i thought it was a pretty good book, but was kind of boring at some parts so you just had to take a break from it. what i like about this book is that it is very descriptive so you can just imagine being there. when i first read the book i had to get used to the idea that it wasn't a Disney book but was more adult like.overall i thought that it was a pretty good book and i would've rated the book 4.5 stars but you can't do that so if you ever need a long book to read for a boring trip i would recommend the book to you.:)

Alice in Wonderland is a great book that i very much enjoyed. The story was very interesting and enjoyable. I liked how the author made things symbolize something else. Like the way the rules of the game they were playing were also the rules of the land. Even though this book is intended for young kids, this book is excellent for all ages.

Alice Through the Needle's Eye is a delightful sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice books. This is a romp through the alphabet, in the manner of the Looking Glass chess game,full of word-play fitting locales to the letters, as in the title, the Needle's "I" and complete with poetry that almost could have been from long-lost Carrollian manuscripts.

Alice in Wonderland is a great book that I truly enjoyed. I like how the author made something symbolize something else. For example, the rules of the game they were playing symbolized the actual rules of the land. Even though this book is intended for kids to read but I say it is a book for all ages.

It is getting harder and harder for people to remember what a fresh breath of air Lewis Carroll's Alice stories must have been in stuffy Victorian nurseries. (After all, today's culture has replaced the romantic nursery with the plastic daycare.) In those days, standard fare for children were characters who earned "sweetmeats" for memorizing a psalm or some other school lesson, who never got dirty without being punished, who were generally good (albeit boring) role models for young people who were to be seen, but not heard.

Then, one "golden afternoon," an eccentric, avuncular, dear man told a group of children a story about a girl who tumbled down a rabbit hole and found herself in a world called Wonderland. I can picture the delight on the listeners' faces at each strange new twist--be it a talking animal that is as mad as they come . . . or an admittedly hilarious pun.

Take the Mock Turtle, who tells Alice of a school master he and his classmates called Tortoise. Since this teacher was a turtle, why was he called "Tortoise," Alice wanted to know. The Mock Turtle replied, "We called him Tortoise because he taught us."

Admittedly, the title character is still very Victorian. (I would say, hopelessly wishywashy.) That she exhibits only healthy curiosity, not outright astonishment, at the fact that a world like Wonderland can exist is a hint of what kind of children will enjoy this book. These ideal readers are those who see no difference between the mad world around them and the mad world down a rabbit hole. (Once they start to see, and to expect, rhyme and reason in what they read, it is time for J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan".)

As for you adults, don't worry about the plot, because there are several, all of them wiggly, that keep the story going. Don't look for much substance either. Unlike other fantasy worlds, Wonderland is a place where anything goes and so everything does go. Go mad, that is.

Despite this _and_ the fact that children are no longer confined by Victorian standards, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" remains popular and in print. This may have something to do with Carroll's "golden afternoon" of storytelling (honored with its inclusion in the lyrics of a Disney song). I personally consider it an apt symbolism of the truth that the _place_ called Wonderland just happens to be hidden somewhere in the _time_ called childhood. How fortunate are those who have known that golden afternoon and all its wonders, and who remember how to return!

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read and in my opinion, the Disney movie does not do justice to it. The Mad Hatter and March Hare are a great duo, as always. But I think the best character in the book is the Mock Turtle, who sings the song "Beautiful Soup." Lewis Carroll just has a great and unique imagaination.

There's sooo much more down the rabbit hole this time. _The Annotated Alice_ is liberally spiced with glosses which illuminate hidden allusions and parodies Carroll makes on politics, logic, and nearly everything else. Some of these are so obscure they were an inside joke of only a few of Carroll's friends and colleagues. A story we always believed to be a charming childrens' fantasy turns out to be much less innocent but so much richer. This is an entertaining and eye-opening read that will appeal to anyone who loves literature

This book gives an excellent account of the doctrinal beliefs of Mr. Carroll, but it also includes his testimony of salvation through Jesus Christ, which was the most beautiful thing about it. It would do many "modern" Baptists well to consider what he says concerning conversion.

Very nice!!

I have read this book and combed through it many times because of the many gold nuggets of information. Dr. Carroll writes an execellent book teaching you to think critically by educating you to decipher the difference between logical thought and non sense, tricky language, bias, selective thinking, and much more.

Dr. Carroll covers diagramming complex arguements, syllogisms, common fallacies such as begging the question, slippery slope, the gamblers fallacy, ad hominem, poison the well, irrelevant appeal to authority, ad poplum and much more.

Dr. Carroll also covers a great section on science and pseudoscience which teaches you to determine what is actually scientific or someone's dream of wishful thinking that one just won't let go, such as parapsychology.

The book starts you out with basics and then gradually introduces more material into the topic. In each chapter there are excercises to pratice your new learned skills. There are answers in the back of the book for those marked questions to see if you got the answers right.

A must buy for those seeking clarity of thought.