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Alice by Christina Henry

26 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

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

abreithart's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death

sophiesleseecke's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

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

raythecatlover's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Alcoholism, Grief, Ableism, War, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Body horror, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Hate crime, and Drug abuse

teki_p's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Slavery, Murder, Drug abuse, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

annamorgan27's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Torture, Sexual assault, Body horror, Blood, Rape, and Murder

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