Disclaimer: This review is the result of a free copy of the audiobook through Netgalley.com

As a lifetime fan of all things Lewis Carroll and Wonderland, I jumped at the opportunity to revisit the stories in an audio format. 

What can I say? I really enjoyed the narrator and his performance in this audiobook.  One is able to understand a change in the character throughout.  

It was a great way to revisit a much loved story.

I love all things Alice In Wonderland.  I have long adored the story, but it has been awhile since I've read the original text.  It was a treat to receive this audiobook!  I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator, and the voices he gave to the individual characters.  It was a very soothing read to have playing as I work around the house.

It's surprising to me how we grow up with Disney versions of some stories and just assume we have experienced the full story. This is absolutely true with The Wonderland Collection. Alice isn't trying to find her way home and annoyed by the characters getting in her way. Alice is a child in the midst of dreams and daydreams and Wonderland is an escape from the banality of life as a little girl. The narrator of this version does a fantastic job of bringing life to all the various characters of this childhood favorite and fun reread as adults.

I love Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I read it as a teen and have loved it ever since, and was happy to get to listen to the story. Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC of this title! I loved the narrator, it set a great tone for the story. Each time reading (or listening) to this book is like a new experience, and I take something different from the story every time. 

The story is deeply but gently satiric, enlivened with an imaginative plot and brilliant use of nonsense. As Alice explores a bizarre underground world, she encounters a cast of strange characters and fanciful beasts: the White Rabbit, March Hare, and Mad Hatter; the sleepy Dormouse and grinning Cheshire Cat; the Mock Turtle, the dreadful Queen of Hearts, and a host of other extraordinary personalities. The tale plays with logic, making the story popular with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre.

Three Lewis Carroll tales - Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and A Tangled Tale - rolled into one audiobook. Simon Bubb did a FANTASTIC job narrating, bringing the characters and humor and general bizarre-ness to life! 

Alice in Wonderland: 5 stars. Everyone knows this tale, with Alice falling through the rabbit hole into the weird wonderfulness occupied by the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter and March Hare, and others. So creative and fun, this is Carroll at his best: the story moves along at a good pace, traveling from one place and character to another in a somehow seamless way, taking the reader along on a curious adventure.

Through the Looking Glass: 3 stars. Alice again finds herself in a strange dreamworld, this time revolving around a chessboard. A bit less creative than AIW, this one borrows some figures from outside of Carroll's own canon (Humpty Dumpty) but introduces others that are unique (Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum); the story plods a bit more here, overstuffed with limericks and poetry and an overabundance of Alice's internal monologue. Still a fun jaunt through a fantastical world.

A Tangled Tale: 1 star. Originally published as a serial with each chapter containing a math problem, this was so disjointed and nonsensical that it became nearly impossible to follow. As my husband said while we were listening to this on a long drive, "this is like a stream of consciousness from someone on LSD."

Overall rating: 3.5 stars

The Wonderland Stories are, and always have been enchanting. The vivid descriptions keep images in your mind as you read and listen. This collection includes stories beyond the well-known "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass", and they are equally imaginative and delightful. Full of quirky characters on strange adventures.. The narrator in this audio book was ideal. His rich voice keeps you glued to the story. He makes it easy to tell what characters are speaking. I did speed it up a little, but that's just a personal preference. Definitely a must-have classic in your audio library.

I absolutely love Alice in wonderland so I was delighted to be approved for this audiobook. It contains three classic stories, all of which I enjoyed listening to. 

I definitely recommend this one to those who are fans of Alice or those who are experiencing it for the first time. 

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook to review via Netgalley.

This was such a great audiobook! Loved revisiting old friends! The narrator did such a great job with this classic collection! 5 stars!

Abosulty love listen to this classic. This is a brilliant book to listen to and the voice are really soothing.

I liked the voice of the narrator. Nice to have both books into one audiobook, but not sure why they put the math problems at the end.

This book is a classic children's book. The narrator did a good job. I absolutely Alice's character. This was the first time listening to this narrator and audiobook. This audiobook is in bookstores now for $20.99 (USD). I would recommend this audiobook to anyone and everyone.

I love Lewis Carroll's Alice books, and am so glad this collection includes both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. A Tangled Tail is a series of short little stories that are also sort of word math problems and I could honestly take or leave that part. 

The audiobook version of The Wonderland Collection is lovely. Simon Bubb's narration is very soothing and pleasant to listen to, and he gives the various characters just enough different inflection to their voices without going into over the top caricatures. .

I received an advance reader copy of this book to listen to in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

A fantastic collection of whimsical tales from Alice in Wonderland.
This has been one of my favourite books since I was a child and no matter how much I read it I always come away with another piece of the story to mull over. I don't think I will ever tire of reading this book. It was a great experience to listen to it for a change. The narrator had a lovely calm and soothing voice so I found the book a relaxing read.

Hopefully you already know all about Lewis Carroll and Alice, how could you not?

This collection Includes: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and A Tangled Tale.  Probably the 3 best known works by Carroll.  So why get this version over others?  Flawless narration. 

I remember when I started reading audiobooks.  I mentioned to my hubby I had just read a specific audiobook and he asked me if that is still reading, we had that debate.  Of course audiobooks are books. This one is a good example of why you would choose an audiobook.  The narrator reads this series just as you would want a dad or grandpa to read it to you when you are young.   

I have no complaints.   It was my bedtime story this past week and I am glad it was.

I received this audio book in exchange for an honest review. This book is a classic that is so enjoyable. I love reading about Alice and her adventures. This audiobook was narrated nicely and I enjoyed listening to her adventures. The narrator was able to change his voice to bring me along with the story.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."
Carroll's work is as delightful as ever. This audio version is a nice adaptation and I like that the books are gathered together into one collection with consistent reading quality.

This was my first audio book a we unfortunately they’re just not for me. Obviously, the story of Alice in Wonderland is a classic book but I just can’t deal with it being read to me. No reflection whatsoever on the book or the narrator, just my personal preference - definitely a physical or e-book kind of person.

4.5 stars!

I loved the stories of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass! They are as whimsical and delightful as I imagined. I was surprised to discover how young Alice was, 7 and a half according to Through the Looking Glass. I had always imagined her in the 10-12 year old range. I was skeptical of a male narrator but Simon Bubb did an excellent job narrating.

The only thing I disliked was A Tangled Tale but I'm not much of a fan of very short stories so they felt random and disjointed.

Thanks so much to Netgalley and the publisher for the audio-arc!

Since the unanimous genius of Lewis Carroll is largely known, I am simply reviewing the audio talents and functionality of this production. It does the story justice and the narrator was fun and adaptive. I enjoyed listening and it felt just like the first time I read about Alice.

What better way to try out NetGalley's newly minted mobile phone app than to use it to read an audiobook ARC of my favorites?

Alice's wacky, escapist story had resonated with my own urges to escape reality since I was a kid (and grew exponentially as I got older) and experiencing it for the first time on audio after a long time since my last reread was refreshing, something like an emotional reset that I didn't really knew I needed.

Things I learned in this recent reread? One is that I'm no longer compelled to ~escape every single time I'm confronted with a tough call. I still do get it sometimes, force of habit, but I think I'm more rooted to where I am now, more accepting and ready to take on the world. (Like, of course, I'm in my actual thirties now, right? LOL). 

Two, is that Wonderland is no longer as wonderful for me as it was before. Not bec of the book, per se, but more bec I've found my own taste in books in the last couple of years. Unfortunately, AiW is outside of what I now enjoy reading. The story is still complex, the metaphors are still super layered and brilliant and all that, but it's just too much for me to work it all out. (Also I want romance in everything now. haha) 

And three, the books are so much better consumed in audio. This is my v personal opinion but I liked the puns and rhymes and silly things spoken to my ears than read through my eyeballs. 😂 Simon Bubb does a great job of bringing this classic to life in this edition. :)
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This collection includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass, as well as a series of shorts called A Tangled Tale. I thought it would be one-shot spin-offs (I didn't read the blurb, obvi) but they turned out to be math themed stories and ofc I didn't really get everything. 😅
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*The eARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review. It doesn't affect my opinion of the book. Thank you.