Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1)
Bring it, Alice! I'm not scared. Oh, how I should have.TRIGGER WARNING : Graphic rape (a lot) and violence►By no means is Alice a flawless book, and I'm not gonna lie, the first chapters, if they hooked me, confused me as hell in the same time. Who are these people? What do they want? What are their relationships like? Where the fuck are they? What's this world, where human traffic, rape and violence are common practices, where the awful way women are treated makes me want to scream? To be
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
By all means, I should have hated this novel. It subverts one of my absolute childhood favourites into a story that is so dark, that you are left gasping for breath many a time. Don't take what I say lightly - this book is not for the faint-hearted. If you are put off by scenes of rape, torture and misery, please stay away - Christina Henry just piles it on.Then why did I give it four stars? Well, as a horror novel, it is just one dark rollercoaster ride. Once you mount, there is no way to get
Alice 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
3/25/18 - ON SALE for $1.99: https://amzn.to/2I1ZA6B9/12/15: When I first read ALICE, I had a hard time categorizing it. It was Victorian, but it wasn't steampumk. It was horror . . . ish. Fortunately, it very obviously a retelling, so at least I had that. BUT. Just having read this article: http://www.dailydot.com/geek/dreadpun... I can now solidly identify it at DREADPUNK. *grins creepily*Reviewed by: Rabid Reads4.5 starsThe first thing you should know is that I bloody hate ALICE IN
I feel the night crawling up all around, blotting out the moon. I feel blood running down the walls, rivers of it in the streets below. And I feel his teeth closing around me.All the best people are crazyY'all, this is the story that Alice in Wonderland always wanted to be. It was bloody, strange, violent, engrossing, and just overall fabulous in its inescapable trippy weirdness. It's a twisty soft pretzel, salty and deliciously satisfying. It'll fill you up.To help out with my review today, we
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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) |
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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.Itemize Regarding Books Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1)
Title | : | Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #1) |
Author | : | Christina Henry |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 291 pages |
Published | : | August 4th 2015 by Ace |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Horror. Retellings. Fiction |
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Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestImagine if Tim Burton and Quentin Tarantino sat down at a table to do a book collaboration."Let's make a book with tons of over the top violence," Tarantino might say. "Sexual, physical, cannibalism - you name it!""Okay," Tim Burton might say. "But only if we get to ruin somebody's childhood classic with an existential nightmare set in a surrealistic landscape of angst and desolation.""And let's have a female character go on a killingBring it, Alice! I'm not scared. Oh, how I should have.TRIGGER WARNING : Graphic rape (a lot) and violence►By no means is Alice a flawless book, and I'm not gonna lie, the first chapters, if they hooked me, confused me as hell in the same time. Who are these people? What do they want? What are their relationships like? Where the fuck are they? What's this world, where human traffic, rape and violence are common practices, where the awful way women are treated makes me want to scream? To be
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
By all means, I should have hated this novel. It subverts one of my absolute childhood favourites into a story that is so dark, that you are left gasping for breath many a time. Don't take what I say lightly - this book is not for the faint-hearted. If you are put off by scenes of rape, torture and misery, please stay away - Christina Henry just piles it on.Then why did I give it four stars? Well, as a horror novel, it is just one dark rollercoaster ride. Once you mount, there is no way to get
Alice 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
3/25/18 - ON SALE for $1.99: https://amzn.to/2I1ZA6B9/12/15: When I first read ALICE, I had a hard time categorizing it. It was Victorian, but it wasn't steampumk. It was horror . . . ish. Fortunately, it very obviously a retelling, so at least I had that. BUT. Just having read this article: http://www.dailydot.com/geek/dreadpun... I can now solidly identify it at DREADPUNK. *grins creepily*Reviewed by: Rabid Reads4.5 starsThe first thing you should know is that I bloody hate ALICE IN
I feel the night crawling up all around, blotting out the moon. I feel blood running down the walls, rivers of it in the streets below. And I feel his teeth closing around me.All the best people are crazyY'all, this is the story that Alice in Wonderland always wanted to be. It was bloody, strange, violent, engrossing, and just overall fabulous in its inescapable trippy weirdness. It's a twisty soft pretzel, salty and deliciously satisfying. It'll fill you up.To help out with my review today, we
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