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bloupibloupreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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boundforinfinity's review

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Likes:

Writing style. I can't empathise it enough. Christina Henry has a writing style no one else has. It's so unique. For instance, she used a methapor of blood spilling out like milk or at the beginning of this book added a ryhme.

Plot (except the

r@pe

). The idea of Alice in Wonderland but horror and not so la-la, was actually not that bad, but I just wasn't fond of the idea of including

sexual assault

in literally every chapter.

Characters. They are so unique. I'm honest some traits are stereotypical sometimes, but they have something that I can't describe. Sometimes so detailed and have unique quirks.

Dislikes:

Alice is supposed to be

called Alex

, but it rarely happens and even though she

disguised herself, everyone seems to notice that she is a girl.

I get it that the Rabbit

marked her so all his friends know who she is

, but it's still annoying to read it as you expected the

disguise

to work at least a bit.

Why does Alice want to stab everyone's eyes out? Like every time she fights someone she thinks of soft parts and always the eyes. Why the eyes? Isn't the Rabbit's eye enough?

You nit, you nit, you nit. All the time said by literally EVERY character. There are also multiple characters who have the habit of repeating words or sentences and it just makes them seem like they don't have a own voice or speech pattern.

The

Hattie

story is so absurd.

Hatcher didn't know the girl and still worked for the Rabbit just so that Hattie has freedom?

How can one become so bond to someone they don't even know? It makes no sense.

The romance between

Alice and Hatcher

was so out of place. They loved eachother for a reason I can't understand, nor found any. It just happened and that's it. And their love is weird too. Sometimes they come closer, just to withdraw again and try to stay in control. They deny their love, but still know they are in love. It's so weird.

Why is Alice so good in

slaughtering everyone

if she, as said by herself, never done this before? And why do 'bosses' of each district

put their guard down and let themselves be so easily killed?

Coming back to the character deaths. They were so bad and didn't seem like they had any impact on the story. Especially the last 2 deaths were so meh and I quite expected more than

them just willingly wanting to die.

It just ruined all the fun of the book ending.

Logic leak. There is a scene where it is said that a girl hasn't slept and cried for 12 days straight. One usually dies of sleep deprivation after 6-9 days. It's not possible for her to still live.

Triggering (every chapter is rape and sexual assault mentioned)
Literally the worst was the end of chapter 11 with

Hattie

. Is it really so necessary to include this in every chapter? The first time I read an excerpt I really thought the

Alice sexual assault part at the beginning of the book

was everything. If I would have known there was more, I wouldn't have read it. Seriously. I'm so triggered by it.

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keraashley's review against another edition

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0.25

Absolutely the fuck NOT.
This is the most disturbing and horrific book I’ve ever read.
This is 300 pages of someone’s r*pe fantasy. Every woman in this book has been assaulted in some way, and is still under constant threat of being snatched and abused by any man walking by on the street. And nearly every woman besides Alice is characterized as nothing more than “sad sex slave”. Alice admits herself that she hasn’t mentally aged past 16 (she’s 26) when she got put in the mental hospital and then starts dating an axe murderer man who is almost 40. Who is almost overcome by lust to assault her multiple times. Even tho he knows she’s already been r*ped. And so was his wife!! Which sent him into a murderous rage and got him put in the hospital. One of the villains is so disgusting that I dnf’ed immediately, skipped to the end to see how it wraps up and even missing most of the book, it is the dumbest and most unsatisfying ending to Alice’s “revenge” against the man that assaulted her and mutilated her face as a way to “claim her”. The writing and plot/character development is bad and nearly nonexistent. Please explain how a girl locked up for 10 years with no skills could murder the worst mob bosses in the city simply by “catching them by surprise”?? But nothing can make up for the plot and constant violence against women.

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kathinotkaaati's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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allieraj's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? N/A

4.5

As someone who loves Alice in Wonderland in all forms this book hit everything it needed to and then some. The details of the characters and alices change throughout the book was chefs kiss. It can be a hard read for some as it does touch on a few gruesome and touchy subjects. Please read till at least chapter 4 before you DNF

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