Hailey (Hailey in Bookland)'s Reviews > Splintered
Splintered (Splintered, #1)
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4.5*
“You understand the logic behind the illogical, Alyssa. It's in your nature to find tranquility amid the madness. And that's what we're doing here. We are giving our food a fighting chance.”
I knew going into this book that I would either love it or hate it and to be honest, I more so expected the latter. Through the Looking Glass is one of my favourite books and as such I knew I would be drawing comparisons the whole time. Lucky for me, I loved this book.
I had heard this described as a retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but I think it is more so a reimagining of Alice's Wonderland, a darker, much more sinister Tim Burton-esque Wonderland. I also found the events of the story aligned much more with Through the Looking Glass than they did with Wonderland, which got kind of confusing for spoilery reasons. Because of this, the book really wasn't what I was expecting, but I mean that in the best possible way.
4.5*
“You understand the logic behind the illogical, Alyssa. It's in your nature to find tranquility amid the madness. And that's what we're doing here. We are giving our food a fighting chance.”
I knew going into this book that I would either love it or hate it and to be honest, I more so expected the latter. Through the Looking Glass is one of my favourite books and as such I knew I would be drawing comparisons the whole time. Lucky for me, I loved this book.
I had heard this described as a retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but I think it is more so a reimagining of Alice's Wonderland, a darker, much more sinister Tim Burton-esque Wonderland. I also found the events of the story aligned much more with Through the Looking Glass than they did with Wonderland, which got kind of confusing for spoilery reasons. Because of this, the book really wasn't what I was expecting, but I mean that in the best possible way.
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Reading Progress
September 30, 2014
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to-read
September 30, 2014
– Shelved
January 30, 2015
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Started Reading
February 4, 2015
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81.4%
"Finishing this tonight It has a lot more allusions to Through the Looking Glass than it to does to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a fact I'm quite pleased with"
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February 4, 2015
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Finished Reading
September 19, 2017
– Shelved as:
owned
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
fantasy
March 31, 2018
– Shelved as:
retellings
August 13, 2022
– Shelved as:
ya
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