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Title: The Looking Glass Wars (Looking Glass Wars Trilogy, Book One)
Author: Frank Beddor
Published: New York: Dial Books, 2006
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 358
Total Page Count: 63,240
Text Number: 181
Read For: reading books inspired by Alice in Wonderland, checked out from the library
Short review: Alyss Heart is the princess of Wonderland, destined someday to be its queen. But on her seventh birthday, her exiled aunt Redd slaughters her family and takes the throne as her own. Alyss flees Wonderland and ends up in our world, where she must struggle through mundane life until she has the strength and means to return and claim her throne. The Looking Glass Wars is written as the "true story" of Alyss/Alice and Wonderland—some of the aspects are familiar from Carroll's books, but characters are reimagined and the story is completely new. The novel is vivid and engaging, swiftly readable, and imaginative. However, Redd is a comically exaggerated antagonist, and this book pales against Carroll's original Wonderland novels. It's a swift and harmless book, but I don't particularly recommend it.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Related the first: I don't know if I plan to continue with this series, either. Recommendations either way on the series are welcome!
Related the second: Woohoo I'm caught up on book reviews. For a few minutes, anyhow.
Author: Frank Beddor
Published: New York: Dial Books, 2006
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 358
Total Page Count: 63,240
Text Number: 181
Read For: reading books inspired by Alice in Wonderland, checked out from the library
Short review: Alyss Heart is the princess of Wonderland, destined someday to be its queen. But on her seventh birthday, her exiled aunt Redd slaughters her family and takes the throne as her own. Alyss flees Wonderland and ends up in our world, where she must struggle through mundane life until she has the strength and means to return and claim her throne. The Looking Glass Wars is written as the "true story" of Alyss/Alice and Wonderland—some of the aspects are familiar from Carroll's books, but characters are reimagined and the story is completely new. The novel is vivid and engaging, swiftly readable, and imaginative. However, Redd is a comically exaggerated antagonist, and this book pales against Carroll's original Wonderland novels. It's a swift and harmless book, but I don't particularly recommend it.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Related the first: I don't know if I plan to continue with this series, either. Recommendations either way on the series are welcome!
Related the second: Woohoo I'm caught up on book reviews. For a few minutes, anyhow.
