![]() ![]() She hears a voice that she thinks is in her head, but it calls her a “nit” a word she would not use, and the voice tells he to find the mouse hole. The Plot: Alice is in a mental institution, she was found with blood covering her body and talking about a cross between a man and a white rabbit that she followed. I’ve read some graphic stuff but this was intense for me. I usually do trigger warnings for the recommendation section instead of my first thought but this novel is so in your face, massive trigger warning for rape and violence. The character’s in this book from the Wonderland books are Alice, The Mad Hatter, The White Rabbit, The Jabberwocky, The Walrus, The Carpenter, The Door Mouse, The Caterpillar, and The Cheshire Cat (some of the names and features are changed). I would say this novel is like Gregory Maguire’s Wicked, in how it tells a more adult version of a classic children’s literature meets Lev Grossman’s The Magicians series, with it’s use of magic, sex, and violence. ![]() ![]() The novel does create it’s own twisted story with a lot of references and clever nods to characters from the wonderland world. Alice By Christina Henry is a brutally harsh grownup retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland) and Through the Looking Glass. ![]()
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