Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Curiouser and curiouser

Love, love, love this story. I fell in love with the movie years ago, and I almost can't believe I love the book even more. Alice in Wonderland through the lens of puberty and coming of age.

As much as I enjoyed this story and how it is told, I must admit this: It is not going to be for everybody, or even for most. Surrealism is a seldom acquired taste, and when it is mixed with sex and horror I think it must become even more difficult to digest for some. But if all those aspects sound appealing to you, I think you too will enjoy this strange adventure.

Astounding. Not sure if I would have been as excited if I had not read [b:In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender|768293|In Search of the Swan Maiden A Narrative on Folklore and Gender|Barbara F. Leavy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1417986142s/768293.jpg|754357], [b:The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories|49011|The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories|Angela Carter|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388633104s/49011.jpg|47950], and on my re-read of [b:Lolita|7604|Lolita|Vladimir Nabokov|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1377756377s/7604.jpg|1268631]. Will return to this later, but what a dazzling, fun nightmarescape. Next to the Bloody Chamber as a favourite fairy tale.

I must say that it was not exactly beautifully written (It might be due to the translation though), the dialogues tend to be a bit dull but the story is just amazing, surrealistic and full of metaphors; it is magical and pretty dark at the same time.
I watched the film first (I was completely unaware of the existence of a book)and I simply loved it, every minute of it was an obscure fairytale. The novel is, I would say, as good as the film, you understand some things more easily when having read it so I would recommend to read the book before watching the film.

This was surreal, off-the-wall ridiculousness and I legit loved every word of it.