Alice (The Chronicles of Alice)
From the national bestselling author of Ghost Tree comes a mind-bending 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.
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Readers say *Alice (The Chronicles of Alice)* by Christina Henry offers a dark, gritty retelling of Wonderland with strong worldbuilding and compellin...
I was curious abt Alice's experience in an asylum when Alice shares Wonderland w/others. Since the world cannot handle creativity, it makes sense they were convinced Alice had lost her mind & was better off locked up.
Instead the story takes on a different path.
The comparisons were interesting even among the characters. I did like the author's creation of the Old City & the New City as Lewis Carroll begins w/his regimented world on what is proper & polite etiquette for the British & then turns it all upside down in another world he decides to call Wonderland.
As the story progressed, a part that dug into me was when Alice throws the 🔪 & the blue-green 👁 into the river, as if the river could just take the memory along & never be faced w/again since the flow of the river is irreversible. I imagine this is what Alice carried in her heart as she released the 🔪 & the blue-green 👁. How easy it sounds, if only we cld get rid of unwanted experiences so cleanly & quickly.
My fav quote from this book, "This broken, shrunken creature was her nightmare?"
Why do we give our monsters power to grow strong?
However this book was not for me. I cldn't handle all the rape content.
This book is perverted & offensive!!!
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A dark and gritty retelling that combines the madness of wonderland with the reality of Alice[...]
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Favorite book would be an understatement.
This absolute masterpiece is Christina Henrys insane take on Alices adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll.)
A mind-bending story about revenge, manipulation of the mind, finding your truth, and all that in darkfantasy form with a pinch of romance and a spoonful of horror.
To me, its pure ecstasy reading this book. Every page takes you further into twisted minds of the characters, all of them wonderfully written.
Simply brilliant.