Trapped in Wonderland Wonderland Chronicles Book 1 eBook Dani Hoots
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Meredith Alice Hughes has found herself falling through a portal and into Wonderland. There, she finds some of her classmates, who are actually fictional characters from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, and they use a potion to make her forget everything. Everything would have been fine, that is, until the White Rabbit tries to murder her and she finds herself in Wonderland once more. Apparently, according to a prophecy, Alice is the only one who can save Wonderland from the Cirque de Rêves, a group that is trying to destroy and takeover the world. Little does Alice know that not only is Wonderland in danger, but her home world as well, because all the citizens in Wonderland represent the dreams of every living human in the real world, and when they start to disappear, so does the hope of every living thing. Will Alice believe in herself enough to defeat the Cirque de Rêves? Or will she fall victim to the dark thoughts that reside in her heart?
Trapped in Wonderland Wonderland Chronicles Book 1 eBook Dani Hoots
Years after Alice saved Wonderland, things are going wrong again. Except this time, the original Alice isn’t there to make things better. When Morpheus, the king of nightmares and leader of the evil Cirque de Rêves, takes control of Wonderland and steals the hopes and dreams of its citizens, it falls on Meredith “Alice” Hughes to come to the rescue.Although she has no fighting ability and no knowledge of Wonderland, the original heroes of Wonderland (the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, etc) are convinced that she’s the only one who can help. It’s not just Wonderland relying on Alice’s success, but her home world, too, because the citizens of Wonderland represent the dreams of people in the real world.
I loved the premise of the story: something is wrong in Wonderland, but the original Alice isn’t there to save it this time. A new Alice is pulled into Wonderland to defeat the latest evil, finding that pieces of Lewis Carroll’s original story were based in truth and now she must step into the shoes of a legendary hero. Details from the original Alice in Wonderland are brilliantly woven into the novel, and usually with a twist that makes it fresh. Trapped in Wonderland had a slow start, but I did get more hooked in the story as the chapters went by. Hoots obviously spend a lot of time creating a world and building up backstories for the characters. Unfortunately, most of this worldbuilding was explained in dialogue as Alice asked questions, rather than gleaned from interaction with the environment or watching characters interact. Most of the story was made up of description and explanation, with not as much action as I would have liked.
As far as characters, Chase and Kenny were the most interesting. Many of the others felt flat and underdeveloped. I thought for sure Chase would be the love interest, since he actually had one-on-one moments with Alice where they opened up to each other. Malcolm, in comparison, felt flat and generic until Kenny was introduced later on. The “frenemy” interactions between Kenny and Malcolm and their intriguing relationship finally brought out some of Malcolm’s unique personality, which was a welcome change!
I was truly fascinated by the theme of being a normal high school girl who isn’t prepared and doesn’t really have any skills. But of course, a theme like this is a tricky line to walk, because it’s difficult to have a main character with no knowledge of the world she’s been thrown into and no skills that she needs to succeed. Alice never acted, and it made for a slow read. I wanted her to DO something and make decisions, but she was always just dragged around, kidnapped, and then saved. Morpheus pointed this out to her at one point, making me hope it would be part of her character arc, but I didn’t really feel happy with the result by the end. We’re told she feels more confident, but I didn’t quite believe it.
Overall, I think Trapped in Wonderland had fantastic potential, but it read as more of a first or second draft rather than a polished novel. If this does end up being a series, I’m sure the later novels will avoid this problem since we got most of the story exposition out of the way during book 1.
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Trapped in Wonderland Wonderland Chronicles Book 1 eBook Dani Hoots Reviews
The first time Alice visited Wonderland she had been shoved in a locker. The second time she had to be rescued from the White Rabbit. Now she’s trapped in a world like a dream with four boys from her school who are, it turns out, characters from the story. But dreams are dying and it will be up to Alice to save both Wonderland and her own world from the Cirque de Reves and their mysterious leader.
Dani Hoots’ Trapped in Wonderland is something of a new spin on an old classic. The Alice here is not the original Alice who told her story to Lewis Carroll. Wonderland is different, being ruled by the Kingdom of Dreams and sectioned into Zones. Also the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, Doormouse, and March Hare are all cute boys. It’s different from the original, but still feels very familiar on a lot of levels.
I admit, this book frustrates me and I think a lot of that comes down to it feeling very like young. It has a lot of new writer problems like stilted dialogue and a lot of unnecessary details that could have been removed to improve the pacing. Most of the little details, like what manga Alice was reading, could have gone while keeping bigger things, like her getting up early to fix her own lunch because she wants to have a bento box. The book sort of waffles between things that build Alice’s character and things that just fill space on the page. There’s also a lot of repetitiveness and contradiction when it comes to certain things. The reader keeps being reminded both that Alice does ballet but is still super clumsy, or that she’s pretty sure that Wonderland is just a dream. It leads to the book feeling like it was originally posted as each chapter was finished rather than as a whole.
There’s this weird sort of conflict of character with regard to Alice and her family as well. It’s sort of a tie in to the plot itself. Her older sisters are both smart and successful, one is a med student and the other is studying physics. Her parents are both CPAs. None of them care about Alice’s art or her dancing or her interests. These things are, according to Alice at least, treated as pointless hobbies or something to be taken away from her if her grades drop. They want her to give up her dreams and become like them, but then these same parents who don’t seem to care about any of her interests also seem to be paying for all those interests. She’s going to ballet classes, has adequate supplies for her art, and has the food around to make her bento boxes. It feels like something written by a fairly young writer venting about their own life. It could be a really good real world tie in to the main plot if more was done with it or if her family was written more sympathetically, but as is it doesn’t work.
My feelings on this book ultimately wind up being fairly meta. The writing itself does feel very fan fic-ish or, again, like it was written by someone either very young or just not used to writing. There are a ton of references to pop culture, particularly anime and manga, that can get really distracting and make the book feel weirdly dated. There’s some issues with the editing that could have used a second going over. There’s a lot of potential here and, with Mrs. Hoots having written several other books, I’d definitely give one of her other books a go. Plus a couple of the characters were a lot of fun if a little stock.
So, where does that leave me? While I’ve had a lot of issues with the book it didn’t leave me feeling like I’d wasted the time reading it. It isn’t good, but it shows a lot of potential and leaves me hoping it’s an older project that’s just not getting its turn or a genre the author isn’t entirely comfortable with. That all taken into consideration, I’m giving Trapped in Wonderland a two out of five with the note that it could be a solid three with more editing and some cuts.
An interesting take on the original Alice in Wonderland, or I should say extension of the story. I enjoyed reading it. Look forward to the next book.
Years after Alice saved Wonderland, things are going wrong again. Except this time, the original Alice isn’t there to make things better. When Morpheus, the king of nightmares and leader of the evil Cirque de Rêves, takes control of Wonderland and steals the hopes and dreams of its citizens, it falls on Meredith “Alice” Hughes to come to the rescue.
Although she has no fighting ability and no knowledge of Wonderland, the original heroes of Wonderland (the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, etc) are convinced that she’s the only one who can help. It’s not just Wonderland relying on Alice’s success, but her home world, too, because the citizens of Wonderland represent the dreams of people in the real world.
I loved the premise of the story something is wrong in Wonderland, but the original Alice isn’t there to save it this time. A new Alice is pulled into Wonderland to defeat the latest evil, finding that pieces of Lewis Carroll’s original story were based in truth and now she must step into the shoes of a legendary hero. Details from the original Alice in Wonderland are brilliantly woven into the novel, and usually with a twist that makes it fresh. Trapped in Wonderland had a slow start, but I did get more hooked in the story as the chapters went by. Hoots obviously spend a lot of time creating a world and building up backstories for the characters. Unfortunately, most of this worldbuilding was explained in dialogue as Alice asked questions, rather than gleaned from interaction with the environment or watching characters interact. Most of the story was made up of description and explanation, with not as much action as I would have liked.
As far as characters, Chase and Kenny were the most interesting. Many of the others felt flat and underdeveloped. I thought for sure Chase would be the love interest, since he actually had one-on-one moments with Alice where they opened up to each other. Malcolm, in comparison, felt flat and generic until Kenny was introduced later on. The “frenemy” interactions between Kenny and Malcolm and their intriguing relationship finally brought out some of Malcolm’s unique personality, which was a welcome change!
I was truly fascinated by the theme of being a normal high school girl who isn’t prepared and doesn’t really have any skills. But of course, a theme like this is a tricky line to walk, because it’s difficult to have a main character with no knowledge of the world she’s been thrown into and no skills that she needs to succeed. Alice never acted, and it made for a slow read. I wanted her to DO something and make decisions, but she was always just dragged around, kidnapped, and then saved. Morpheus pointed this out to her at one point, making me hope it would be part of her character arc, but I didn’t really feel happy with the result by the end. We’re told she feels more confident, but I didn’t quite believe it.
Overall, I think Trapped in Wonderland had fantastic potential, but it read as more of a first or second draft rather than a polished novel. If this does end up being a series, I’m sure the later novels will avoid this problem since we got most of the story exposition out of the way during book 1.
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