Publisher Titan Books
Length 304 pages
Format ebook
Length 304 pages
Format ebook
Published 2015
Series The Chronicles of Alice #1
My Copy I bought it
My Review
My Copy I bought it
My Review
A Harrowing and horrifying re-imagining of the popular children's tale.
Through a labyrinth of lunacy in survival-like horror, we follow the perilous plight of Alice and her asylum acquaintance and muscle-bound protector Hatcher as they traverse and contend with the many dangers present in the Old City, a place where death lurks around every cobbled corner and every stranger in the street lusts for that slick-edged slice of reality to take the pain away.
Alice is a dark book which takes all that is nightmare-ish and turns it into a linear free flowing narrative with a fragile yet resourceful protagonist who immediately captures the heart and mind. Each trial and tribulation, each bump in the road and fight to the death is felt by the reader as Alice and Hatcher steadily make their way through innumerable horrors.
I thought this retelling was a great concept. The play on characters is perfect and the story feels larger than just Alice which gives the book a meaty and 'complete' feel.
My rating: 5/5, this wonderland isn't for children. Highly recommend.
Alice is a dark book which takes all that is nightmare-ish and turns it into a linear free flowing narrative with a fragile yet resourceful protagonist who immediately captures the heart and mind. Each trial and tribulation, each bump in the road and fight to the death is felt by the reader as Alice and Hatcher steadily make their way through innumerable horrors.
I thought this retelling was a great concept. The play on characters is perfect and the story feels larger than just Alice which gives the book a meaty and 'complete' feel.
My rating: 5/5, this wonderland isn't for children. Highly recommend.
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