THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS BY LEWIS CARROLL

(This one is a bit of a surprise but I remembered that I read this as a break from Wuthering Heights and never blogged about it!)

Through the Looking Glass is another story about Alice's adventures in Wonderland. I was surprised to discover that many of the events in the two movie adaptations of Alice in Wonderland I have seen were actually in Through the Looking Glass.

Basically Alice returns to Wonderland (although it is called Looking-Glass Land in this book), but this time through a mirror, not down the rabbit hole. It's a very complicated, whimsical plot based on a chess game, not on a deck of cards like the first book. Alice journeys through Wonderland along the chess board. I'm not going to try and explain the plot because it is just too complicated and the whole point of the book is for the reader to be surprised at every turn and very confused the whole way through. The book features many poems by Carroll, including the famous poem 'Jabberwocky'.

It is characteristically weird, just like Alice in Wonderland. Carroll was reportedly a highly interesting person and his books certainly reflect that.

This book makes you think a lot, but it was also an easy read, so it can be read on many levels.

Butterflies: 7 out of 10
Recommended for: people over 10
Warnings: nothing, except it is a bit confusing!