I gave this book ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4 stars, I liked it a lot.
About the Author: Amily Shen is a renowned Taiwanese artist. She has worked as shoe designer and is now a full-time illustrator and art instructor. She has published three bestselling drawing books.
Wonderland is a whimsical adult coloring book inspired by Alice in Wonderland. The coloring pages are beautiful. A lot of attention to detail was put into this book. The pages are a lovely mix of whimsy and symmetry.
This book is inspired by Alice in Wonderland so a lot of the pages and pictures will feel familiar. The framework of the book shows injects some of the artist's personality into it. The first page is a coffee shop and out the window of the coffee shop you see a familiar rabbit slipping through the trees to lead you into Wonderland.
The story running throughout the pages feels a little childish at times. There are little activities that you would normally see in a kids book; things like addressing an invitation to a friend, decorating some blank butterflies and searching for hidden items.
The illustrations in here will not immediately bring to mind either the original illustrations from the Lewis Carroll novel or the Disney adaptations but they are unmistakably from Wonderland. I quite enjoyed looking through this book and I am definitely going to enjoy coloring each page. I suggest picking this up if you are looking for a coloring book that feels familiar and yet unfamiliar at the same time. If you do pick it up be sure to check under the removable cover for a surprise!
I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
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