Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Now perhaps I’ve misunderstood – I mean after all you read plenty of books that don’t have an ending but this is because there is another book to be released or a series of books – but I didn’t understand this to be the case here. The above being said I didn’t skip any pages and I did finish the book – or at least I tried! Unfortunately the book doesn’t have an ending – if I understand this correctly the ending will be available via the internet to coincide with the release of the movie.

I also thought it read more like a take on The Village than Little Red Riding Hood. They seemed to lack any depth or emotion and I didn’t really connect with them or get to a point where I particularly cared about what happened to them and I didn’t particularly find the romance gripping or realistic. Also, I thought the characters came across a bit flat. I suppose I was expecting the writing to be more atmospheric or to feel more like an old-fashioned story. I was looking forward to this book because I really enjoy books that have a fairy tale feel or reinvent the old stories (for example John Connolly’s Book of Lost Things) but unfortunately this book didn’t really hit the spot for me for a number of reasons. Just finished reading Red Riding Hood which is tied into a new movie by Catherine Hardwicke due for release shortly and is a retelling of the old fairy story about Little Red Riding Hood.

Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright