The Jabberwock is freed as the hospital burns down, leaving Hatch and Alice to try and figure out their past lives and how to return the Jabberwock to his prison with – you guessed it – the Vorpal sword.

So the two escape into the streets of the Old City or else risk being burned alive. Both cannot remember their life before the hospital, only bits and pieces. One night, the hospital catches fire and Hatch and Alice escape. Imprisoned in this same hospital is the Jabberwock, a fearsome creature who is closely linked to the Hatcher, sending Hatch into a trance whenever he is near. He was found surrounded by several bloodied bodies, including that of his own wife, with an axe in his hand. He’s the Mad Hatcher (oddly enough, he’s the only Alice character that gets a new name – Hatcher instead of Hatter). While imprisoned, she makes friends with the patient next to her as they communicate through a small hole in the wall. Nothing good comes from the Old City, especially not treatment for mental health. The New City is where Alice used to live with her well-to-do family. See, the Old City is where all the criminals and filth reside. The only words she can seem to say are “the rabbit,” causing her family to send her to an asylum in the Old City where she spends the next decade. Her face has been flayed open and dried blood is caked along the inside of her thighs. So if those things are difficult for you to read about, especially in relation to a much-loved story from your childhood, I would definitely caution you against reading this.īut if dark and disturbing is your jam, then have at it.įollowing her trip “down the rabbit hole,” Alice returns two weeks later, bloodied and disfigured. The book is fraught with violence, including both physical and sexual violence against women. It’s dark, disturbing, both a retelling and a continuation of the classic, and I’m issuing all the trigger warnings. Hell, I don’t even know if it’s my version of it either. Alice isn’t your grandmother’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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