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Alice in Zombieland
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October 22, 2012
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October 31, 2012
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What Members Thought

Morgan
Mar 01, 2013 rated it really liked it
4.5

It was much better than I was expecting and the "Alice in Wonderland" bit was far from heavy-handed. I would think "Oh, there's this or that person in this world" but it only really happened a few times. It was also one of those things where you wonder are you seeing it there because you're looking for references? Or were the references intentional?

The .5 off is because of the beginning when I almost considered stopping in favor of something else. What kept me reading was wanting to learn mo
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Shawna
Jan 17, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Prior to reading this I scoped out the reviews. It seemed that those that hated the book were expecting it to be a refresher on the Alice in Wonderland story, turned zombie. I have to admit, initially I kind of thought that too until I read the description. I think that had the title been different that may have alleviated some of the bad reviews. However I also see how the title fits into the story and I like how Ms. Showalter included little innuendos from the original literature. That said, I ...more
Midu Hadi
Jun 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: premissing
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Sep 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: zombies
Lisi
Sep 25, 2012 marked it as keep-in-mind
Alley
Oct 22, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: zombies, ya
Christina
Feb 06, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: first-in-series
Angie
Apr 02, 2013 rated it it was ok
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Sep 02, 2013 rated it it was ok
Marianne
Dec 15, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Oct 29, 2014 marked it as to-read
Navi
Nov 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: zombies
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Oct 13, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 10, 2016 marked it as to-read
Marion
Nov 15, 2017 rated it it was amazing