Carroll ends ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ describing it as “a book of nonsense” which is more than fitting for his short dreamlike tale. It was pure chaos which I really should’ve read long ago given Carroll was raised in the same village as I and it is a story I am so familiar with. Alice falls down a rabbit hole into wonderland with no prior buildup, and this is common throughout a lot of the book, there is not a moment which is not utterly nonsensical. The scene rapidly changes and introduces so many quirky and fun characters however this does result in little description and development. My greatest surprise was that in the book there is no mention of Alice’s iconic blue dress she has become associated with (though I assume this would’ve featured in Carroll’s illustrations if I were not to have listened to the book). 

In relation to the audiobook, the narrator deserves credit as Jim Dale truly captured the absurdity of the story and acted each and every animal and character pretty well. I cannot hugely criticise level of development as it is a children’s book as affirmed by the afterword which really does stick with you. This was both striking because of how sweet and wholesome it is alike to the rest of the story about maintaining ones childhood, but in light of knowledge about Carroll as a person and the fact that Alice based off an Alice he knew and had great affection for it does also end on a slightly uneasy note.