There is not much left for me to say. The series is coming to an end. An awesome journey. I loved every minute of it. I could have extended the series to make it 20 books long but the storyline had to be true to itself — though there are possibilities of spin offs, especially after you read the ending of the next book, Looking Glass.
I hope you liked Mushrooms. It’s my favorite of the series. I know Alice wasn’t the main focus in this book. It’s is more about fleshing out other characters, and about tons of reveals. Looking Glass has a happy ending — of sorts, but it’s not dark at all. It mainly reveals the Pillar/Hatter situation, Mr. Jay’s final battle with Alice, and of course Alice’s resolution in life and love and madness (and the bus incident.)
Last but not least, the fate of the children, and what the book-reading is about.
I have to admit that the ending had been in my mind from around half of the series (not only the book reading but the surprise finale in Looking Glass.) It’s a perfect resolution for the series. I didn’t want this to end in ‘madness.’ The madness in the series is a means to an end to explore our daily lives and what we care about the most. The fact that the most precious thing is the children is something that came to me while visiting friends in school. I found them reading Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and realized how much the book impacted their lives — our lives. Since then, I had only one question on my mind: what would our lives have been like as children — and adults — if we haven’t been exposed to this book ( and a few other epic stories of our childhood) ?
Thanks for hanging on that long,
Cam, the Storyteller