Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | Review
‘I knew who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’
This quote popped up somewhere on my radar years
before I knew it was where it was from, when I finally discovered it’s owner
and realised it was the original form of one of my favourite childhood films I
added the book to my to-read list.
I always find it hard to recommend or review
classic literature because there isn't much left to say that hasn't already
been said. Or If I do have something different to say it’s normally because I
haven’t been gripped by a classic like I normally am. Nevertheless I shall try my best.
Most of us have watched the Alice in Wonderland
Disney film and/or the more recent release with scary real life versions of the
characters. So we all know to expect a reasonably crazy storyline with some of
the most bizarre characters you could wish to imagine. I don’t think I can go
any further with this review before I say how much I love Carroll’s writing, he
writes from Alice’s young and fresh perspective and transports the reader back
to their own childhood innocence.
I won’t
go into the storyline because most of us already know it, but I will say the
only thing that disappointed me about this book (and knocked off a star) was
the ending. A bit of an anti-climax.
I would however recommend this book to anyone
who loves a good classic or longs to be lost in a magical word of fantasy. 4/5 stars