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Ever Alice

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Ever Alice was an amazing story. It takes place after Alice leaves Wonderland and returns to the "real world" and into an asylum and the lengths she goes to in order to escape and return to Wonderland. If you are a fan of Alice stories then I highly recommend Ever Alice.

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An after story of what happened to Alice after wonderland! What I've always wanted to know! I received a copy of this book provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest opinion.

Ever Alice, is a sequel from Alice in Wonderland, written by H.J Ramsay. Alice is back and re-telling her story of what happened in Wonderland. Her family is extremely worried about her and sends her to an asylum. Of course, if someone was re-telling a story of what she experienced in wonderland, you would think she's unwell.

I really enjoyed this sequel from one of my favorite childhood movies that is always being interpreted. I can appreciate the thoughts from the author.

Would recommend!

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This is a historically relevant fantasy of Alice in Wonderland! I’m not a huge fan of re-tellings but found this one interesting and will recommend it to fans of Alice in Wonderland!
Thanks to Netgalley, the author and publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

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I really enjoyed this book! It was a great retelling on a classic story.
One of the things I liked was the appearance of the original characters and a few new ones two. The author did a really good job of incorporating them all. I also found it interesting to see the story told in Alice and the Queen of Hearts perspectives. This book really kept the humor and whimsical ways of Alice. The only bad things I’d say about this book was that it got a little slow and dragged on at the middle but other than that it was great.
Overall this book was very good! I’d recommend it to fans of the classic and if you just like a good retelling book.

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Imagine that Alice has returned from Wonderland with fantastic stories about her adventures. Naturally, her family believes she has gone completely insane. At the age of 15, they decide to have Alice committed to an asylum where she is locked in a room and supervised by an ill-tempered nurse. Alice speaks to a doctor who decides she must undergo strange procedures to rid her of her lunacy. The white rabbit rescues her from the institution and brings her back to Wonderland. She then finds herself right in the middle of a dangerous assassination plot against the Queen of Hearts who is still beheading anyone who displeases her for even the smallest infraction. The story is told from the perspective of both Alice and the Queen, which gives us some insight into the mind of the tyrant. The familiar characters from the original story return in this imagined continuation, along with some new ones like Thomas, the son of the queen. When Alice and co. find themselves on the way to the chopping block, they must plot together to outwit the Queen.

Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite stories so I knew I had to read this book. I definitely enjoyed it! It was dark at times and full of intrigue, but also included clever bits of dialogue that made me actually laugh out loud. I recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of either the Disney movie or the original story by Lewis Carroll.

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Interesting take on Alice in Wonderland. I'm always intrigued by these types of books but this wasn't as good as some out there. It held my attention enough to finish it though.

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This was a sort of Shakespearean twist to the original Alice in Wonderland tale. All the characters were madder than usual and everything was all topsy turvy. In this version, at the age of 15 Alice was in an insane asylums after her parents admitted her because they believed her to be insane after her assurances that she’d been to a place called Wonderland. But when the White Rabbit re-appears asking Alice to come back and help them with a rebel mission to kill the Queen of Hearts, Alice has no choice but to return when the alternative would be getting an assumed lobotomy at a hospital in Switzerland.

Through many twists and turns, Alice realizes that her place is in Wonderland where she isn’t judged nor thought of as weird. This story was definitely entertaining and it brought a lot of similar “mad” feelings as the original version of this tale did.

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This novel is a good one that I’ve read this year! The characters are so dynamic yet relatable. I loved the flow of the story. It held my attention the whole time.

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Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read and review this title. I will review this title at a different date.

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I received a free copy for an honest review.

As much as I like Alice and Wonderland, I couldn't quite connect with this one. The writing style was a struggle to me while reading, which affected the rating

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I enthusiastically began reading Ever Alice on my flight to Disneyland ready to enjoy a retelling of the wacky and wonderful Alice in Wonderland. I enjoyed my reading of the story, but was slightly underwhelmed. To be fair, I had a great many distractions including visiting Disneyland and not having much time for reading, a full time job, and full time school work as well and I rarely found time to return to my reading and remain invested in the characters plights. I enjoyed some of the upside down, backwards and wacky aspects of this return to Wonderland, but much of the contrary meaning of words get forced and not as fanciful as I’d wanted. Alice is mostly an observer and not an active participant in her experiences. I was also put off by some aspects which were references to our world, such the Marilyn Monroe copy cat character and her singing Happy Birthday in a sultry fashion. No thank you. And without sharing any spoilers I’m really torn on whether I enjoyed the ending or disliked it.
I did like reading Ever Alice and of you enjoy retelling a of classics and fairy tales you may also enjoy this book. But I can’t say that I loved it.

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I could never get into this book. I just overall didnt care for the characters or the plot. I might try something in the future by this author

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I DNF’d this book because of the writing style. It was quite confusing and I felt it was worded weirdly. I wanted to like it because it’s a historical-esque novel, but it just didn’t do it for me.

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Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was psychologically thrilling (or maybe taxing is a better word?) and had an interesting premise. I had a hard time connecting to the writing style, however. It was not my cup of tea.

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Ever Alice is a good book. I liked the story and the characters were amazing. I had a few problems going into this book and didn't really connect with the writing style. The story itself was good but a little blunt. Great if you like Alice in Wonderland! But not really for me.

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Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for the early copy!

I could not connect with the writing style and decided to put it down.

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Although I read this book I wasn’t captivated like I expected to be. It’s a retelling or rather what possibly could of happened after the story we all know and love. I read it but it wasn’t really for me

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Overall, not a bad book, but nothing terribly exciting either. Pretty simple and not as much fun as I would have expected. If you're a sucker for Alice retellings, then go for it, but I wouldn't call it anything legendary.

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It was a bit hard to get into this book, into the story as it is not at all a retelling, but more of a failed continuation of Alice in Wonderland.

Sadly I did not enjoy this as much as I would have liked too.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ebook copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Not quite the retelling I was expecting, but better!

I love authors that take classic texts and spin them on their heads and give you the not so happy-ever-after. Often I close books and wonder, 'what next; and Ramsey has answered that in a way that is both faithful to the original but places it firmly in the realities of our world.

I, personally, could have lived without the dual narrative, as that is not really my personal preference, but I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone that loved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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