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Wonderland by Juno Dawson

4 reviews

literarylily's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Drug use, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Incest, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cultural appropriation

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Self harm, Deadnaming, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Outing, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Death, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Transphobia

bunnibelle87's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Self harm

that_bookworm_guy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A clever modern day retelling of Alice in Wonderland featuring a trans main character, yes please!! 

Throughout the book, there are quotes from Alice in Wonderland woven throughout and characters that share similarities to the original characters. 

The story is interesting and strange, and honestly wild. But very enjoyable. 

It's dark, and it's messy and focuses a lot on mental health. But as a trans person, I could see a lot of similarities in mine and Alice's experiences. I love being able to see parts of myself in fictional characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Vomit, Violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest