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    Red Riding Hood

    Written by Catherine Hardwicke, David Leslie Johnson and Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

    Narrated by Erin Moon

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    About this audiobook

    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 everyone in the village immediately becomes a suspect. Could her secret love, Peter, be behind the attacks on her town? Is it her betrothed, Henry? Or someone even closer to her?

    As the men in the village hunt for the beast, Valerie turns to her grandmother for help. She gives Valerie a handmade red riding cloak, and guides her through the web of lies and deception that has held her town together for so long. Will Valerie discover the werewolf's identity before the town is ripped apart?

    This is a dangerous new vision of a classic fairy tale, and the happy ending could be hard to find.

    A Hachette Audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJan 25, 2011
    ISBN9781611138962
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    • 2/5
      Due to copy and paste, formatting has been lost.Valerie was not who she had been. She felt parts of herself softly crumbling off, like a cliff falling into the sea.Looking back at this book, I didn't find it to be very memorable at all. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, Valerie included, and to be downright honest with you? I actually think that I liked the movie more. And that never happens. It was a pretty big disappointment, storywise. I was expecting some big twist, with a terrifying take on an old fairytale - which unfortunately didn't happen. It was kind of blegh.Valerie's character was like cardboard. I feel like she didn't think through any of her decisions, and really she just had no pizzazz. Even her feelings of "love" were flat and underdeveloped. Not to mention the fact that the poor girl is an idiot. I'm not even being mean. But really, she is. It seemed like every five minutes, her opinion on who the wolf was changed... and she stabbed her boyfriend. Real smart, sweetie. (Don't worry, he still "loves" her.)You know what? Now is the perfect time to talk about the feelings of instalove! Blegh! Let us all fall madly in love with each other over nothing! Grrr. Not only did Red Riding Hood have a terrible case of instalove, it also had a love triangle. A badly done love triangle, that basically made me want to eat my ball cap or something. No romance! No feelings! But don't forget, we're madly in love! (Also, I don't remember if this happens in the book - if it did, I rolled my eyes - but in the movie, he tells her that he'll "eat her up". SERIOUSLY.)The point of view switched several times without warning, and while it wasn't very confusing, it was pretty annoying. It killed me. And let's not even mention how open the ending was - like really bad open. AND THE LAST CHAPTER IS ON THE INTERNET. *RAGE FACE* I'm not even going to pretend that it was a good ending. It was predictable, dumb, and everything I don't want in an ending.All in all, Red Riding Hood was okay... but I have many rants on it. So it wasn't great - only read it if you like the movie, I guess. Because everything that happened in the book was in the movie - and the book was written to "give more life" to the screenplay. Fail.
    • 2/5
      I'm not sure what to say, other than that I didn't care about the book, the characters in the books, or what happened. I hadn't seen the movie before I read the book and after reading the author's intro I was interested to see how much detail the book went into. (I plan to compare it with the movie.) I guess I expected more knowing the director's thoughts on the book.It was a fast read, I didn't realized how many pages had passed as I read. I finished it, though I was a bit annoyed I had to go online to get the last chapter. I guess I cared enough to go find the last chapter. Maybe it was just that I was unsatisfied with 'end' of the book.
    • 4/5
      When I picked this up, I was doing so under the impression that the movie starring Amanda Seyfried was based on Blakey-Cartwright's book. Not so. Apparently director Catherine Hardwick came up with the idea of turning it into a book during production. Prior to knowing this, I actually enjoyed the book and what I had assumed was an alternative ending. Now that I know this I feel very let down.The characters were interesting, and it was nice to get inside Valerie's head a bit more. I enjoyed the movie, and thought it was fairly well done. A bit Twilighty, but decent. Valerie's character in the book comes across a bit more selfish and wishy-washy as far as her affections went. Henry was also a bit more developed than he was in the movie and I actually could see why Valerie might have wavered, especially considering how in the book Peter has been absent for years, only showing up right before the wolf attacks the first night.The slight differences in the beginning of the book were nice, making it at least feel like I was getting something new out of it. The minor differences between the movie and book pop up often enough that it kept me read, if only to find out what else would be changed. Which leads me to the ending. Or what I thought was the ending. Apparently, the library book I borrowed was one of those printed before the movie released, and was published with the ending missing. On purpose. Yeah. So while I thought the author had deliberately left things hanging with a mystery or at least a suspicion that Peter was the wolf, what really happened was the publisher decided to work with the movie production company and not release the last chapter(s) until the movie came out. It totally ruined the book for me. I mean what a way to give in to the movie industry and sacrifice your story for a few extra movie tickets.If you've seen the movie, then skip this one. At least that way you'll get the actual ending.
    • 5/5
      This book is about a girl named Valerie. Valerie is loosing everyone she loves. Her village is cursed with a wolf and every month something or someone gets sacraficed. In this case valerie loses her sister when the wolf kills her, after that valeris's world has changed and she discovers that the wolf is someone in her family. The blood moon came and attacked the village and cornered valerie and her friend then soon valerie was talking to the wolf, but her friend could only hear growling. This book is really great. It is filled with nonstop action and will keep your blood pumping. I think you should read this book if you are up for a real scare. Anyone who likes wolves, romance, and nonstop killing then this is the book for you to read. I hope you read Red Riding Hood and i hope you love it. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars.
    • 3/5
      I read this when unexpectedly stuck in A&E for hours, and this was the only book available. It was ok, a bit YA for me, but ok! I have to find the end online which seems a bit odd. Not sure what that is all about!
    • 3/5
      Believe the legend. Beware the wolf. In this new and darker spin on the 700 year old legend, the wolf is not just a wolf. But a werewolf.I had high hopes for this one, only to be left disappointed. I was so excited to read what the characters were thinking. While I did enjoy the movie, despite what some may have said (Uhm, hello? Max Irons! *swoon*), but the book was just a total flop. What I did like about this book was that I was able to picture the scenes not because of the writing but because of the movie. I also appreciated the fact that we got at tiny bit of background information on Valerie's sister and all the other characters. Speaking of characters, my favorites are the two gorgeous boys, Henry and Peter.But then again, this book had a love triangle. I was torn between Henry and Peter as well, but in the movie I thought Valerie was stupid for not even having a second thought about Henry. Thanks to the book, I don't see her that way anymore. She was torn, yes, but she was always head on for Peter, which kind of annoyed me. But even though I understood Valerie's choice, her character annoyed me all throughout the book. The characters had no development at all.I liked the feeling that the village was on edge and lived in fear, paranoid that the wolf might come into their village again to attack any one of them. Another plus, was you pretty much had to keep guessing who the wolf was (except I already knew, since I watched the movie before reading) and it would be the one who you least expect. Despite that, the often changing point of views irritated and confused me. I would have liked it if the transition of POVs were smoother and clearer instead of having the reader guess.I was frustrated that when this book was released in our country, the ending was still not published with it. I had to look it up on their website and read what I already knew. Valerie's totally and madly in love with Peter, big whoop. I knew that already, from the first few chapters. I get that this is based on the screenplay by David Leslie Johnson, but I think the screenplay was so much better than this. It seems that Catherine Hardwicke has a lot of faith in Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, while I'm not so convinced with that, I guess time will tell and if she publishes her own story, I'd probably read it.If you didn't know: Sarah Blakley-Carwright appeared in a lot of Catherine Hardwicke's movies, including, yes, Twilight. I'd show a picture of her but I can't find one.
    • 4/5
      When I picked up this book I was skeptical. I figured it to be your run of the mill werewolf tale. Little did I know, there was so much more to it. Surprisingly, I absolutely loved this book....that is, until the ending. The main body of this book is phenomenal. With her precise and enchanting details, Blakley-Cartwright pulls you in to the story automatically. Her flowing and captivating story line holds your attention throughout the entire book. I didn't want to set it down. I was ready to declare this one of my all time favorites....but then the ending was horrible. There was no resolution. It just abruptly ends. Nobody found out who the wolf was or what happens to the characters in the story. So although the story was good, the ending makes me question how I feel about the book as a whole. Later on:Alright, well I went to the website for the book and apparently there's a bonus chapter where you find out who the wolf is and what happens but even the extra chapter was disappointing because of the way it ends again. They find out who the wolf is and kill them but only succeed in making another wolf come into being. It seems like backtracking to me.
    • 4/5
      The premise of this book is kind of fascinating- the director of "Red Riding Hood" thought that the movie wouldn't quite cover everything so she asked someone to write a book that would. I haven't yet seen the movie, so perhaps I'm missing part, but the book's world is fascinating. I do wish that we had that last answer, although in a way, we do- I think that even that last unanswered question has been broadly enough hinted at. Definitely an interesting twist on the story.
    • 1/5
      Couldn't stand it. Didn't even finish the first chapter.
    • 5/5
      This book is about a girl named Valerie. Valerie is loosing everyone she loves. Her village is cursed with a wolf and every month something or someone gets sacraficed. In this case valerie loses her sister when the wolf kills her, after that valeris's world has changed and she discovers that the wolf is someone in her family. The blood moon came and attacked the village and cornered valerie and her friend then soon valerie was talking to the wolf, but her friend could only hear growling. This book is really great. It is filled with nonstop action and will keep your blood pumping. I think you should read this book if you are up for a real scare. Anyone who likes wolves, romance, and nonstop killing then this is the book for you to read. I hope you read Red Riding Hood and i hope you love it.
    • 5/5
      Red riding hood is about a girl named Valerie. As a kid she sees the werewolf that hunts the town of Draggorhood. Ever month a family has to give an animal to the werewolf. One very rare excision (ever 13 years) there is a full moon that is actually called a blood moon. This is when the curse can get passed from one person to another. Valerie sister was killed by the werewolf on a night that they snuck away. Then a boy named peter who had been gone for seven years comes back with love in mind. At that point she had just got engaged to a rich blacksmith. Who turned out to be her sisters half-brother who turn out not to be her sister at all. There is so much excitement in this book that this is only 1/10th of it.This book is defiantly for the mystery crowed. I would recommend this for a 7th grader and above. You need to know information that I believe 6th graders would not understand it. I love this book.
    • 5/5
      Red Riding Hood is an amazing book. Especially for people who love mysery, werewolfs, and a dark love tale. It leaves you wanting more. And ends with a surprising twist. Her love of Peter is too hard to over come and the guilt of it for Henry makes her heart broken. All the while she is being hunted by something menacing. Accused of the worst her village turns against Valerie along with her friends. All in all this book is to die for.
    • 4/5
      Strange book, but an interesting take on the fairy tale. Because it was based off of the movie script, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be, but good anyways. The only thing that irritated me (EXTREMELY) was that they DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE LAST CHAPTER!!!
    • 4/5
      Daggorhorn is a town guarded by high walls, sharp spikes and a monthly sacrifice to appease the beast. Once a month the town succumbs to fear and self preservation, finding shelter within their high homes, locked up tight, as the Wolf prowls accepting its offering of chickens or goats and leaving its residents unharmed. For years this uneasy truce has held, but then one day a body was found.The Wolf had killed and now the villagers want revenge. But when the famed werewolf hunter Father Solomon arrives the villagers discover they have more to fear then just the Wolf. Mistrust and paranoia set is as the residents of Daggorhorn discover that the Wolf is one of their own, but who? No one is above suspicion as a witch hunt ensues and as the death toll rises Valerie must make a choice between saving those she loves and saving herself.Red Riding Hood is the darker and richer story behind one of the most well known fairy-tales. A thrilling mixture of paranoia, mistrust, fear, sacrifice and love. This story will have you questioning everyone and not even grandma will be safe from suspicion. But as the villagers turn on their own and the losses become to great to bare, in the end it will not be the identity of the Wolf that matters most but their own abilities to do what is right and the strength to following their hearts.
    • 5/5
      Great book! A new kind of adventure! The book will keep you guessing! Decent writing, exciting adventure! Good read (Despite the final chapter being online!)
    • 4/5
      When I picked up this book I was skeptical. I figured it to be your run of the mill werewolf tale. Little did I know, there was so much more to it. Surprisingly, I absolutely loved this book....that is, until the ending. The main body of this book is phenomenal. With her precise and enchanting details, Blakley-Cartwright pulls you in to the story automatically. Her flowing and captivating story line holds your attention throughout the entire book. I didn't want to set it down. I was ready to declare this one of my all time favorites....but then the ending was horrible. There was no resolution. It just abruptly ends. Nobody found out who the wolf was or what happens to the characters in the story. So although the story was good, the ending makes me question how I feel about the book as a whole.Alright, well I went to the website for the book and apparently there's a bonus chapter where you find out who the wolf is and what happens but even the extra chapter was disappointing because of the way it ends again. They find out who the wolf is and kill them but only succeed in making another wolf come into being. It seems like backtracking to me
    • 4/5
      Firstly, you need to go into reading this book by starting with the foreward by the director of the movie. This is one of those books where the movie happened first and there's nothing wrong with that. (I have not seen the movie save the previews, but I am anxious to.)The writing reminds me of being told a campfire story (in the same vein as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, but less whiny). The vocabulary isn't hard to grasp. I truly felt like I was there and experiencing everything that Valerie did--granted, I didn't always agree with the choices she made.Being that the book was written to flush out the stories of the movie I did look at the cast list of the movie to get a voice in my head for the characters, particularly Father Solomon (portrayed by Gary Oldman). I did not connect Valerie with Amanda Seyfried as much, though--nor the Henry or Peter character.Upon reaching the end I was rather stunned that the book just seemed to end without a resolution. In fact, so little of a resolution that there could've been a second book. Then I went online to get the last chapter. I didn't feel the conclusion was quite as well fleshed out as the rest of the book and it felt extraordinarily rushed and a bit contrived.I would be eager to see a second book, still. (Hopefully starting with a better rehashing of the last/online chapter of this one.) I would read a work from this author again, if only as a "potato chip" book.
    • 5/5
      A suspense, terrifying adaptation of the classic tale. The ending in the book is just fine, but I am going to check the additional one when it goes live online tomorrow.
    • 4/5
      I had been waiting for this book for a while excited about the release of the movie. Once I read it, I found myself slightly disappointed in it. While I enjoyed the plot, I just wish there was something more.Valerie character is unique. She is not the same as the other girls in the village. She is strong-minded and always speaks her mind, which in turn get her into trouble. She doesn't think much about herself, which leaves her to be always lonely. She also is very caring for the ones that she loves and will do anything for them.The love interest bothered me because we were thrown right in it. Instead of see the love be built up, the guy just comes back and BAM! In love. I wanted to see more of the characters get to know each other more and see more between them.Now, the characters of the wolf startled me. The author left us with so many clues, that there was no telling as to who was the wolf. I was sure that I knew who it was but in the end, there was a cliffhanger, leaving me again unsure.
    • 3/5
      When I first heard of Red Riding Hood, the movie, I thought it sounded interesting. In fact, I thought it might be based on a book I'd read not too long ago called Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce since the timing seemed relevant. However, once I saw the movie trailer, I knew it was a different take on the Little Red Riding Hood story, not Pearce's story. The trailer looked interesting, so when I saw Red Riding Hood in Target I picked it up thinking I'd like to read it before seeing the movie since, for me, the book is usually better.I was surprised to find that this is a book based on the movie and not the other way around. As Catherine Hardwicke, the movie's director, explains in the introduction. The original idea belonged to Leonardo DiCaprio and was the basis for the script written by David Leslie Johnson. However, Hardwicke felt that there was so much to the story, beyond the scope of the movie, that she brought Sarah Blakley-Cartwright to the film set in Vancouver. Once there, she was immersed in the world of Red Riding Hood and found the characters and the voices to tell more of the story.Red Riding Hood is the story of Valerie, a wood cutter's daughter. She lives in a world that is terrorized by a wolf. Once a month, the villagers take turns leaving an animal sacrifice on the altar, appeasing the wolf on the full moon and ensuring another month of safety for the village. However, during Valerie's first harvest as a village woman, things change. There is a Blood Moon and the Wolf starts killing the townspeople. It touches Valerie's family and the families of her friends. The villagers call for a wolf hunt and Father Auguste sends for the famous Father Solomon, who informs the village that their troubles stem not from a wolf, but from a werewolf.Valerie is also facing some major inner turmoil. She finds that she is betrothed to Henry, without anyone consulting her, on the same day that Peter, her childhood friend and first love, returns to the village. As the Wolf's killing begins to tear her family apart, the villagers start to turn on each other as Father Solomon convinces them that the werewolf lives amongst them. Valerie is caught up in the frenzy as she finds that she has an interesting connection with the Wolf.In the end, we are left with uncertainty. The story could end where the book does, but a final page directing us to the book's website informs us that Valerie's story continues with a bonus chapter on March 14th, a few days after the movie opens. While this is a very clever means of keeping the movie's ending a secret, especially since the movie was conceived first, it is a little frustrating to know that the end is not the end. And, while I don't have to wait another year to know what happens next, as is the case with books in a series, I'm still left wanting to know how the story ends. It's difficult to rate a book without knowing if the end is well-written. However, based on the rest of the book, I'd venture a guess and say that Red Riding Hood the book will be an enjoyable read for anyone interested in the upcoming movie or is just a fan of paranormal fiction. Follow my reviews as readerbarbara at blogspot dot com
    • 4/5
      thought it was odd that had to go on line to read the last chapter. Couldn't put it down had to read it all before i could go to sleep.
    • 3/5
      So now that I'm done, I decided to start over with my review. Part one was indeed different, like a prologue to the story, in the movie Peter is always part of Valerie's life but in the book he was absent for so long.

      But when we enter part two, you could see that the book follows the movie to a fault! But the author seems to dislike Peter and Valerie, when she describes some feeling or event, I feel I disagree with her analyze. She omitted so many beautiful lines and the whole ending of the movie.

      Still I expected more than that or at least something a bit different. I didn't like this book.
    • 3/5
      Intriguing premise to retell the story of Little Red Riding Hood! This book follows the original closely, even down to filling the belly of the wolf's body with heavy stones. The back stories of the characters are nice additions and very plausible in a story that has wolves talking.

      It was a nice, easy read, which I needed after finishing my last (rather intense) book. I read this one in a few hours.

      Recommended as a great "palate cleanser" between books.
    • 3/5
      Good to read after watching the movie!
    • 2/5
      Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright presents a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.Valerie is loved by two men in a town plagued by a wolf who comes at the blood moon to kill. The town and the wolf have had a treaty of sorts for many years. Each family--at their time--sacrifices one of their animals during the blood moon to feed the Wolf. It's been this way Valerie's entire life, but things change when the Wolf kills a beautiful girl of the village whom Valerie loves. As the novel progresses, every character is suspected as being the Wolf, so no one can be trusted. As the reader vacillates between the two men who love Valerie (yes, one is named Peter), the reader questions if one is the Wolf--obviously, is Peter the Wolf?This novel is a simply written novel--it seems like a first novel. It's better than anything I can write, but it's far from well-written. It's almost too silly in its attempts to keep you guessing as to who the Wolf is. Will she pick the obviously choice or go for some character you don't expect? Therefore, you guess almost everyone so that you won't be wrong in the end. It's very much a fluffy novel that has a very different ending than I've ever seen before that I recall.
    • 3/5
      Torn between two and three stars on this one, but I'll be a kinder, gentler reader and give it three. The story was ok - I did like some of the characters, in particular Valerie, Peter, Grandmother and Claude - but the story has no sense of closure.

      The townspeople are at one moment scared and the next fearless, at one moment cruel and heartless, and the next united against the obvious evil in their midst. Sounds interesting, right, and full of drama and mystery? The problem is, I just didn't buy it. Where were their motivations? They never really became clear other than at the most basic, surface-level.

      And what of the over-hyped "love triangle?" Basically, it is non-existant. Valerie is constant in her affections for one man only, and I never felt any real tension in her character on that score.

      The thing that bugged so many other reviewers - the complete lack of an ending or of any catharsis at all - also bothered me. I get it, you don't want us to know who the wolf is. But let me tell you something, I better find out when I go see the movie next month! If there is one thing I hate more than books with no endings, it is movies with no endings!

      Ugh! I'm resisting the urge to scroll up and give this book 2 stars instead of 3 now. I'm just not sure it was worth my time. Hopefully it will pay off in a big way once I've seen the movie. Stay tuned...
    • 3/5
      Well, I was intrigued to finally learn which character was really the wolf. Three stars, because minor characters weren't developed more and the main character flip-flopped between the two love interests way too easily. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm interested enough to rent it.
    • 4/5
      Under the light of a rare blood moon, Valerie finds herself torn between two men: the handsome, gentleman suitor who she’s been betrothed to, and the dark, mysterious childhood friend who wants to run away with her. However, when all of a sudden the werewolf that has stalked her village for generations kills Valerie’s sister, her life unravels. Panic and paranoia rises among the villagers as they realize the Wolf could be anyone -- even one of their own. No one is safe, Valerie least of all…Based on the 2011 feature film, this retelling of the classic fairy tale blends a mix of gothic horror and paranormal fantasy with young, wistful teen romance. It’s a story that questions the way society treats those who are different, and shows that courage sometimes means going up against what you used to know, no matter the consequences. This would be entertaining read for high school readers.