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Gloriously weird

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

December 1, 2020 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland are just as weird as I remembered.  It was also a lot of fun. I had a good memory of the basic story going in: Alice chases a talking white rabbit who is holding a pocket watch and then falls down a rabbit hole; she eats and drinks things that are suspiciously labelled and make her grow larger or smaller; and she meets a cast of weird characters (Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen, a talking caterpillar, a mad hatter). All of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, lewis carroll

Wanderlustful's CBR12 Review No:59 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alice in Wonderland, lewis carroll ·
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The Heroines We Wanted in Childhood

Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir & Sarah Anderson

August 4, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

I’m not usually into graphic novels, but my friend showed up to our weekly DnD game with “Cheshire Crossing,” and was like, ‘you have to read this!’ Being that it was free (hello, #no money bingo square), I did, and was not disappointed. Now, I still haven’t read the Martin, so I didn’t realize who Andy Weir was, but I love Sarah Anderson’s art, and from the start, the cover and all the comics of this graphic novel are gorgeous. Weir’s writer’s note on the first […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, Andy Weir & Sarah Anderson, cbr12bingo, fan fictions, No Money, Peter Pan, retelling, wizard of oz

Ale's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Andy Weir & Sarah Anderson, cbr12bingo, fan fictions, No Money, Peter Pan, retelling, wizard of oz ·
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Taking a “Dark Take” on a Children’s Classic to the Extreme

Alice by Christina Henry

October 13, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square (Round 2): And So It Begins I am not sure why I keep trying adaptations of Alice in Wonderland.  I didn’t have enough of a connection to the original story or movie as a child to get all the references.  It was the one Disney movie that scared the hell out of me as a child, and which I refused to re-watch (or my parents never showed again, not wanting to deal with the aftermath).  I was less than enthralled with Splintered (though I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, cbr10bingo, Christina Henry, reimagining, the chronicles of alice

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:175 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, cbr10bingo, Christina Henry, reimagining, the chronicles of alice ·
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“She must start believing in impossible things, for impossible things kept appearing before her eyes.”

Alice by Christina Henry

December 15, 2017 by crystalclear 1 Comment

This is not the Wonderland you know.  This place is darker.  Not much Wonder at all, in fact. It is full of dirt and blood and death.  And insanity.  Henry does a very good job of letting you know that all is not right in Alice’s mind.     The characters from the childhood tale are all here, but they are twisted.  Alice begins in a hospital in the Old City.  Unlike the New City, where everything is bright and clean and wonderful, the Old […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Christina Henry, Fiction, twisted classic

crystalclear's CBR9 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Christina Henry, Fiction, twisted classic ·
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“Oh, well. Marmalade has to make its own way in life, like the rest of us, she thought.”

After Alice by Gregory Maguire

April 10, 2016 by crystalclear 3 Comments

This is all terribly confusing. It started out confusing and never really resolved. The Alice in the title is referring to Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.  We basically alternate between Ada, Alice’s friend, and Lydia, Alice’s sister. Ada has slipped her governess, Miss Armstrong, and has continued unescorted to bring a jar of marmalade to her friend Alice’s family. Ada has stumbled into Wonderland and goes on a search for her friend. Wonderland is as it always was, confusing yet sometimes profound. Our Lydia […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, classics, Fiction, retelling

crystalclear's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alice in Wonderland, classics, Fiction, retelling ·
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Gangs of Wonderland

Alice by Christina Henry

January 23, 2016 by MacrameTrumpToupee 7 Comments

First time Cannonballer (LOL, “baller”), long time Pajiban. I decided to take the plunge and do a half Cannonball this year. So, first review is Alice. And I’m going to trigger warning the hell out of this because it’s difficult to even review it without touching on some nasty stuff. Have you ever finished a book and gone full Kurtz? Have you ever wished you could read a story about Discworld’s Ankh-Morpork, but without all that annoying wit, sharply observed satire and compelling characterisation? Have you ever wanted to read a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, Dark Fantasy, fairy tale retelling, horror, Trigger Warning, violent

MacrameTrumpToupee's CBR8 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Dark Fantasy, fairy tale retelling, horror, Trigger Warning, violent ·
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