Alice I Have Been

An interesting book, but not all that interesting. The early scenes between young Alice Liddell and Dodgson are awkward and creepy, which is fine, but as Alice grows older, and moves further and further away from the young girl who inspired Alice in Wonderland, the book becomes continually less interesting. In a way, you could say that the novel mirrors the life of Alice herself; interesting at first, but continually less so as time goes on. Honestly, reading Martin Gardner's Annotated Alice gives about as much insight into Alice Liddell the girl and her relationship with Lewis Carroll as this novel does. But strangely, the author doesn't list the Annotated Alice in her acknowledgements or lists of sources, which disappoints me. Any Alice scholarship should, at the very least, start with the Gardner's text.