dawno żadna książka aż tak nie wciągnęła mnie w swój świat i nie pozwoliła mi na chwilę zapomnieć o rzeczywistości.
Czerwona królowa” to niezwykle klimatyczna kontynuacja Alicji”, która przyniesie wam wiele tajemnic oraz magii.
To świetnie, bardzo lekko, ale brutalnie napisana historia, która angażuje już od pierwszych stron.
I chociaż nie jest idealna, nie pozwala czytelnikowi ani na chwilę się od niej oderwać, To historia napisana z wielką wyobraźnią i delikatną nutą szaleństwa, Oczekiwałam od niej nieco więcej mroku, bo owszem jest to bardzo krwawa opowieść, jednak liczyłam na więcej niepokoju oraz budowania napięcia.
Co więcej sama akcja jest dość nierówna, Momentami dynamiczna, pełna wydarzeń, a równocześnie przeciągnięta w chwilach, które można by dużo ciekawiej przedstawiać.
Nie ukrywam, że miałam też problem z zaangażowaniem się w same losy
bohaterów.
Miałam wrażenie, że w tej części jestem bardzo zdystansowana do ich sytuacji i tego co przeżywają.
Czerwona królowa” to opowieść, która doda waszemu wieczorowi nieco magii, w szczególności, jeśli macie ochotę na coś niewymagającego.
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Leider kann dieser Band nicht mehr mit den kuriosen Begegnungen, der Spannung und der Brutalität von seinem Vorgänger mithalten.
Obwohl es auch hier immer wieder zu seltsamen Zusammentreffen und gruseligen Szenen kommt, war mir hier zu wenig los.
Es war einfach eine sehr lange Reise, die mit vielen Gedanken gefüllt war und nur wenig wirklich Action.
Alice blieb nach wie vor etwas blass und dass Hatcher hier nur noch eine eher unwesentliche Rolle spielt, war Fluch und Segen gleichermaßen.
Ich hatte durchaus Spaß beim Lesen und fieberte sehr auf den Moment hin, indem sich das Potential mit voller Wucht entfaltete aber der kam leider bis zum Ende hin nicht.
Genau so wie schon im Auftakt fand ich hier die Auflösung auch wieder zu einfach und zu schnell abgewickelt.
Ein wenig mehr Misserfolge für Alice wären angebracht gewesen, Nichts desto trotz freue ich mich auf die Kurzgeschichten und bin gespannt, was die so für uns Leser bereithalten.
Auf meinem Blog gibt's nochmal genauere Infos zu meiner Meinung, Einfach sitelink hier klicken um auf direktem Wege zur Rezension zu kommen, Viel Spaß Though it lacked the grittiness and extreme horror of Alice, Red Queen is a fantastic second effort by Henry.
We're reintroduced to Alice and Hatcher as they escape the City and make their way into the wilderness, on a hunt for Hatcher's long lost daughter, Jenny.
Magic, danger, and monsters wait on the path ahead, but those things are nothing compared to what Alice and Hatcher bring with them in their own damaged and twisted minds.
Cheshire, one of my favorite characters, gives a quick summary of the first book in the beginning of this one, in case you didn't get a chance to read it: "Hatcher and Alice escaped from the hospital, and traveled through the Old City in search of their pasts and in search of a monster called the Jabberwocky who made the streets run with blood and corpses.
" The girl shuddered. "I know about him What about Alice Did she have a happy ending" "I don't know," Cheshire said, "
Henry weaves enough of the classic tale into her story so that you know that it is a retelling, but still manages to introduce enough original elements in to make it feel entirely new.
Like the toll that magic takes on the people who wield it, something that Carroll never addresses: "Maybe power corrupts them," Alice said.
It was a frightening thought, one that made her suddenly reluctant to try any magic at all.
She'd spent years under the influence of drugs that made her think she was insane, She was only just learning who Alice was, what it was like to be her own self.
She would rather use no magic at all than become some one unrecognizable, "
The world that Hatcher and Alice inhabit feels like the real world in that, there are no guarantees of happily ever after for the main characters.
It's reminiscent of George R, R. Martin in that, Henry makes you feel truly concerned that either Alice or Hatcher are going to be struck down at any moment.
But, Henry actually manages to tell a story inor so pages, something that Martin can't do.
Not that I'm bitter or anything, . . : "The world gobbles us and chews us and swallows us," Hatcher said, in that uncanny way she had of reading her thoughts.
"I think happy endings must be accidents, " "But we hope for them all the same," Alice said, " I do too.
Alice really comes into her own in this story, She's brave, but fragile a damaged hero but resilient, If you're looking for a strong female protagonist, you'll find one in this book: "Alice thought, my magic doesn't seem to be good for much at all.
And there is no one who can help me learn, for all the Magicians I have met have been mad or cruel or both.
I was mad once too, but it doesn't seem to have taken properly, I didn't come out of the hospital with any powerful powers, " Or did she
This passage summed up the book for me: "This is really all very strange," Alice murmured.
"One of the strangest things I've seen, and I have seen lots that is strange, More than my fair share, as a matter of fact, "
Highly recommended for adult readers who enjoy dark fairy tales, magic, and transformation through suffering.
I've really become a fan of Henry and I can't wait to see where she takes this story next.
If you enjoyed this tale, you may want to try The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins or The Circle by Mats Strandberg.
Thank you to NetGalley and Ace Publishing for a free digital ARC of this book.
I loved it. Important Update: Please enjoy this slightly blurry picture of me far left, if you can't guess in my Queen of Hearts Halloween costume circaor.
Please also note it was not Halloween I just liked my costume,
Let's get right to it, Is Red Queen as good as sitelinkAlice Personally, no I don't think so.
Is it a good book Certainly,
Now that we have answered all the important questions, let's get going! Mild spoilers for Alice and Red Queen to follow.
He ripped out its insides and the bones crunched in his mouth and it was too delicious, but soon enough it was gone and he was still hungry, so hungry, he always felt hungry.
Red Queen begins with Alice and Hatcher having left the city, prepared to leave their horrors behind them, on a mission to find Hatcher's long lost daughter.
At first they just wander, And wander. And WANDER. Honestly, I was apprehensive. How much fucking walking were they going to do They seemed to have no purpose, no set direction, no goal.
Even in a book filled with traveling, I need to feel like there's a connection to it all.
Then. THEN! We get to the scenes in the forest and everything goes batshitawesome, The Goblin! Giants! Wolves!
I was not psyched about separating Alice amp Hatcher.
They have such a great connection together, But the longer they were apart, the more necessary it felt, Alice has never been alone, She went straight from home, to The Rabbit, to the mental hospital, to Hatcher's side, Now alone in the woods, surrounded by unimaginable dangers, on her way to face a mad queen, she is forced to face herself.
She has only herself to count on, That and her trusty knife,
One of the few things missing for me was The White Queen.
I did like all the mindfuckery that was going on, Twisty mind shit is my fave,
I liked the slow and minimal relationship that built between Hatcher and Alice, They love each other, but neither is equipped for a normal relationship, I just want them to be happy and mash their faces on each others faces,
So what now
She'd never really thought about "and then, " Yes, she had dreamed of a day when she had no task before her, no nightmares to chase.
Somehow she'd never truly expected the day to come,
They'll never be free of monsters and villains Alice and Hatcher can be as violent and twisted as some of the things they face.
But they are alive and they have each other, Murderous or peaceful, they have a future still,
Red Queen was a really solid follow up to the spectacular Alice.
It was a treat to be back with these characters again a delicious cupcake, with a psychedelic center, served on the edge of a very sharp blade.
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Julyth can't get here fast enough! I honestly don't know what to say about this book.
The writing was really well done just like Alice, The two main characters, Alice and Hatcher, were pretty much the same as they were in Alice.
But the story itself was vastly different,
I just didn't get the gory, haunting feeling I got from the first book.
Why didn't my skin crawl as much as their adventure in The City Wasn't the Forest/Village/Queen's Castle suppose to be an upgrade from the last book via creepy Because I felt a downgrade.
I actually had to push myself to finish this book, I hate saying that. I really wanted to love it, Because I swore, and still do, by Alice the first book,
Hatcher was like gone most of the book, Alice was. . weird. And not in the way that she was in the first book, She was basically singing the High School Musical song "We're All In This Together" to everyone around her.
She doesn't know how to use her magic but she ends up using it better than anyone else who has been using it for hundreds of years
I also wanted like a big epic thing with the queens.
The Red Queen whole thing if you read the book you'd know what I am talking about was weird.
I wasn't very completed with it,
I wish the goblin had more of a story, And the giants. The town that they run into in the beginning of the book was LEGIT, But it only lasted like ten pages, .
I guess I just really expected a lot from this book and when it wasn't as beautifully haunting as the first book, I just couldn't anymore.
I'm really deeply sad about this, I was so pumped. I literally counted the days down until this book was at my doorstep,
I'm just I can't I ugh. .