I just finished Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin. I did not find it "magic" as Diana Gabaldon's quote says on the front.
The premise of the novel is to unwrap the real relationship between the real Alice (Alice Liddell) and Lewis Carroll (the pen name for Mr. Dodgson.) I think if you didn't know a little of the rumors/assumptions of Dodgson, you'd be confused. The mystery is trying to determine whether he was really a pedophile, but that is hidden throughout the story.
The novel follows the real Alice throughout her life and we don't get her version of the events of what got Dodgson banner from her life. By the end, I didn't care.
I thought the story was dry and uninteresting, and it was a book I made myself finish. I will admit that reading the story of Prince Bertie getting married at the same time Prince William was getting married made that part a little interesting but that quickly waned.
I think if there had been clearer and more frequent clues about the relationship, it would have better held my interest.
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