Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Alice by Christina Henry

5 reviews

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Torture, Abandonment, Addiction, and Body horror

bitesizedbeet's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Classism, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

l4ur4's review

dark sad medium-paced

1.75

This book wasn't for me. Every female character felt like a sad, helpless victim with no automony and every male character was violent and normally a rapist. It was very one dimensional and felt like an endless slog of violence and rape, which doesn't count as a storyline. Honestly I don't normally read horror, and probably came in with wrong expectations, but this wasn't a "dark twist" it was a list crimes with a lot of walking in-between, by characters that happen to have the same names as those in Lewis Carol's original story. I spent most of this book angry at how helpless every woman (apart from Alice) was portrayed and wondering when it would end. Upon reaching the ending, I think I must've missed something because it was very anticlimactic and unsatisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Torture, and Animal cruelty

ok7a's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cannibalism, Rape, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Addiction

pepper9627's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts