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Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles, #1)

Gena Showalter

Start date: November 1, 2012

Finish date: November 30, 2012

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Sep 23, 2015 Tricia Schneider rated it liked it

Shelves: borrowed, young-adult, urban-fantasy, zombies, pnr, paranormal

I looked at this book about three times before I finally picked it up to read. The cover was eye-catching, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to read a YA novel at the time. However, the whole zombie storyline intrigued me, so I decided to give it a try. The beginning of Alice Bell's story really connected with me. Her family died, the people whom she loved most were lost to her and she had to come to grips with that reality. I felt her pain and her desolation. It was intriguing that her father could I looked at this book about three times before I finally picked it up to read. The cover was eye-catching, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to read a YA novel at the time. However, the whole zombie storyline intrigued me, so I decided to give it a try. The beginning of Alice Bell's story really connected with me. Her family died, the people whom she loved most were lost to her and she had to come to grips with that reality. I felt her pain and her desolation. It was intriguing that her father could see monsters that no one else could see. After the tragic accident that killed her parents, Alice was able to see these same monsters, too.

I liked the story so far. It was a great premise. The beginning chapter really drew me into the story and I wanted to know more. Alice moved in with her grandparents and had to adjust to life without her family while attending a new school. When she meets Cole Holland, she experiences visions of their future together. This explains their instant attraction to each other. Alice, who now goes by the nickname Ali, gets to know the kids in school as well as the teachers and staff.

Ali begins to see zombies outside of her grandparent's house. Other things go on which lead her to believe that she might not be the only one who can see these monsters. Slowly, as the plot unfolds, she learns that Cole and his group of boys can not only see the zombies, but they fight them as well. Not only that, but they have a rival faction who wants to experiment with these zombies. All the while, Ali must figure out what her feelings for Cole mean and if they can have a relationship together while battling zombies.

I enjoyed reading about Alice and her struggle with dealing with the death of her family and battling the zombies. I liked that the zombies weren't re-animated corpses, but were the spirits of the people who had been infected with evil. It was a unique idea and that's why only very few people could see the zombie spirits. Only those people who had the ability to see into the spirit world. However, the thing that bothered me was that this particular school had so many members who could not only see the zombies as well as Alice, but were willing to put their life on the line to fight them. It seemed a bit of a stretch for believability.

This was the first book in the White Rabbit Chronicles. I'd also like to add that the story was written in first person point of view which I love to read. I'm interested to see what else is in store for Alice and her new friends, as well as her relationship with Cole. ...more

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Nov 03, 2012 Shelley rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own

First off this book has nothing to do with Alice in Wonderland. It's not a rewrite of the original tale, so that was a little disappointing. However I really liked some of it. The zombies were not technically "the walking dead," and the overall plot was interesting. My biggest probably was Cole. He was a major control freak that really needed someone to kick his ass. I just could not understand the attraction between Alice and Cole. He was a jerk, possessive, overbearing, and just plain mean. Wh ...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Karla BookAddict2 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: supernatural-men, supernatural-women, rofl, favorites

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Nov 24, 2012 Sarah rated it really liked it

There's something about Gena Showalter's writing style that reels me in. With that being said, don't pick this book up expecting a horror fest. Much of this book is just Alice getting to know Cole (AKA every other romance in a YA story where you want to punch the guy in the face, then love him) and Kat, learning about zombies, and training. There are plenty of fighting scenes, which happens to be why I loved Alice in Zombieland so much. The characters are unique and there's a new play on zombies ...more

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Jul 22, 2012 April rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviewed, ya-books, sci-fi, bookworms-book-club-read, audiobook, 2012

So, awesome! The only downside is I have to wait a year for the next book!!!

Really great read!! Alice has a lot to deal with and the book is a bit of a rollercoaster!!! I loved that she was not an overly angsty teen!!! Oh, and Kat the BFF is awesome!!! Easily my favorite part of the book!!!

Great narration by Natalie Gold. Really easy to distinguish voices and the story flowed beautifully! I am definitely going to check out other books read ...more

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Oct 10, 2013 Danelle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-tbr

I couldn't give this book five stars, only because in the beginning I wasn't so sure I was going to like the book. In fact the whole first chapter I had to force myself to read. However, and I really don't know how Ms. Showalter did it, I slowly found myself coming to like Alice. I think I knew the book had me when she first met Cole. Two things bugged me though, she never reveals just why Justin betrayed the group, or just why Alice is so unique. Maybe in the second book? Anyways overall I real ...more

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