Alex Dunn approaches teenaged mental illness with care and paints a dark world that perfectly reflects depression. The characters are relatable as is the love story between Ben and Alice. A gripping portrayal of family trauma, grief, and mental illness, Crazy for Alice is a darkly satisfying read.

Yeah, this book just wasn't for me.
The concept was great, but I just didn't like the writing, nor any of the characters, nor the serious case of insta-love Ben and Alice had going on.
Maybe if this had been a little longer, better developed and had more of a slow burn going on, I'd have given this a much higher rating.
A very quick read though!

Crazy for Alex had me crazy for Alex! This was a fun quick read that I could not put down. The plot was very well thought out!

Crazy for Alice is an urban fantasy that sees our protagonist Ben's mind travel to a mysterious Grey World when he ends up in hospital following a failed suicide attempt. There are several factors that have caused him to reach that point including a secret so terrible that he cannot even tell his own family. The Grey world, though frightening and surreal is an escape for him and when he finds the mysterious Alice there, the two teens decide to explore their unusual surroundings. Before they have a chance to get very far, Ben is woken from his coma and finds himself back in the real world. He is determined to find and rescue Alice , but his family and friends and even his doctors think she is nothing more than a figment of his imagination, caused by his mental illness. He will have to take risks that will bring him to the edge of death again if he wants to prove that he is sane, and that Alice is real.
This book had an interesting premise and good characters , and I enjoyed the pacing and the resolution of the story line which was something that could have gone awry were it not for the author's skill .
I read and reviewed a copy courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher, all opinions are my own.

I really wish I could've enjoyed this book more than I did. I didn't like the mystery much and it wasn't really that compelling. It wasn't a terrible book but just wish the thriller aspect had been done better.

I received this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I really liked this story about a young man who is deeply depressed over the death of his father, and ends up in a mental institution. While there, he slips into a coma and enters an alternate reality - a grey world - where he meets and falls in love with another coma patient - Alice. I thought the characters were great, and the storyline wasn't too far out there. Fun read.

Meh. This was definitely a case of this book just not being for me. I didn't find the drama interesting nor did I find the "mystery" of either Alice or what is driving Ben and his secret....interesting. And I'm a little worn out about kids being misunderstood and thrown on medication and/or thrown in an asylum. None of this, in my experience, works like this. The writing was solid, however, and the story was interesting enough for me to finish to the end.

I'm a complete sucker for anything involving circuses and asylums so I HAD to read this. This book was unexpectedly amazing. The main character is in a coma for six months and dreams about Alice. When he wakes up he is desperate to find her, but starts to question if she is even real. This was a pretty great read, highly recommend.

The plot was easy to follow and enjoyable. The start hooked me right away, though the pace lagged in the middle. The author did a good job giving insight to mental illness. I loved the description of the grey world. Just wish we saw more interaction with Alice.

This is a different book for sure! Its different book in a good way! After being admitted to a mental asylum for trying to commit suicide, Ben falls into a deep depression and enters a strange grey world where nothing is what it seems.

I got this book through my newly revived net galley account and this was the first book i had landed on. I am still not sure as to what attracted me to the book. Perhaps my reason behind picking the book, Crazy for Alice lies somewhere between the impact of the cover and the name or perhaps the synopsis.  But what ever the reason was, i loved this book. Scratch that. I lived this book yes LIVED.. it was that alluring

Girl Interrupted meets The Giver meets Wristcutters: A Love Story. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review Crazy For Alice.

This book is really good! I feel like most YA novels are the same and no one really brings anything new to the table, but this book definitely does. The only thing I wish is that this book wouldn't have been primarily in the real world. The grey world is really interesting and I would have liked to read more about Ben's experience there.

When I started this book I wasn't sure I was going to like it, next thing I know I'm finishing it, I read it in one sitting, and I was so deep into the story that a whole day passed and I didn't really realize it. It was a great story, I felt angry and frustrated on a visceral level when things were happening to the main character. There was enough action to keep it moving pretty swiftly, and I love that the love story wasn't too overpowering. I do wish I could have learned more about their adventures in the gray world (novellas please!) it was hard to believe he'd been in there for as long as he was, the part where he was in there was so swift, the book mostly took place in the "real" world. I didn't grow to love alice like he did because I missed out on so much of what they experienced, so I couldn't figure out why he liked her so much, but regardless I still felt the powerful emotions when he was out in the real world. I really enjoyed this book, and would recommend it for sure.