Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Alice by Christina Henry

27 reviews

madireads326's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Trafficking, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Vomit and Sexism

samcsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Cannibalism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

rosytosey's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

4.25

This book is great at sweeping you in from the start. Adventurous horror that will leave you holding your breath for the next encounter. There were times where I felt deeply saddened by the content I was reading, but I suppose that’s what makes it such good writing. I loved the style of writing and the reduction at the end of the novel. However, I am not in a hurry to read the second novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual content, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Confinement, and Genocide

allbookedupwithrosie's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Come along with Alice as she goes on a quest with a new friend Thatcher trying to slay the Jabberwocky, while not remembering the creature in the first place. 

Join the twisted and dark retelling of Alice in Wonderland, as she is guide through New City and Old, to regain memories of the past. 

I enjoyed the retelling, though, not necessarily how I thought a retelling of this story would go. It made me think not so much of the characters we know and love but of every day people with the names of the character portrayed. It brought real life into a childrens story, though I hope the events of this telling don’t become a normal in society. 

Overall a very intriguing read, however if you don’t take to violence well (including murder, rape, blood, etc), I wouldnt recommend this book as there are times its mentioned and discussed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Sexual violence and Rape

carissa230's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Well, this is a unique, dark take on Alice in Wonderland. 

Alice is in a mental hospital and highly medicated after the events in Wonderland. Turns out things were bad down there, the worst thing imaginable for most women. 

When Alice is able to get free from the hospital she returns to Wonderland with the help of her companion Hatcher. They are going to work together to make changes to Wonderland. 

At this point, I am not sure if I will continue the series, but that was a wild ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder

wikks's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a very dark, clever adaptation of Alice. I would say, also, that it is not for the light reader though. Expect horror and very traumatic themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Classism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Vomit, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

puffball's review

dark sad medium-paced

Uhhhh, that was a lot darker than I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Confinement, and Sexual violence

jwa's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 OMG!! Shivers everywhere from that read. This is my first Christina Henry book and I've huge praise for her as an author. This was amazing! Completely unsettling and disturbing, exactly how I want my fairy tale retellings to be. It really felt like a more adult more modern "Grimm tale". I loved her take on it. Such a creepy story, this is a horror and a gory one at that so tread carefully if you're going into it expecting just fun and games. Cause there isn't any this is bloody, vengeful, and twisted. It diverts quite quickly and strongly from the light-hearted original so be prepared for a much heavier and more emotional read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Hate crime, Rape, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Fire/Fire injury

sam_i_am's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Cannibalism, and Torture

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