The descriptions are confusing, the writing is terribly repetitive and I have no want to torture myself anymore. Such a pity as I got this as a gift and was very interested in it. The Lord’s name was taken in vain one time.Ī man examines Alice’s breasts after a crude remark is made.Ī handful of other suggestive comments and remarks.Īfter reading 30 pages of this book I have decided to DNF it. God’s name is taken in vain five or six times. It would’ve been 2/2.5 stars but the ending was actually surprisingly good so I decided to bump it up a bit.Ī bit of language. There were many scenes I liked (mostly Wonderland scenes), But there were a lot of other scenes that confused me and totally turned me off. The plot (what there was of it) was decent and the friendship between Alice and Alfred was great. I’m just still confused about everything.

A historical retelling of Alice in Wonderland? HOLY MOLY GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW.īut between the poor (weirdly worded) description and confusing writing it really fell short for me. This was one of those books where I felt like it could’ve been brilliant. BED!, or is it the infamous Queen of Hearts saying…something about her head? Soon, Alice must decide whether to stay in Wonderland forever, or embrace the pain of reality if that’s what it means to grow up. Is that a militant Red Cross Nurse demanding that Alice get BACK. But then the lines between these two worlds begin to blur. What follows is a stunning, fantastical journey that blends Alice’s two worlds: her war-ravaged homeland being held together by nurses and soldiers and Winston Churchill, and her beloved Wonderland, a welcome distraction from the bombs and the death, but a place where one rule always applies: the pages must keep turning. In her desperation to keep him holding on, Alice turns to their favorite pastime: recalling the book that bonded them, and telling the story that she knows by heart–the story of Alice in Wonderland. Sick with tuberculosis, Alfred is quarantined, with doctors saying he won’t make it through the night. Amidst the rubble of the Blitz of World War II, fifteen-year-old Alice Spencer and her best friend, Alfred, are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. A teen girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland.

Alice by heart by steven sater