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lost_readingbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
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? It's complicated
4.25
diana_099'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
bookishnwitchy's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
An absolute fever dream of a book. It took me a bit of reflection time to decide if I had even enjoyed it! However as I am a fan of the bizarre and murderous I decided that I'll be reading the 2nd book.
irawnic's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
maddoxx's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't know that this manga is based on a mobile game but apparently that doesn't matter all that much - apparently the creator said that this story isn't connected to the one in the game? Which makes a limited amount of sense to me, but I can see why they did it.
It doesn't really stand out to me storywise but I don't mind terribly. It's just the character design that personally irks me because the characters have, as is often the case, very little to do with their fairytale counterparts. But I suppose that's on me because I love fairytale reimageinings so goddamn much and am very picky about them, especially if they barely have anything in common with the original.
I kind of liked Alice for her apathy because I could relate to it and because it seemed like an interesting basis for a protagonist. The other characters not so much - Red Riding Hood was an annoying "iNsAnE pSyChO" brat and Snow White already seems like she's gonna be a stuck-up, self-righteous pain in the ass.
The fight scenes were terribly confusing which probably had to do with the overabundance of details and high contrast. I honestly mostly skipped them, they weren't that interesting anyway.
Apart from that, the story was also somewhat confusing and I only managed to grasp it a little better after researching the game this manga is based on.
I like battle royale managas though. I might check out the second volume.
It doesn't really stand out to me storywise but I don't mind terribly. It's just the character design that personally irks me because the characters have, as is often the case, very little to do with their fairytale counterparts. But I suppose that's on me because I love fairytale reimageinings so goddamn much and am very picky about them, especially if they barely have anything in common with the original.
I kind of liked Alice for her apathy because I could relate to it and because it seemed like an interesting basis for a protagonist. The other characters not so much - Red Riding Hood was an annoying "iNsAnE pSyChO" brat and Snow White already seems like she's gonna be a stuck-up, self-righteous pain in the ass.
The fight scenes were terribly confusing which probably had to do with the overabundance of details and high contrast. I honestly mostly skipped them, they weren't that interesting anyway.
Apart from that, the story was also somewhat confusing and I only managed to grasp it a little better after researching the game this manga is based on.
I like battle royale managas though. I might check out the second volume.
bai_books's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.0
theshybookworm's review against another edition
3.0
I really do like the concept for this manga with fairy tales and battle royals, but it just fell a little short on the actual initiation of the idea. I think part of the problem is that things felt fast and rushed. I wish I could have gotten to know the characters a little more or had something as more of a segway than what there was into the world that Alice goes into. It felt like one moment we were here doing something, then zoom we had to move on to the next thing, so it felt a bit like whiplash, then the desired effect of shock and terror.