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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler
4.0
Last week was a slow week at work. It was also a slow week energy wise. And therefore I ended up googling "Alice in Wonderland" retellings. I stumbled upon this middle grade. Although I'm not the target audience anymore, I do enjoy a nice middle grade once in a while. So, I decided to order the book, it helped that it was only 5 euros, and this morning I started reading.
I've been a reader since I learned how to and if I had discovered this book as a kid I would have been over the moon. I still enjoyed the story a few decades later. This is the dream of every bookworm kid. Being a special kind of reader, being able to read magical books, being able to jump into books, to fight the creatures imprisoned in the book or to travel to another world.
And although no one ever talked about Wonderland, it's clear the author did use a lot of well known Wonderland elements. The Forbidden Library was constantly changing. There were grinning cats. There was a dragon. There was a nice cottage in the wood with not so nice inhabitants. And Alice almost drowned because of a close space filling up with water.
The author however also built an entirely new and original world to explore. This book was mostly about Alice discovering her special ability, training it and exploring it. However, it's clear that there is a lot going on in this world. I can't wait to read the sequels and to see what adventures, both outside the books and inside, are waiting for us and Alice!
I've been a reader since I learned how to and if I had discovered this book as a kid I would have been over the moon. I still enjoyed the story a few decades later. This is the dream of every bookworm kid. Being a special kind of reader, being able to read magical books, being able to jump into books, to fight the creatures imprisoned in the book or to travel to another world.
And although no one ever talked about Wonderland, it's clear the author did use a lot of well known Wonderland elements. The Forbidden Library was constantly changing. There were grinning cats. There was a dragon. There was a nice cottage in the wood with not so nice inhabitants. And Alice almost drowned because of a close space filling up with water.
The author however also built an entirely new and original world to explore. This book was mostly about Alice discovering her special ability, training it and exploring it. However, it's clear that there is a lot going on in this world. I can't wait to read the sequels and to see what adventures, both outside the books and inside, are waiting for us and Alice!