Reviews

Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 3 by QuinRose, Tomo Kimura

cyanide_latte's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

(I have a lot of thoughts, I'll need to order them later.)

writewithyvonne's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

4.5

natalie001's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

juniberry36's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

sarahc_98's review

2.0

What a disappointing end. I had hoped for a different choice.

mackle13's review

3.0

For a good portion of this book I was thinking I might bump it up to 4, but the ending left me rather confused.

There's a lot left that's not entirely explained, and there was too much "we hate each other because we secretly love each other" schtick I'm not sure I like Alice's decision to

Spoiler

choose Blood - especially after he was like "I came all this way for you, what do I care about your situation?" I'm all for bad boys, to a point - but he's just kinda an ass

.

It was also weird that the Joker and Dormouse and some other characters are introduced in the end of Volume 2 (book 4), and yet entirely dropped in this Volume. I guess it was more a way of introducing the sub-series.

And the ending was such a non-ending.

I know that there's a sort of sequel series - but I feel like that's less a spin-off/sequel/whatever and more a continuation.

That said, I liked it enough that I definitely plan on continuing, so there is that...


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ETA: So, I've discovered that this seris is based on a game, and in the game you decide who you end up with. This explains *so much*. LOL

Also, the sub-series are sort of AU endings and variations, so they're kind of concurrent, but also kind of separate.

Ah, manga - how you like to break my brain. ;)

theboywithallthekeys's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

felfiramoon's review

3.0

an interesting series on a whole. I love the character designs and their personalities but I feel like there was a lot left unsaid? Anyway it was a lot of fun!

just_fighting_censorship's review

3.0

This last book continues on in the same unsettling fantastic fashion but the problem is that there are just too many questions left unanswered nothing feels resolved. I guess this series represents one path that a gamer can take while playing the video game version and then there are other books that represent the other paths. Okay, but you should still give this series a feeling of either closure or a sense that more is to come. Instead the reader is left hanging, slightly confused thinking.... is this it? did I lose a few pages?

Still it definitely made me want to read the other books and left me wishing I could play the video game.

booksonmars's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0