I just read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I have never read this before, and I don't think I've ever seen the whole Disney movie.
The first thing I noticed when reading this book is that kids must have been a lot smarter back in the 1800s. This book was written for a 10 yr old girl, but I had a hard time understanding parts for it. This is probably mostly due to the "old English" that is used in Classic novels. There were some words I was not familiar with and had to look up.
I can't say I enjoyed this book. I thought with all the characters it would be really exciting, but it was just kind of boring for me. There was a lot of description of characters and of Alice growing and shrinking, but I didn't feel there was much action. I also didn't like how rudely the characters and Alice spoke to each other. Just didn't feel like something a 10 yr old girl would do in an unfamiliar world.
I'm glad I finally read this book, but overall I found it quite disappointing.
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