The Looking Glass Wars

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


After reading "The Looking Glass Wars - Book 1" - I was really disappointed that Tim Burton didn't use this story for the new "Alice and Wonderland" movie. I was really hoping Tim Burton would have been a little bit more creative with the "Alice and Wonderland" story and that is EXACTLY what "The Looking Glass Wars" does. This book/series is a mix between Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, all of the musicals (Oliver and Annie), etc. It starts out with Alice being mad that her friend wrote her version of the story completely different... Alice didn't like the new version of the story... but I did.



This book is extremely creative and fun to read. It teaches you to never stop using your imagination and to never stop believing in the unbelievable. I highly recommend this book.



Favorite quotes:

"He was the least sullen, the least prone to depression... the one who, with his lively, confident attitude kept everyone's spirits up when there weren't enough crusts to go around, when it was cold and wet and they'd been chased out of too many sheltered doorways to count. In other words, Quigly Gaffer gave them hope when life seemed particularly hopeless. And he had suffered as much as anybody."



"The more time Alyss spent in this wet dreary city, the less she believed in her imagination. ---{it's not as strong as Mother thought, Probably never was...}---"



"He offered to take her in the carriage, but Alice said that she'd prefer to walk. 'You see so much more of the town when you walk - a little curiosity shop or a snatch of garden where you wouldn't think it possible to have a garden, choked as it is by city things. In a carriage, you hurry past these treasures without noticing them.' She didn't take the slightest quirk of mankind for granted, but viewed it as a small miracle and cause for celebration."



"Black Imagination feeds on anger, Alyss. Give in to your anger and you merely become a pawn of Black Imagination, which may triumph for a time but never for eternity."



Can't wait to read the second book in the series.





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