Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

Posted on 01 August 2017 by Christina Henry

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. New Download [ Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1) ] By [ Christina Henry ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 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 itThis 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 verAlice 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 itThis 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 different.The world created here is not our world and it is not Wonderland It s a horor fantasy style setting in a fictional place called the Old City Ever since Alice returned to her parents after going missing as a child, with blood running down her legs, missing memories, and strange inexplicable abilities, she has been...SAY HELLO to one of the creepiest retellings ever written.I didn t think it was gross or anything of the like, but it is really, unmistakably disturbing And that s fun Witnessing the new somber Alice kill a bunch of murderers completely captured my attention Crazy thing is she still keeps a sliver of innocence through all of that Maybe because, compared to her friend THE Hatcher, she s a sweetheart But she really made me think of a fallen angel ready for vengeance and who would stop at SAY HELLO to ...9 12 15 When I first read ALICE, I had a hard time categorizing it It was Victorian, but it wasn t steampumk It was horrorish Fortunately, it very obviously a retelling, so at least I had that BUT Just having read this article 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 WONDERLAND In fact, with the exception of THE JABBERWOCKEY, w 9 12 15 When I first read ALICE, I had a hard time categorizing it It was Victorian, but it wasn t steampumk It was horrorish Fortunately, it very obviously a retelling, so at least I had that BUT Just having read this article 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 WONDERLAND In fact, with the exception of THE JABBERWOCKEY, which I appreciate for English nerd reasons nonsense words that make sense b c masterful command of grammar , I bloody hate Lewis Carroll Too weird sorrynotsorryI ve also read an installment or two of Henry s BLACK WINGS series, and I wasn t terribly impressed My top two least favorite subjects in urban fantasy are dead things and angels BLACK WINGS is basically about angels dealing with dead things SO A book from an author I ve previously not had much luck with, on a subject I ve loathed since childhoodYo...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 hones 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 honest, I always thought that Alice in Wonderland was weird as fuck and developed in an undercurrent of crazy violence, and here Well Chri...Find all of my reviews at MITCHELL WAS IN CHARGE OF GIFS TODAY SO THINGS MIGHT GO A LITTLE PEAR SHAPEDBeware the jaws that bite, the claws that snatch Confession time I hate Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and allllll of the movies that have been made from cartoon to Helena Bonham Carter musey magic It s ...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 partbut 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 ta 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 partbut 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 tale retellings ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here After her disastrous encounter with the Rabbit, Alice is confined to an insane asylum in the Old City When a fire breaks out, she escapes the asylum with Hatcher, the axe murdering inmate next door However, the Jabberwock is on the loose as well, and to stop him, Alice will have to cross paths with the Rabbit once againConfession time While I whiled away many a day playing Dungeons and Dragons, most of today s doorstop size...With Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll has created a world that has taken root in many people s minds Wonderland s mysterious inhabitants have entrenched themselves into our dreams as soon as we heard or read about them It should come as no surprise then that this realm has spawned millions of references, not to mention the abundance of stories that sprouted in other minds, with Disney twists and darker turns, but always with the Cheshire s grin somewhere lurking about When I read Lewis Car With Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll has created a world that has taken root in many people s minds Wonderland s mysterious inhabitants have entrenched themselves into our dreams as soon as we heard or read about them It should come as no surprise then that this realm has spawned millions of references, not to mention the abundance of stories that sprouted in other minds, with Disney twists and darker turns, but always with the Cheshire s grin somewhere lurking about When I read Lewis Carroll s work for mys...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, Alice is in a mental hospital Her only friend is Hatcher, who st 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, Alice is in a mental hospital Her only friend is Hatcher, who stays in the locked room next to hers A raging fire that burns the hospital down allows them to barely escape, and they run to the Old City to try and find the Rabbit and the Jabberwocky, a being of dark magic, who has been released and will devour everyone unless stopped.This was a strange story in a way It s almost told as if from a haze some of ...WARNING Rape sexual violence I m too pissed to let this subject slide off in my review.I feel like head banging the walls at how oh so dark and morbid this book is I can t even bring myself to say This is so dark oMG 1 without feeling the need to roll my eyes off my sockets Gross exaggeration there but I just can t take this book seriously when everything about it is so fucking flat and one note with no complexity nor weight to it, and my god does this book tries too hard, too o WARNING Rape sexual violence I m too pissed to let this subject slide off in my review.I f...

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01 August 2017

Christina Henry