Showing posts with label Through the Looking Glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Through the Looking Glass. Show all posts

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Rating: 3/5 Stars
Through the Looking Glass - Rating 2/5 Stars

Since the new Alice in Wonderland is coming to the movies soon, I decided with a few people from my book club to read these stories. Since this is my first experience with the books as well as with Lewis Carroll, I expected the books to be like the Disney movie I remember from the past. I was wrong.

We all know the synopsis of Alice in Wonderland; little girl falls down the well and follows the White Rabbit through a passage and gets into all kinds of trouble. This is basically true, but what I didn't know is that Alice would be such a brat. I really wanted to love these stories and I was left with disappointment. While I enjoyed Alice's Adventures in wonderland a bit more than Through the looking glass, it still didn't wow me like I wanted it too. I found myself drifting away from the story as I was reading Through the looking glass, nothing about that story did anything for me.

I don't want to insult anyone as many people love this story, but I was just expecting so much more - and maybe that's the problem.

These books fill the following Challenges / Categories for me:
  • PBT Feb Tag: Other
  • Monthly Mele Challenge
  • New Authors Challenge