Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Alice by Christina Henry

44 reviews

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

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

hannaheliz's review

adventurous dark

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty

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

ancarlina's review

The storyline felt empty because I could not connect with the characters and the gore and horror felt meaningless because there was no real consequence to it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Murder, and Sexual violence

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

nrogers_1030's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

I'm really conflicted about this one. Be sure to read all TW. I really liked how the author recreated the characters, but the brutality was a bit much for me. Sexual assault is described heavily throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Body horror, Death, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Classism

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