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Alice by Christina Henry

54 reviews

marlee_kay's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, and Sexual violence

carriethruplotlines's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Rape, Animal death, Death, Toxic friendship, Torture, Trafficking, and Forced institutionalization

anniquevvugt'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? No

2.5

Very gruesome book that has barely anything to do with the original Alice in wonderland story. 

The book is so gruesome that often I got actually sick from how specific things were described 


The writing however is great and the ending sentence was enjoyable. Thus a 2.5 star. 

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Content Warnings

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

queerloras's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

I LOVE Christina Henry's retellings and Alice is beyond a doubt one of my favourites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Torture, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

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

dasrach's review against another edition

Awww, who's an edgy girl? YOU are!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Death, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Abandonment, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cannibalism

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

jclayton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Rape, Murder, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Gore, Body horror, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse