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Alice by Christina Henry

59 reviews

allieraj's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

As someone who loves Alice in Wonderland in all forms this book hit everything it needed to and then some. The details of the characters and alices change throughout the book was chefs kiss. It can be a hard read for some as it does touch on a few gruesome and touchy subjects. Please read till at least chapter 4 before you DNF

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gore, Rape, Cannibalism, and Slavery

chloeam3103's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Torture, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Classism, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Murder, Trafficking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Gore, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Genocide

lexkazokas's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

z0z's review

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Everyone knows of the typical plot diagram, right? Welp this author decided to make the climax of the book start within the first few chapters. The two monsters

Jabberwocky and The Rabbit

that were in nightmares had the worst final seen. I got kinda upset about

he was so weak from her stabbing him in the back & eye and just asked her to end him. Like what monster of dreams says that?! I was expecting her to go back to the comfort of her own ways. he would invite her to a tea party except the feeling of youthfulness joy were replaced with guilt & discussed.  Then dwell on it for three chapters bc this is what the whole book has been alluding towards. Also a butterfly in a jar??

but it’s the author’s choice.  Over all it was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse and Suicidal thoughts

mykday's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

olurin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, and Gore

georgieg's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

klio's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, and Gaslighting

ronjaorsomething's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book had gripped me from the very beginning. It's so well written and I think the author did a great job at exploring the trauma etc.

I found the ending a bit unsatisfying tho tbh cause defeating the Jabberwock was so easy. But she did mention that herself and I do think it kinda fit for the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Body horror, Sexism, Classism, Death, Trafficking, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pedophilia

gia0203's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really enjoyed this. I thought Henry reinvented alice in wonderland very well, with continuous references to the original story. I was extremely engaged in the narrative and found myself thinking about what might happen next when I wasn’t reading the book. 

however, the representation of women in this book was very… archaic. they were given very little agency and seen as sexual objects. alice herself relies on hatcher as her protector, though she does develop beyond this. other than alice, most of the women are treated as toys. I understand that this is the purpose of the novel, but it still was difficult to stomach.

alice herself was very well characterised and I related to her a lot. her relationship with hatcher was lovely and they really understood each other.

the plot developed in a satisfying way, and I would have rated it higher, if not for

the rushed meeting with the rabbit. alice has spent the entire book looking for him! she has dreaded seeing him. and yet when she does meet him at last, it lasts for a few pages. he is the least memorable character in the book! he is given such a fear inspiring description, he is described as the true terror over and over again, and yet! ugh. so irritating.

if not for the anticlimactic, rushed ending i would have loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Gore, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Cannibalism