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jenhurst's review against another edition
3.0
I liked red as a character a lot. She was tough and the kind of fiesty character I root for. I thought Christina Henry’s writing was great, it drew me right in. I just felt like not enough of the disease and government was explained.
dowryofbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I’M MAD THIS WAS TOO SHORT I WANT MORE OF THESE CHARACTERS AND THIS WORLD
eliimellie26's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
A post apocalyptic retelling of one of the most popular children's books. Will keep you hooked.
slark's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
tencutepuppies's review against another edition
3.0
(3.5) The irony of this book being released in late 2019 is insane. I really liked the extreme lack of a Chosen One type of main character archetype, and the care she put into not being the typical bumbling horror story protagonist. It was a super fast read that I finished in about an hour and a half. Very easy to get into.
HOWEVER as interesting as the concept was, I can’t help but feel disappointment at how absurdly rushed this story felt, especially toward the second half. Family members are brutally butchered, the MC sees nasty body horror in front of her own eyes several times, women and children are being used as objects by bad men and she just takes it as if she’s watching Cartoon Network or something. To me, her lack of reaction and immediate moving on was far from believable. In my opinion, this book would have benefitted from being a couple hundred pages longer, because what the hell was that ending? The “plot twist” was also very mundane and not at all shocking to me.
HOWEVER as interesting as the concept was, I can’t help but feel disappointment at how absurdly rushed this story felt, especially toward the second half. Family members are brutally butchered, the MC sees nasty body horror in front of her own eyes several times, women and children are being used as objects by bad men and she just takes it as if she’s watching Cartoon Network or something. To me, her lack of reaction and immediate moving on was far from believable. In my opinion, this book would have benefitted from being a couple hundred pages longer, because what the hell was that ending? The “plot twist” was also very mundane and not at all shocking to me.
bella613's review against another edition
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
This book felt very unfinished and not just because of the ending.
Everything from the descriptions of the violence and the behavior and thoughts of the main character were very in-your-face, and didn't feel imaginative or realistically written. I loved the main character so I wish she had been allowed to just be, and not constantly overexplained by the author.
It read like someone decided to write a dystopia-style version of little red riding hood and stopped there, didn't put any more thought into it. I have no problem with open endings in general, or even with unanswered questions about large plot points. But this book doesn't feel like a story that's meant to make you think in the way that open endings usually do. It almost felt more like an unnecessarily long intro into the real story, than a story itself.
Everything from the descriptions of the violence and the behavior and thoughts of the main character were very in-your-face, and didn't feel imaginative or realistically written. I loved the main character so I wish she had been allowed to just be, and not constantly overexplained by the author.
It read like someone decided to write a dystopia-style version of little red riding hood and stopped there, didn't put any more thought into it. I have no problem with open endings in general, or even with unanswered questions about large plot points. But this book doesn't feel like a story that's meant to make you think in the way that open endings usually do. It almost felt more like an unnecessarily long intro into the real story, than a story itself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence
novabird's review against another edition
1.0
Although this book had strong imagery and realism especially with the sounds described, the visceral violence was too gratuitous for me. When watching visual content I deliberately turn away from the screen if it is too graphic and the only horror I really like is psychological horror and not descriptions of squelching sounds. (la, la, la la la - I didn't hear that I say while stopping ears). Unfinished after the ax meets the belly scene -somewhere around page 30. TMI for you? It was for me as well-
evipefi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
michellem767's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5