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| Original Title: | Alice |
| ISBN: | 0425266796 (ISBN13: 9780425266793) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Chronicles of Alice #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2015) |
Christina Henry
Paperback | Pages: 291 pages Rating: 3.87 | 20537 Users | 3424 Reviews
Describe About Books Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1)
| Title | : | Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1) |
| Author | : | Christina Henry |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 291 pages |
| Published | : | August 4th 2015 by Ace |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Horror. Retellings. Fiction |
Explanation During Books Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1)
A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll...In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside.
In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood…
Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.
Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful.
And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.
Rating About Books Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1)
Ratings: 3.87 From 20537 Users | 3424 ReviewsCritique About Books Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1)
3.5 ⭐ I wish I were a magicianId find all those lost girls and bring them home. Id take all those men who hurt those girls and make them cry. Woah. This adds an entire new dimension to the word dark. If you can think of something gruesome, or violent, or harrowing its probably in this book.I read Lost Boy by Christina Henry, and although that story contained murder, and fighting and battle, it wasnt nearly on the same scale as Alice was. This bordered on horror, for me at least.Alice andAlice as retold that she had returned from her trip to wonderland with stories that were taken as nonsensical babbling by her family who; being well-To-do, decided to just lock her away.Ten years later a fire starts at the asylum, leading Alice to escape and journey to the old world which is heavily shadowed by four sex slavery king pins with distasteful and unforgivable fetishesI turned on spoilersHeres some space just in caseI might have done it wrongSpoilersAlthough I thoroughly enjoyed
Currently $1.99 on Amazon: April 5, 2018. I really enjoyed this!This is a dark fantasy loosely based on Alice in Wonderland. The world is divided into two: The New City, where the wealthy elite live in clean neighborhoods that have not been destroyed by pollution and crime. The Old City is run by crime bosses, the most powerful are named Cheshire, Rabbit, Caterpillar, Walrus, and The Carpenter. Prostitution, human slavery, fight clubs, and general depression run rampant. When the story begins,
3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/08/25/b...It recently occurred to me that over the years Ive consumed a fair number of movies, games, comics, television shows etc. featuring retellings or re-imaginings of Alices Adventures in Wonderland but never a novel. Huh. Suffice to say I was pretty shocked by this realization; after all, there are quite a few high-profile titles out there.Christina Henrys Alice therefore had the distinction of being my first Alice
This is a bizarre, violent story, one full of menace and dark magic. It's trippy the way that every Alice book should be, and full of nightmarish images and themes. I loved it for the most part...but. BUT. I have one problem with it, and it's a pretty major one: the book is extremely rape-y. Huge trigger warning if you are bothered by sexual violence of any sort, because it's everywhere in this world, both blatant and implied, and both active and imagined. While I've always thought most fairy
Alice dreamed of blood. Blood on her hands and under her feet, blood in her mouth and pouring from her eyes. The room was filled with it. This is one of the best, darkest and most disturbing retellings I have ever read. The author gets extremely creative with this world, weaving in characters we recognize from the original Alice in Wonderland but telling a very different kind of story. If you like your retellings to stay close to the original, then don't waste your time with Alice - it is very
Review: 1.25/5Well, as a retelling, that did a rather curious job.I was so excited to read this book! It's even on my "can't wait to read" shelf. There is something about the idea of a retelling in which Alice has escaped from an asylum that so fits the wondrous aura of the original book. Yet this did not stick to any of the plot-points, truly. Which was very disappointing. I imagine it would be extremely difficult to manufacture a narrative from the nearly unrelated curiosities of the original
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