Books Read: 12

I have finished with Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Since most people know this story I'm not gonna really summarize, but I did watch the Disney movie to compare. It combined both stories, which I'm pretty sure almost all Alice movies do. There were obviously some missing aspects, the Duchess character, the chess theme and characters attached, Cheshire cat as a much less prominent role, and some of the poems or recitation were adjusted. However, I did find that the Cheshire cat in the movie sings the first verse of the Jabberwocky poem throughout the movie, plus there were references within the movie such as tulgey wood and mome raths. The unbirthday reference is made by Humpty Dumpty not the Mad Hatter and March Hare. The trial is also a bit different in the movie, but it keeps the story consistent in the movie, so I prefer it. The book was fun to read because I could see clear overlap with the movie. Sometimes reading it I could hear word for word scenes from the movie. It just reminded me of childhood and that made me happy. I wanna see the Tim Burton version now to compare it with the Disney to see which is more accurate depiction of the book. The live version created a few years ago makes a lot more references to the book with the Duchess, gryphon, and mock turtle which the Disney movie does not have. Overall, very enjoyable and quite hilarious for an adult to read. I'm not quite sure how I would feel about a child reading this/reading it to my child. However, it is certainly amusing for me as an adult knowing the story and the movies as a child.