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A review by prioryofprose
Splintered by A.G. Howard
5.0
I love Splintered. It was a fun adventures, twists and turns and amazing imagery. I have always loved the tale of Alice in Wonderland and I have been obsessed with fairy tale re-tellings. This version of Alice was interesting and I didn’t see the end coming, that always makes me enjoy a book more. I hate when it is so predictable. I thought A.G. Howard did an amazing job bringing the world to life, her writing and wit made the story memorable. I always know it is a good book when my dreams are filled with aspects of the book from reading right before bed. I really want to go to Wonderland.
I really liked the grow of Alyssa’s character throughout the book. There is such a social stigma of mental illness, especially since all the women in her family have gone “crazy.” I love the Alyssa found past the stigma and decided that she was going to be strong instead of just thinking that the madness would seek her out. But on the mental illness end, I thought it was really sweet how Alyssa’s father stayed madly in love with his wife, Allison. He visited her at the asylum constantly and never gave up hope that she would get better.
It rocked that there was not a deep love triangle in this book. Although there were two guys vying for her attention, I didn’t get that normal annoyance with love triangles that I normally do. I understand Alyssa’s attachment to Morpheus because of the comfort level from childhood. There are just certain people and places that feel like home and that attachment is deep.
Sometimes the imagery was so complex or out of the ordinary I had a hard time envisioning the characters she created. I wish that Disney would have waited for this book to come out to do Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. I can totally see Tim Burton bringing this book to life in theaters and making it wicked cool. The bug-like, almost dead characters would be right up his alley.
The second book in the series is already out, Unhinged and I am excited and interested to read where she goes with this story. February might be a month of fairy tales for me with Cress, Unhinged, and Cruel Beauty!
For more reviews check out A Flurry of Ponderings
I really liked the grow of Alyssa’s character throughout the book. There is such a social stigma of mental illness, especially since all the women in her family have gone “crazy.” I love the Alyssa found past the stigma and decided that she was going to be strong instead of just thinking that the madness would seek her out. But on the mental illness end, I thought it was really sweet how Alyssa’s father stayed madly in love with his wife, Allison. He visited her at the asylum constantly and never gave up hope that she would get better.
It rocked that there was not a deep love triangle in this book. Although there were two guys vying for her attention, I didn’t get that normal annoyance with love triangles that I normally do. I understand Alyssa’s attachment to Morpheus because of the comfort level from childhood. There are just certain people and places that feel like home and that attachment is deep.
Sometimes the imagery was so complex or out of the ordinary I had a hard time envisioning the characters she created. I wish that Disney would have waited for this book to come out to do Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. I can totally see Tim Burton bringing this book to life in theaters and making it wicked cool. The bug-like, almost dead characters would be right up his alley.
The second book in the series is already out, Unhinged and I am excited and interested to read where she goes with this story. February might be a month of fairy tales for me with Cress, Unhinged, and Cruel Beauty!
For more reviews check out A Flurry of Ponderings