Madness Poems From Wonderland
Book by: hullabaloo22
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Featured Review on this writing by Jeff Bezaire
"A wonderful Wonderland chapter! You do a great job of stirring the chaos when it needs stirring and calming things a bit to give us a break. It creates an impassioned whirlwind that sows the story together well - leap-frogging between tones, but always keeping the Wonderland mood. Excellent!
I do enjoy the king's time in this story too. It's one thing adaptations never do is provide proper stage time for certain characters - the Gryphon and Mock Turtle, as well as the King of Hearts and the Knave are always overlooked. And the king has a sizeable role in all of this. I love that you've paid true respect to the original story, and for those of us who haven't read the story (or all of it), you capture the essence of each character.
Though this poetic compilation essentially summarizes the story, as poetry is not intended to do what tales do, you give enough detail, dialogue and character depth, while also paying tribute to each scene to make this feel like a true alternate version of the story as purposed by Carroll himself. This honestly, in my opinion, would make a great adaptation for mass production by Wonderland's copyright holders. Whether you seek them out or not, just know that your tribute to Lewis Carroll's work is stellar! It belongs on shelves alongside his!
I can't wait for Through the Looking Glass! I've never read the story and only know of pieces of it, so that'll be a fresh adventure."
A book of poems inspired by the original 'Alice In Wonderland' books, written by Lewis Carroll. Cover designed by Booksie member Markie Bee, https://www.booksie.com/users/markie-bee-223538
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I will be reading this !
Mon, May 7th, 2018 10:03pm
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Thanks, Doc. This one will more or less stick to the plots of the originals but hopefully I'll be able to make the poems a bit weird and entertaining!
Tue, May 8th, 2018 12:52am
I haven't logged in at Booksie for a while due to so much schoolwork. I've been so stressed for the past months but I put on my socks, made hot cocoa, and checked out what I missed. I'm so glad this is the first one I read. I can't wait to read the rest of this book, Hulla! I'm happy now. :D
Tue, May 8th, 2018 6:21am
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Thanks so much, Maia. I hope you enjoy the rest!
Tue, May 8th, 2018 12:56am
Excellent beginning, Hull!
Tue, May 8th, 2018 4:57pm
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Thanks, Mike. Don't tell anyone but I'd never read the original until starting on this. I think it will end up having a lot of poems in it.
Tue, May 8th, 2018 10:02am
have fun on your adventure
Tue, May 8th, 2018 5:48pm
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I love going to Wonderland, DH, but this time the poems are going to revolve around the original books. I hope you enjoy at least some of them!
Thanks for reading!
A great start to the world of fairy-tales, Hully. I loved this and it promises so much more!
Tue, May 8th, 2018 9:07pm
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This will be poems following the plot of the original Alice books, Sue. I've never read them before so I'll be writing them as I read.
Wed, May 9th, 2018 2:17am
This has me excited to read more. I'm such the sucker for Alice-esque material!
Fri, May 11th, 2018 5:17am
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Really? Well, I hope you enjoy this. I've never read the originals but have loved all the spin-offs. I hope I don't disappoint.
Thanks so much for giving this a read.
A very creative poem!
Sun, May 20th, 2018 6:57am
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Thanks, Katilly.
Sun, May 20th, 2018 2:39am
Ah! I see what you are doing. Very clever. I'm going to like these bite size trips to Wonderland
Fri, May 25th, 2018 9:43pm
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Thanks for reading, Marnie Bee. I'd love it if you enjoyed this.
Fri, May 25th, 2018 3:51pm
I love your choice of words to follow, i feel i must
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Thanks, Holmesy. Glad you liked it.
Tue, July 24th, 2018 10:07am
I'm a huge fan of Alice in wonderland. I liked how innocent the poem turned into, like a typical walk for her, then a spark of excitement, something intrigues her to follow something fascinating. I'm curious of what leads her to a not so ordinary day.
Thu, August 2nd, 2018 8:43pm
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Thank you so much for reading. This is a poetic retelling of the original version and has been approved of by the Lewis Carroll society. I hope you'll read more and enjoy it!
Thu, August 2nd, 2018 1:46pmFacebook Comments
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Jeff Bezaire
I'm loving it already! I'm sad that Nursery Crimes is coming to an end, but I cannot wait to experience this adventure! :D
Mon, May 7th, 2018 8:49pmA wonderful start to a Wonderland adventure!
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So glad you liked the first one. This book will more or less follow the original story-line only in poems. After that I'm planning a trilogy set in a very different Wonderland. Thanks for giving this a read, Jeff.
Mon, May 7th, 2018 1:54pm