Through the Looking-Glass
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4.2 • 118 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classics edition.
Travel back to Wonderland in Lewis’s acclaimed sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice’s game of “Let’s pretend” turns real, she finds herself stepping through a looking glass into a mirror image of her home—except here, nothing is as it seems, and her fireplace is filled with living chess pieces. Overjoyed to be back, Alice rushes outside and finds her garden alive with talking flowers. And that’s just the beginning. Readers are introduced to Tweedledee and Tweedledum and Humpty Dumpty, who is an actual egg. The poems “Jabberwocky” and “The Carpenter and the Walrus” appear for the first time in print. While scholars poured over their meaning, readers continue to soak up Lewis’s nonsensical humor and satirical style.
When Alice joins the living chess game, she must strategize if she wants to become a Queen. But in a land where time moves backwards, and dreams blend disconcertingly with reality…is that even possible? Find out in Through the Looking Glass, the sequel that has left an even more indelible mark on pop culture than its predecessor.
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Classics Illustrated comics returns with this dismal adaptation of Carroll's second Alice tale. Most of the charming paradoxes and silly puns are salvaged in gs the text, arranged in columns beneath the artwork rather than in word balloons. Consequently, a lot of very small illustrations are needed to carry the dialogue between Alice and the many looking-glass characters--to the detriment of the visual appeal of the work. g Baker ( Why I Hate Saturn ) is a good caricaturist, but the drawings often appear perfunctory and the color choicesg flat, garish and awkward. At its best (the Humpty Dumpty scenes), the g sketchy linework seems more appropriate to a realistic narrative, a thriller or a political satire, and the g book lacks throughout the careful design and rendering that a children's classic requires.
Customer Reviews
Through the Looking Glass
It would be easier to try and catch a Bandersnatch then to review this story.
It's a classic.
Revels in the absurd rather than provide an emotional anchor
Falls short of the enchanting whimsy that characterized its predecessor, "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland."
In this sequel, Alice seems to wander aimlessly through a world that lacks the driving tension and clear objectives found in the first book. Unlike her previous journey where she wrestled with challenges and puzzles, Alice here has no particular goal; she isn’t on a quest or even striving to solve a problem. Instead, she simply exists in a dreamlike realm, encountering a variety of peculiar characters without a compelling narrative thread to guide her.
This absence of urgency potentially diminishes readers' investment in her journey. While the imaginative landscape and quirky inhabitants of the Looking-Glass world are certainly rich in creativity, they don’t create the same sense of adventure or wonder. The story progresses as more of a series of delightful vignettes rather than a cohesive narrative, leaving one feeling detached. The interactions may charm in isolation but ultimately lack the emotional resonance that makes a story truly memorable.
“Through the Looking-Glass” serves as a fascinating exploration of imagination and wordplay, yet it struggles to engage at the same level as its predecessor. It seems to revel in the absurd rather than provide an emotional anchor, which had me longing for the sense of purpose that defined Alice's earlier adventures.
Book review
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