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Die Chroniken von Rotkäppchen - Allein im tiefen, tiefen Wald by Christina Henry

13 reviews

ms_read's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I was ready to give the book 5 ⭐️ until the end. It felt sudden. I would have been fine with even one more chapter to show what happened after the big reveal instead of a quick recap of 25 days chapter. 
The final paragraph made sense as the ending, I just wanted more information beforehand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Car accident

cloreadsbooks1364's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is a dystopian horror novel, set in a world where a pandemic has hit and decimated the population, the military are sending any survivors to contamination camps, and a woman is alone in the woods...

Red is trying to get to her grandmother's house, armed with only an axe in a place full of dangers. As a protagonist, I found her so lovable! She was wary, but kind. Cautious and prepared, so I never felt the urge to scream at her, unlike most protagonists. She had a prosthetic leg, but didn't let it hold her back from anything, including the months-long trek to grandmother, who might not even be alive by the time she arrives.

I read this book very quickly, the story scooped me in with its fast pacing, the jumps from past to present every few chapters, the changes in setting every so often. The pandemic storyline was very interesting, I would honestly read a whole book about where the virus came from, how the American government reacted, how people rebuilt society afterwards (if it stops at all). And if course I'd love to know what that thing was (readers will know what I mean by 'thing', I don't want to spoil). 
I highly recommend this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

cscharfway's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Really unique cross between the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale and pandemic, apocalyptic world. Alongside other great apocalyptic works though, this one is a little flat. I would have liked to go more into the background of the sickness infecting the world and also the reasons behind the “Alien”-esque monsters. Adam as a character is also INFURIATING and makes me think I’m reading from the perspective of young teenagers, not adults in their twenties. The “end of the world” plot is a little played out and predictable for me, but it was still enjoyable to read. 

The real beauty and strength of the book is in Red’s narrative which is very intense to read and very sad with its details of loss, distrust in humanity, racial violence, and ableism. I love how self-reliant and smart she is about the dangers in the world and doesn’t let having a prosthetic leg hold her back. Her observations are witty, and I like reading about other characters through her eyes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit

aely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexism, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Abandonment, and War

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

gory and greatly entertaining!
a story that keeps you on your toes. reading this for the second time made me realize quite a few details that i hadn't noticed before.

the characters were great - diverse without feeling like some sort of caricature. i loved red and her attitude, loved the dynamic between her and adam (their conversations and banter were so painfully real for siblings) and her whole personality in general. her family was nice, and the two kids, too.
henry is just so good at writing children. they seem almost lovable when she writes them.

and i liked the story. sometimes the inevitable encounters with soldiers and so forth felt a little forced and unrealistic, maybe even a bit repetitive (but that might also just be because of my already having read the book once).
one of the major plot twists (

these slug parasite monster thingies

) was a little random, i guess?? entertaining, but really random.
(

i mean, these thingies were introduced in the middle of the book and then it wasn't even resolved in the slightest. just i know this book is about a deadly virus, but by the way, some government lab also created an otherworldly weird science-fiction ass, human-eating monster that nests in people's stomachs. like whuuut

)

but whatever, it's fine. great book, great characters, great story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Violence and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Vomit, and Grief

steffi_23's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Vomit

kawooreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

With every Christina Henry novel I devour, I grow to love the author even more. Her ability to take fairy tales, unravel them, and re-weave into new stories is unmatched. This one, if you can't tell by the cover, is inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. Only this book is in modern times, and Red is trying to cross a plague-ridden land to get to her grandmother's house hidden in the woods, isolated from infection and vigilante survivors. This book was published in 2019, so reading about a societal collapse due to the killer "Cough" was chilling in a post-Covid world. Red is a badass, a young woman traveling through the woods with a survival pack, sharp hand-axe, and a prosthetic leg. As she comes upon survivors, she must vigilantly decide the risk of infection as well as the risk of attack. Convinced she is not a heroine, she performs some pretty heroic acts. As she gets closer to Grandma's house, she begins to gather clues as to what exactly this contagion is and why it's ripping people apart. Nothing is as it seems. I love that in this rendition, there is no damsel in distress, that Little Red Riding Hood fights the "wolves" herself! This book is horror science fiction, so the content warnings include a multitude of moments related to death, body trauma, blood, violence, grief, etc. It's not a pretty story, but it is a good one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent

neens_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, and War

evaag_2796's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail