Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Alice by Christina Henry

51 reviews

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

ecpritchard's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror

amiime's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

It's amazing! It's one of the best books I've read in a long time but

the ending let me down a little bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Death and Rape

jabioks55's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

Rough! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Gore, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

slavic_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Drug use, Trafficking, Gore, Blood, Terminal illness, Death, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Torture, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

kwdubz's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

What a.... honestly disappointing read. I've had this for so long and I was highly anticipating it because I loved the Lost Boys book. Maybe I overhyped it in my head, because it has been a very long time since I read that, but this was just not as good as I was expecting.

The writing was fine, just a little too... idk... straight forward? There were too many liberties taken with the plot that it felt too convenient and fast paced for the way the characters were acting and thinking. Not to mention the gratuitous use of sexual assault and violence against women as a plot point and narrative device. There's only so much I can handle.

The characters were not very developed. It felt like a lot of telling was happening rather than showing. All in all they read very YA but boy howdy were the descriptions graphic.

Very bingeable, probably only took me a few hours in total to get through this. I'm not sure if I'll continue though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Kidnapping, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Death

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

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