we're reading this: April 2019 Completist Club Selection
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Jul 05, 2018 Sue K H rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 000-classics-grp-read, favorites

God bless those who stay young at heart, and write children's literature so well that it makes adults feel like kids again. That's what Lewis Carroll did with this. I didn't really care for the film adaptations of this story as a kid and tried the Johnny Depp modern version and lasted about 10 minutes before I turned it off. What a difference reading it makes! I love the British language and the dream world he created in Alice's head. I can't believe this was written in 1865! Now that I love the ...more

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Sep 19, 2018 Nico rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: witty-dialogue, smartass-characters, boring, overrated, audiobook, monotone, classics, read-it-a-long-time-ago, finished-but-did-not-enjoy, supremely-short

I didn't like it as a child, but now as a proper adult with an appreciation for good classic literature I thought I'd give it another shot.

It's still very meh, and I think that that's because it was most definitely meant to be a bedtime story for a sleepy child... as opposed to an edgy grinder who's always on the hustle like myself. ...more

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Jun 01, 2017 Grace rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mccrum-s-100-greatest, 2017-reads

#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

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