I have mixed emotions on how to review this book. It was a good read...it grabbed me right from the beginning. However, Alice just irked me. She became a bitter and presumptuous woman. I wanted to like her and I tried so hard to keep a good attitude about her, but she just grew more crotchety with age. Perhaps that's part of what kept me intrigued though...I became the type of person she loved to hate...one who expected her to be more like Alice in Wonderland. The book is definitely worth the read and now has me uncomfortably obsessed with Alice as a character. In fact, I very nearly chose another Alice book as my next read. In the end, I decided that Alice and I need a moment of space from one another.