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.
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