Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Red Riding Hood

by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright (Goodreads Author)

3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 · rating details · 8,077 ratings · 1,428 reviews

The body of a young girl is discovered in a field of wheat. Her flesh mutilated by telltale claw marks. The Wolf has broken the peace. When Valerie learns that her sister has been killed by the legendary creature, she finds herself at the center of a dark mystery, one that has plagued her village for generations. It is revealed that the werewolf lives among them, and every...more

Paperback, 329 pages

Published 2011 by Atom

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Add this book to your favorite list »

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 3,000)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Feb 03, 2011 KM added it · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-for-review, 2011-debuts, werewolves, little-brown

**Received copy from publisher**

I have very mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I didn't enjoy it at all - the writing was uninspired, the story cliched, and the characters flat. On the other, I can't help feeling that this will make a fabulous movie.

I was first interested in this book when I saw the movie's trailer as it appeared before the latest Harry Potter film. I thought, "Wow! That looks really great!" I heard a book was coming out that tied in to the film, and I got even mor...more

34 likes · like · see review

Apr 14, 2011 Sammi Walker rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The book (from what I understan) is written by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright (Author), and David Leslie Johnson (Author). Hardwicke is responsible for the introduction...

I bought this book last night, and was unable to put it down. The writing is absolutely lovely, it does a great job of really capturing the fairytale feel of the world, and overall I just really loved this book. Just read the first chapter... you'll see. :)

EDIT:

So I finished it. And yes, there is no ending. Goes down a star just for...more

22 likes · like · see review

Aug 04, 2012 Kaede rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

First thing's first, I'll admit I didn't finish this book. So those of you out there who take pleasure in going to different one-star DNF reviews and yelling at the reviewers, stating that they have no right reviewing a book they didn't finish, you can back off now. Because while I admitted to not finishing this book, I did skim the remaining 50 pages I had left. I am fully aware of the events that occur within this book, and therefore am not basing my opinions with no support.

The biggest fault...more

6 likes · like · see review

Aug 07, 2011 Stephanie (Stepping out of the Page) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2011, fantasy, young-adult, cover-appeal, movies-or-tv, shapeshifters, fairy-tales, books-i-own

This book was okay. It wasn't terribly bad, but it wasn't great either and yes, I feel as though the movie would probably be better. I didn't feel as though this book was as effective as it could've been - this was just so bland. The characters were flat, they could've been so much better developed. I didn't feel much towards anything, really. I think that the idea is good but to me, I kept feeling as though I'd missed out on things - the book could've easily been double the length. The lack of...more

5 likes · like · see review

Mar 10, 2013 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This story is completely different from the original one.
Meanwhile the original is a nice fairy tale for children this story is dark. It is a story that shoud be read at night next to the fireplace.
It is dark and gloomy and yet enchanting. A gothic fairy tale.

Although I know the original story I can say that this one is not predictible. It is filled with surprises and turning points that are absolutely exciting!
The write style is simply magical and all the characters feel real and in an encha...more

3 likes · like · see review

Mar 16, 2011 Nancy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there is a village much like other villages in the time of yore. In this village is a girl named Valerie, her older sister named Lucie, and their parents, Suzette with unrequited love for another, and Cesaire, the town drunk who carries sorrow in his heart. In a different house lives the grandmother who has been accused of being a witch.

The village has an agreement with a very big, very bad wolf. Full moon comes and a goat or some other poor creature is...more

7 likes · like · see review

Jan 24, 2011 Jillian -always aspiring- rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Eh, go see the movie instead.

Shelves: covers-i-love, retellings, disappointing-books, could-have-been-better, 2011-reads, should-have-loved-it-but-didn-t, reviewed

Red Riding Hood, a tie-in novel to the 2011 movie of the same name, tries to be many things: a love story, a fairy tale, a mystery, and a thriller. The trailer for the movie is beautiful and seductive -- but does the book hold that same allure? Frankly, I can't say it did. The movie trailer held the promises of danger, secrets, and seduction. . .but the novel held none of that for me.

Quite honestly, this book made me see red.

I usually give novels about one hundred pages to grab me before I set...more Red Riding Hood, a tie-in novel to the 2011 movie of the same name, tries to be many things: a love story, a fairy tale, a mystery, and a thriller. The trailer for the movie is beautiful and seductive -- but does the book hold that same allure? Frankly, I can't say it did. The movie trailer held the promises of danger, secrets, and seduction. . .but the novel held none of that for me.

Quite honestly, this book made me see red.

I usually give novels about one hundred pages to grab me before I set them to the side and promptly forget about them. After the 100-page mark with this book, I was ready to give it up, but I was just so frustrated by it that I was stubbornly set to finish it and give it a slamming review. There's nothing really outstandingly likable or even tolerable about this story: the heroine is fickle and unreliable; the love interests are so flat and two-dimensional that you're supposed to take the 'love factor' at face value alone; the other characters waft among being cowardly, secretive, or just downright reprehensible; and the big bad Wolf mystery is so back and forth that, by the end, you just don't care who the Wolf is since you want the damn book to be over already! Not to mention the fact that the story is like the bastard child of The Village and Twilight with some splashes of the original Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale thrown in as allusions. It all just made me so dang annoyed.

As far as the writing itself goes -- everything about this book was inconsistent. Whether it be characterization, prose, writing style, or simple plot, none of it was at the same level throughout the entire novel. Sometimes I really liked the writing for its fairy tale-esque simplicity. Other times I hated it for its simple 'he said/she did/it ran'-type sentences, its choppy narrative style, its fickle characters, and its nonsensical attempt at being a horror story and a love story wrapped into one. Granted, I realize that this book was first a script and then fleshed out into a novel -- but, honestly, that isn't an excuse. If a script is a story laid to its barest bones to clock in under a time limit, then a novel has endless ground to expand upon said story. The expansion here, however, was really quite underwhelming: too much tell and not enough show, too much lax hold with the pseudo-limited omniscient style, too many scenes that seemed ripped out of a script with only filler bits sprinkled around them. At best, it was a story with too little real emotion. At worst, it was an overlong read with next to no substance.

(I also really hated the heroine, Valerie. She may go up there on my list of most-hated book heroines along with Zoey, Luce, Nora, Ever, Bianca, and Mary. She was the most inconsistent character of the bunch. If she's such a doesn't-want-to-fall-in-love tomboy, then why does she fall for old blast-from-the-past friend Peter with no words exchanged and only a few heated glances? PLEASE. Even Edward and Bella talked a bit before they admitted they were in love with each other. There was no build-up to the romance. It was all just -- SMACK! Romantic tension! Jealousy! Heated kiss! "I'm not good for you!" "But I love you!" Eventual make-out session ensues. Yawn, yawn, yawn.)

Basically, this book is one that didn't make me care at all. It seemed more like a cheap marketing ploy than anything else, produced to give more buzz for the movie among the young adult set of paranormal romance fans. (I think this book would appeal to people who liked The Forest of Hands and Teeth, actually -- yet another young adult novel that seemed largely inspired by the movie The Village.) I can almost guarantee than any fan of the Twilight movies will flock to see the movie and then possibly read the book afterward (or vice-versa). There was no passion, no heart, no true goal in mind for the story. What was I supposed to have learned? That love lies? That scared group mentality will override morality any day? That villages in books and movies are doomed to be the center of dystopian and horror stories for centuries to come? Please, I already know that all from the LAST book I read like this one. I was not impressed, and I doubt others will be either. Then the ending is so shoddy and ambiguous that you will hate the book for it even if you liked the story before that point!

My verdict? Skip the book. If you're interested in the story, go see the movie. You'll waste a whole heck of a lot less time than I did for reading the actual novel. (less)

35 likes · like · see review

Jan 19, 2011 Carole rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For lovers of supernatural coming-of-age thrillers involving werewolves and hot, brooding guys...

I CAN'T BELIEVE I STAYED UP PAST MIDNIGHT FINISHING A BOOK THAT HAS NO ENDING.

Literally, this book has no ending. Internet rumors say that the ending will be released online when the movie is out. WTF!? We are teased with the identity of The Wolf and maybe it is this one person, but maybe... ? Honestly, this ending makes Charlaine Harris look like M. Night Shymalan (the Good Years).

Still, I am will...more

22 likes · like · see review

Mar 09, 2011 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the retelling of Red Riding Hood. It's a retelling I enjoyed. Hm... but what to tell? What not to tell? I will say that after reading the book and since it was based first on the screenplay, the snippets I've seen of the movie seem to follow closely the story with the exception of Father Solomon (played by Gary Oldman). Solomon is supposed to have been someone who was from Moorish decent... so that blew that image out of my head, but I can see Mr. Oldman play the character who tended to...more

2 likes · like · see review

Feb 06, 2011 Leah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I enjoyed this book. It was a fun and easy read ... I pretty much read it in one day. Couldn't put it down! I felt like I was thrown into a magical, fantasy world, and it was so cool! I liked the concept of this story, and the interesting twist it has when compared to the original story.

I do feel like certain aspects of the story could have been a little bit better detailed. In some ways it felt rushed, passing up opportunities to further expand on the story. But overall I enjoyed it and would r...more

3 likes · like · see review

Mar 24, 2011 JJ rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Not sure.

Shelves: why-did-i-read-this, movie, crime-mystery-thriller

When about 80% of the reviews are negative, chances are the book probably isn't that great. I still went ahead and read it. The story did fall flat. I guess the author didn't feel the need to give the reader any insight to the characters or their backgrounds. She was more involved in the present events. I enjoyed the premise in theory, you know a girl in the town is murdered by a werewolf, the townspeople become paranoid and afraid, they start pointing fingers at everyone and accusing each other...more

1 like · like · see review

Jul 31, 2011 Wogc rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, 2011-list

I'm not a fan of this book for several reasons:
- the main one is, of course, that there's no end to this book. you have to go to the publisher website to read it. When I buy a book I don't want part of it missing, it's a big no-no.
- story wasn't gripping, pretty flat in fact. Plus, calling it Red Riding Hood was (pardon the pun) a red herring. The coat is mention what, 3 times? (when she got it, when her mother saw it, and when a villager mentioned it) it hardly makes it a "red riding hood" stor...more

2 likes · like · see review

Apr 18, 2011 J. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was interested to read this book because I haven't seen the movie yet and like to read the book first. This book is an unusual situation, though, because the screenplay was written first and the book written to go with it instead of the other way around as usual. The author was able to be on site with the actors and director to build background for the characters. I was interested to see how much of an affect it would have on the story in written form.

The thematic elements of the original fair...more

1 like · like · see review

Mar 05, 2011 Zam rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Okay, it was a quick and interesting read. But there was several things that hit my boiling point.

1) Peter + Valerie = NO CHEMSITRY. So, apparently, Peter was a creepy weird kid in the village and left and he came back liked a decade later and Valerie is all like, "OMG he's so hot. It's him. All my feelings I didnt know i had has appeared in less then two seconds blah blah blah," They hardly say two words to each other. Example would be when she first say him. The only said this, Valerie "Do you...more

6 likes · like · see review

Mar 22, 2011 Kyrah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Overall, this book was definitely a page-turner for me and I had a hard time putting it down. The author made it easy to get swept away into the rustic village of Daggorhorn and its inhabitants, which were briliantly described with wonderful detail. I'm generally not a fan of love-triangle stories, but as a whole I found the tale quite compelling, perhaps because it was about more than those three characters and their feelings for one another.

The book does suffer from an excessive amount of simi...more

2 likes · like · see review

Mar 26, 2011 Brittany rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

1 like · like · see review

Mar 16, 2011 Rhiannon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I can't really decide whether I liked this book or not. It was well written and had a great suspense theme throughout the entire novel.

However, I felt this read was unexpectedly super dark and gory, and the constant religious references made me a bit uncomfortable (the constant talk about witchcraft and the devil etc...). And I just wasn't satisfied with the ending to be honest. The book had great potential but it seemed like the writer was trying too hard to scare the reader with unnecessary d...more

4 likes · like · see review

Mar 05, 2011 Caitlin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fast read, but still pretty much a waste of time.

I was sucked in by the cool cover art, as well as the fact that I regret to admit that I did enjoy the literary ounterpart to Hardwicke's last foray into the supernatural young adult film world. But this book lacked Twilight's guilty pleasure / pop culure phenomenon factor.

But this really felt like a marketing ploy and nothing else. I'll probably still see the movie, mainly to find out if the ending is even slightly more satisfying than the book's...more

3 likes · like · see review

May 28, 2011 Burçak :) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fena değildi ama anlatım tarzını sevmedim bazı yerlerde "daha sonradan bunu fark edecekti" gibi ifadeler vardı..

Konu olarak ise olaylar Valerie'nin etrafında dönüyor ama nedeni kitabın son iki sayfasına kadar açıklanmıyor sadece kurdun kim ve neden valerie'nin peşinde olmasını merak ettiğim için çabuk bitirdim..Diğer paranormal kitaplardan farklı olarak burda kurt kötü ve bayağı dehşet sahnesi yaratıyor.. Aşk olaraksa her kitapda olduğu gibi iki çocuk arasında :)) Ama kurdun kim olduğunu öğrendi...more

1 like · like · see review

Mar 28, 2011 Bec ♥ Live for the ones you love ♥ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own

I did like this book but at the same time I didn't, it's kind of hard to explain. It didn't feel like there was enough to it but at the same time I can't imagine how it could've been better. I liked the characters but I didn't. It got annoying when it kept randomly changing characters without even going to a different paragraph. The events also seemed to rushed. Peter comes back and Valerie straight away loves him. She keeps changing her mind on what she wants to do. One minute she wants to be w...more

1 like · like · see review

Jan 07, 2011 Deanna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wow!!!! I just finished this book in less than 24 hours! It is a must read!. I was hooked from the start and couldn't get enough of it as I was sucked into the story line & the 3 main characters. The love triangle tug-o-war sure does pull on your heart strings.

The author is new & fantastic. I truly enjoyed her style of writing and hope that the movie can pull it off. The intro by Catherine Hardwicke clearly states that the movie is not capable of the complete characterization of Valerie...more

2 likes · like · see review

Jan 10, 2011 Leandra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Don't be fooled by the somewhat cartoonish cover of this book. It's a really intense read, and during some of the fight scenes, if you have a weak stomach, I wouldn't suggest that you be snacking, if you know what I mean...I thoroughly enjoyed the way the tension built in this book, until you're just panting to know who the Wolf is. The author does a really good job of portraying how fear will make a person suspect the worst out of people they've known and trusted all their lives. But...the book...more

1 like · like · see review

Oct 25, 2011 El Templo de las Mil Puertas added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 22-eltemplo, del-papel-a-la-pantalla

"En este número os traemos un caso diferente del que os solemos plantear en esta sección. En las pasadas ediciones de El Templo, analizábamos las adaptaciones al celuloide de obras juveniles en papel. El hecho de encontrarnos ahora con un caso contrario ha despertado nuestro interés y no hemos querido dejar pasar esta vez la oportunidad de reseñarlo. La muy adaptada, muy versionada y muy de moda Caperucita ha encontrado un buen filón en la taquilla de la mano de la crepusculera directora Catheri...more "En este número os traemos un caso diferente del que os solemos plantear en esta sección. En las pasadas ediciones de El Templo, analizábamos las adaptaciones al celuloide de obras juveniles en papel. El hecho de encontrarnos ahora con un caso contrario ha despertado nuestro interés y no hemos querido dejar pasar esta vez la oportunidad de reseñarlo. La muy adaptada, muy versionada y muy de moda Caperucita ha encontrado un buen filón en la taquilla de la mano de la crepusculera directora Catherine Hardwicke. En esta ocasión, nuestra muchacha encapuchada se llama Valerie y vive en la aldea de Daggorhorn, un reducido pueblo perdido entre las montañas y los bosques del reino. En esta aldea, que vive sumida en el miedo por el acoso al que el Lobo somete a sus habitantes, vive también Peter, el amigo de la infancia de Valerie, y Henry el joven al que la han prometido. La película da lo que promete desde el principio: Un triángulo amoroso de esos de “quiero estar contigo para siempre pero me han prometido con otro” y de los de “oh, por qué son los dos tan fabulosos, es tan difícil cuando todos te quieren. . .”. También escenas de acción a manos de los soldados del extremista Padre Solomon, interpretado por Gary Oldman, y sobre todo misterio. Mucho, mucho, misterio. ¿Quién demonios será el temido Hombre-Lobo feroz? Los efectos, los paisajes, las actuaciones y la estética de la película acompañan a esta producción que entretiene de principio a fin y no da tiempo a que se te haga larga ni pesada en su poco más de hora y media de metraje. Previendo probablemente lo que sería un éxito de taquilla y debido al auge que hay de lectores juveniles se decidió hacer una novelización del guión de la película escrito por David Leslie Johnson. Dicha novelización corrió a cargo de Sarah Blakley-Cartwright (pese a que su nombre no aparezca en la portada de la edición impresa de Caperucita Roja ¿A quién tienes miedo?). Sigue leyendo en http://www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com"(less)

like · see review

May 08, 2011 Debora rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fisicamente_posseduto, da_autori_e_caseeditrici, read_2011

Cappuccetto Rosso Sangue è un romanzo tratto dalla sceneggiatura di David L. Johnson "Red Riding Hood"; come la stessa Catherine Hardwicke afferma nell'introduzione è stato "pensato" a tavolino. La scenggiatura lasciava ampio spazio di analisi della psiche dei protagonisti e quindi è stato progettato affidando il compito alla neo laureata in scrittura creativa Sarah Blakley-Cartwright.

L'idea di un libro "tratto" da un film lascia un tantino perplessi, ogni lettore che si rispetti sa perfettament...more

like · see review

Mar 09, 2011 Reading Vacation's Mom rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Retellings of classic fairy tales always get my attention. I love to see where the current author is going to take the story and what unique twists they will add. This time around, I had mixed feelings.

What I liked best were the plot, tone, and main character. I really liked how the authors played off the classic (a red riding cloak, a grandma, an evil wolf, a cunning young girl), but made it their own. They took the story and made it much darker with a wolf that seems to randomly choose victims...more

like · see review

May 21, 2013 Bubbles rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

You may have heard negative comments about the ending to this book. They are all justified. The book just ends without any resolution to the major plot points. Now, if that would have been the purpose of the ending about how life is unfulfilled, well, I could have accepted that. But no, once you turn the page, the book instructs you to go to a website to read the rest of the story. How about "no". I invested hours into this book that could have been spent watching the movie instead, and you tell...more You may have heard negative comments about the ending to this book. They are all justified. The book just ends without any resolution to the major plot points. Now, if that would have been the purpose of the ending about how life is unfulfilled, well, I could have accepted that. But no, once you turn the page, the book instructs you to go to a website to read the rest of the story. How about "no". I invested hours into this book that could have been spent watching the movie instead, and you tell me to go to a website because you didn't want to spoil the movie for people when the book was originally released. Who's brilliant idea was this anyway? Because when the book first came out, people who checked the website for the extra material were told to come back on March 13th. At that point, it would have killed any interest I would have had in seeing the movie.

But it's not enough that the major plot point of the identity of the wolf is left unresolved. The poor excuse for a love triangle doesn't even get any real sense of closure. The entire book Valerie swears up and down that she loves Peter and she couldn't possibly ever love Henry. So there's not really a lot of tension in the love triangle because Valerie is never conflicted about any of it. Oh, that's right, until the last twenty pages when she has an epiphany about how good life could have been with Henry even as she's already made the decision to run away Peter. Those are the kind of doubts that should have been present earlier in the book, not left until the very last minute. So, a love triangle that barely existed was resolved with her choosing one but thinking about how she could have been happy with the other one. Except we never actually get to see what's so great about either of these guys. We're told that one's the bad boy and that the other one would be able to provide for her financially, but there's never any moments that show us why Valerie should be in love with either one of them. She picks the bad boy because the village always made her feel like there was a darkness in her? Because she killed a rabbit once? Don't you live in a medieval village where killing animals was probably a part of daily life? Or did that job belong exclusively to the butcher who was then shunned by the rest of the community for his evil ways yet they still crawled back to him because he was the only way they could ever get their precious meat?

I don't particularly care for this trend either where young woman cannot be friends with each other without turning on each other and being extremely catty when it comes to boys. Whatever happened to girls sticking by each other? I mean, all of Valerie's friends turned on her when she was engaged to Henry, when it wasn't even their decision. I have to question how many marriages are arranged in this town to begin with, which meant they might not have ever stood a chance with Henry anyway. Also, the fetishism of Valerie's small waist disturbs me. At one point it was mentioned that one of Valerie's friends could wrap her hands around her waist and have her fingers touch on the other side. Now, either Valerie is secretly six, or she has no organs. Then she wonders why people so easily believe that she is a witch.

So, by now you're probably wondering why the two stars. Because I was actually kind of liking the book for a while. I mean, it wasn't the worst book I have ever read. It was bearable. I was actually starting to enjoy it in some places. Like when Henry was spying on Peter and Valerie together and I instantly made the decision that he should go join them. This might have actually been a better solution to the whole love triangle, if the two boys could just manage to get along.(less)

like · see review

May 19, 2013 Sofia rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! The biggest reason is that it is missing the last chapter! The chapter that actually tells you the wolfs identity is online. They did this to prevent the ending of the movie from being ruined. But from a person who finished the book on the bus with no access to Internet it pissed me off. Also when I pay for a book I expect it to be complete.
Secondly, the beginning was really long and anti-climatic. It takes up about half the book and it actually becomes very difficult to s...more

like · see review

May 18, 2013 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Anhand des Covers, kann man schon erkennen, das es sich nicht um das Kindermärchen handelt, sondern um eine düstere Version von eben jenem. Und dem Buch gelingt es anhand der ausgewählten Sprache, den vielen umschreibenden Worten den Leser in eine andere Welt zu verschlagen, deren Bilder sich sofort im Kopf manifestieren können – auch wenn es sich zuweilen ein wenig zäh liest. Was leider nicht so gelingt ist das Verwirrspiel, das versucht wird hier aufzubauen. Wer ist der Werwolf? Der Sinn schei...more

like · see review

Apr 21, 2013 Nayana Kulkarni rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book drove me a little nuts. It started out awesome, promising that I would be going on a gothic adventure. Then the boys show up and it becomes a which-of-these-two-handsome-boys-should-i-marry-and-have-ten-little-piglets-with. Just when I'm about to throw the novel out the streetcar window on my way to work, it becomes good again.
This kept happening for the rest of the book, when finally the story is coming to an end and I think - okay I'm glad I stuck with it, I like how this is unravel...more

like · see review

Feb 26, 2013 Patricia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Gestaltung:
Gefällt mir, ehrlich. Das Waldmotiv tendiert eher richtung Matt und die Figur (Valerie) ist glänzend, genauso wie der Titel. Die Autoren und die kleine Anmerkung sind jedoch matt gehalten. Alles in allem ein Buchcover was mich anspricht. Das Buch ist etwas größer als normale Taschenbücher und der Umschlag ist aus fester Pappe. Das Buch ist in drei Teile unterteilt und hat eine sehr ansprechende Gestaltung. Nur ein kleiner Schnörkel, das Kapitel und der erste Buchstabe des ersten Wort...more
Gestaltung:
Gefällt mir, ehrlich. Das Waldmotiv tendiert eher richtung Matt und die Figur (Valerie) ist glänzend, genauso wie der Titel. Die Autoren und die kleine Anmerkung sind jedoch matt gehalten. Alles in allem ein Buchcover was mich anspricht. Das Buch ist etwas größer als normale Taschenbücher und der Umschlag ist aus fester Pappe. Das Buch ist in drei Teile unterteilt und hat eine sehr ansprechende Gestaltung. Nur ein kleiner Schnörkel, das Kapitel und der erste Buchstabe des ersten Wortes sind fett und auch auffälliger gedruckt. Sonst ist alles gut leserlich, genügend Absätze etc.

Inhalt & Schreibstil:
Erfrischend muss ich sagen. Nicht so ganz typisch. Die Szenen wechseln, jedoch nicht zu oft meiner Meinung nach. Ein etwas anderer Schreibstil, ich weiß nicht ganz genau was so anders ist, aber ich finde ihn toll. Es wird auf Details geachtet, und alles ist wunderbar anschaulich geschrieben.
Durch die ersten Seiten musste ich mich ein wenig durchquälen, es kann etwas langatmig sein, jedoch lohnt es sich meiner Meinung nach. Anmerken muss ich aber das ich den Film schon gesehen hatte. Wo wir schon beim Film sind, dies ist ein Buch zum Film, da die Regisseurin Catherine Hardwicke der Meinung war die Figuren und Strukturen seien zu komplex für den Film alleine. So lies sie eine Freundin dieses Buch schreiben, dies steht auch alles in einem Vorwort.
Zum Inhalt möchte ich an dieser Stelle nicht so viel sagen, die Kurzbeschreibung übernimmt das schon ganz gut und alles andere würde nur den Worten die Magie berauben :)

Empfehlung?
Ich glaube man merkt das ich sehr angetan von dem Buch bin. Es hat keine riesige Spannungskurve wie ein Thriller, und doch hat es mich mehr gefesselt als all die anderen Bücher die ich in der letzten Zeit gelesen habe. Und das soll was heißen (; Ich empfehle es. Mit guten gewissen wenn jemand fantasievolle alte und ausgearbeitete Märchen und auch fantasievolle Beschreibungen mag. Valerie ist wohl beinahe so etwas wie das neue, moderne, unerschrockene Rotkäppchen. Wobei sie mir sehr gefällt. Fast wie ein Alien in diesem Dorf, da sie so anders ist.

Lange Rede kurzer Sinn, würde ich es empfehlen? Ja! Denn mir persöhnlich hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen.
(less)

like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 99 100 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
Worst Book Ever	31	104	Apr 26, 2013 06:18pm
the ending	8	32	Jan 11, 2013 03:39pm
Cafe Libri: May: "Red Riding Hood" by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright	22	18	Jul 14, 2012 03:57am
Page by Page: Red Riding Hood	1	4	Jul 01, 2012 07:37pm
The wolf??	9	36	Jun 18, 2012 08:55am
Script of Red Ridding Hood	1	8	Jun 07, 2011 03:53am

combine
Other Editions (25)

More editions...

Genres

Fantasy

237 users

Young Adult

217 users

Shapeshifters > Werewolves

98 users

Romance

92 users

Fantasy > Paranormal

84 users

Fantasy > Fairy Tales

57 users

Mystery

40 users

Horror

33 users

Romance > Paranormal Romance

25 users

Young Adult > Teen

24 users

See top shelves...

Readers also enjoyed similar books

About Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright is the recipient of the 2009 Mary Gordon Fiction Scholarship Award and the 2010 Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Prose. She splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.

More about Sarah Blakley-Cartwright...

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About Red Riding Hood

9 trivia questions

More quizzes & trivia...

Quotes from Red Riding Hood

“If the innocent are unjust, I'd rather be counted among the guilty."
-Valerie” — 55 people liked it

“I am going to save your daughter. And then I intend to marry her. I would like your blessing in this, but I can live without it.” — 34 people liked it

More quotes…

title link	preview: Red Riding Hood
avg rating	preview: Red Riding Hood Goodreads rating: 3.44 (8077 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11106694-red-riding-hood?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1302821823l/11106694.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11106694-red-riding-hood?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright[/url]

Red Riding Hood

Friend Reviews

Community Reviews

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website