The first thing I can tell you about Alice in Zombieland is that it is sincerely cute, if not a little morbid. The general story idea is that the Alice of this text is an odd young thing with a heart for playing in cemeteries. Instead of following a white rabbit down a rabbit hole to Wonderland – this Alice follows a black rat down the whole of an open grave and travels on to Zombieland. Instead of a romp through illogical dream world, This Alice must find her way through a ever so creepy possible nether world of dangers, confusion, and nightmare things. Is Alice dead? Or worse – Undead? Is it all a dream? Pick up this delightfully fairy tale take on the classic Zombie story / fantastic zombie take on classic fairy tale like bit of literature and find out.
Personally I have been rather fatigued with the entire Zombie genre. I think on a whole publishers over estimate the popularity of the Zombie humor/ horror/ classic literature mash up, and it all culturally peeked a while ago. But that is what made Alice in Zombieland actually a really pleasant surprise – it totally beat my expectations. The original material is adapted with ease and grace, The same sense of precociousness permeates the text, and the illustrations are humorous adaptations of the classic images we are all familiar with. If anything I am kind of amazed that this has come out SO late in the game. If you are still a ravenous fan of the zombie trend – but lean more towards Max Brooks’ work this read might be a little to frilly for you. It is very aware of its source material and does its’ best to keep in the same tongue. If you are and /or if you have a friend that is the kind of dark (possibly gothy) sort that loves Alice anyway for its already existing weirdness, and Loves all things Zombie equally as much then this book makes a perfect addition to any collection (not to mention gift). I am gladly holding onto my copy for the next time a friend has a daughter that enters into that maudlin, grumpy, angsty, dark phase along with puberty. I know when I was 12 and entering into just such a stage I would have LOVED to have gotten this as a gift. Hopefully Nickolas Cook and the good people over source books will follow this up with a “Through the Looking Glass” adaptation. I would love to see an illustration of the Red and White Queens at war in this world. If you would like to get your self a copy of this delightful read you can Here