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A review by keraashley
Alice by Christina Henry
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment