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The Girl in Red
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the national best-selling author of Alice comes a postapocalyptic take on the perennial classic "Little Red Riding Hood"...about a woman who isn't as defenseless as she seems.
It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods. There are predators that come out at night: critters and coyotes, snakes and wolves. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in, the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago.
There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night. Sometimes, there are men. Men with dark desires, weak wills, and evil intents. Men in uniform with classified information, deadly secrets, and unforgiving orders. And sometimes, just sometimes, there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined.
Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods....
Critic Reviews
"Satisfyingly upends the familiar tale of a clever girl, a dangerous wolf, and a brave savior, and folklore fans will enjoy this bloody near-future variation on a familiar theme.” (Publishers Weekly)
"The versatile Henry has reimagined another classic fairy tale, this time with a fascinating narrative about surviving the apocalypse." (Booklist)
"With The Girl in Red, Christina Henry once again proves that retellings don’t necessarily lack originality." (Kirkus Reviews)
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- Megs
- 25-05-2021
Could have been great.
I thought the story was just okay. It was well written but found it lacking. It could have been fleshed out some more. Characters were well rounded and I liked the apocalypse twist.
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- Adriana
- 01-03-2023
It could have been twice as long
I feel like I was just getting into the book and suddenly it ended. Definitely felt rushed at the end and so much wasn’t explained or properly finished.
I was enjoying the read but was very disappointed when it abruptly finished.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-2020
Interesting story - ending seemed a bit rushed
there was a lot of build up and then it was just... over.
The story was pretty good, but it was disappointingly anticlimactic.
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- Cassie O'Leary
- 22-09-2020
Best book choice during covid-19
I can't believe I read a book about a world wide pandemics during covid-19, this book was amazing a great thriller/ survivor, horror book
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