Insanity Review

This time I’m going to review Insanity by: Cameron Jace.

Alice Pleasance Wonder only knows life in an insane asylum. Shock treatments have rid her of her past and she doesn’t know if she’s crazy or not. Her life changes when Professor Pillar gives her a huge opportunity to escape the asylum by day to catch a notorious killer. Reality and insanity mingle as Alice tries to solve the many riddles in order to save a life…

I honestly don’t even know what to think about this book. I definitely really liked it, but weirdly, I expected more and less from this book. I thought it would be more insane than it was and, by the synopsis, I thought Jack Diamonds would play a larger role.

This book is ride through Alice in Wonderland but in present day. The insanity in it is fun and actually not hard to follow. I really liked the aspects from Alice in Wonderland that popped up throughout this book.

Professor Pillar was a very interesting character. I liked that you could never tell if Alice should trust him or not. Cheshire is so evil. The White Queen is so good. The Duchess is corrupt. The best part is they all make an appearance and are people in the present day world presented in Insanity.

I thought the whole backstory with Alice was really interesting and I can’t wait to, hopefully, figure it all out in the next book. This brings up a whole lot of questions that I desperately want answered.

I was pretty disappointed that Jack Diamonds didn’t have a huge role in this book. (Mostly this is because from the synopsis, I thought he would have a very major role in the book. If it weren’t for those expectations, I wouldn’t have been bother by this.) He seemed like a really interesting character and I just wanted to find out more about him. I’m very curious to see his role in the next book, but I do love the later revelations that arise towards the end.

Speaking of the ending, it really made me crazy (in a good way). That’s really where all the insanity happens. I got through just about the whole book thinking, Yeah, this is crazy and weird, but not insane or confusing. That’s totally good because it makes the book easier to handle, but I expected a bit more doubt as to what was actually reality to be thrown in more throughout the book.

Overall, this book was very good. The plot was great and things progressed at a natural pace. This book is definitely a fun and twisted ride.

Lastly, the writing in this book was excellent. I found just a few tiny typos, but that’s the extent of the feeling like this is an Indie book. I really can’t wait to read more of Cameron Jace’s work.

Oh, I also have to mention how amazing the cover is! I was initially drawn to this book because of the beautiful cover.