Seeing Redd

Seeing Redd
by Frank Beddor, read by Gerard Doyle

Warning!!!  Contains spoilers for The Looking Glass Wars!!!

Alyss Heart is now Queen of Wonderland, trying to rebuild from all of the devastation caused by her Aunt Redd.  But things are far from precarious – after Redd and the Cat flung themselves through the Heart Crystal, no one knows what could have happened to them.  And King Arch of the neighboring borderland is also plotting against Wonderland’s new queen.  Using her closest friends as weapons against her, Arch is working to destroy the flimsy peace Alyss is working hard to preserve.

I’ve finally gotten around to listening to the next installment in The Looking Glass Wars.  I am once again captivated by Beddor’s turn of phrase.  Listening to these books, I’m wondering if I’m missing an element not seeing the wordplay.  However, Doyle’s embodiment of the characters keeps me coming back to the audio version.  I was surprised at how much more violent Seeing Redd was than its predecessor.  I felt like gruesome deaths were being described left and right, which isn’t something I remember from the first book.  That was one of the drawbacks of listening to it – hearing Doyle’s vocalizations of explosions and clanging blades was more annoying than having it set the mood.  But I still love these characters, and I am anxious to find out how it concludes.

Image taken from http://www.amazon.com.

Advertisement

Tags: alice in wonderland, audio books, book review, classic literature, classic literature adaptations, fantasy, frank beddor, gerard doyle, imagination, lewis carroll, the looking glass wars, war, young adult books