Unbirthday (Twisted Tale, #10) by Liz Braswell, 504 pages. Disney Hyperion, 2020. $18.
Content: Language: PG (1 swear); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG-13.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
18yo Alice isn’t interested in the boring role of a traditional woman in London. She longs for Wonderland and its whimsical ways. Alice starts to see characters that she remembers from Wonderland when she develops her photographs, and she recognizes that they are trying to reach her because they need help. The Queen of Hearts is stealing all the toys and killing people in her attempt to stop time and win a game. Alice is their only hope for stopping the Queen and maybe the characters in Wonderland are also in the real world as well.
I don’t love the story of Alice and Wonderland. The nonsense can be a bit much, and at times while reading this story it had that frustrating feel. I loved all the real-world crossover and wish there would have been more to that part of the story. I especially enjoyed the ending. Slogging through all the detailed nonsense, to get to the good ending isn’t probably something teen readers will do. Unless you have a real Alice in Wonderland fan, this book won’t appeal as much as the other Twisted Tales.
Reviewer, C. Peterson
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