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A review by itshrewsbury
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
An unexpectedly good fairytale retelling!
Red becomes the girl, the wolf, and the woodsman all in one and it never feels cheesy. But if I had a nickel for every time I read a book that was published 1 year before the pandemic and got scarily close to predicting covid, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. Minus one star bc it wasn’t mind bending-ly good, but still worth the read! I like that not everything gets an explanation at the end, though I know that drives some people bananas.
Red becomes the girl, the wolf, and the woodsman all in one and it never feels cheesy. But if I had a nickel for every time I read a book that was published 1 year before the pandemic and got scarily close to predicting covid, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. Minus one star bc it wasn’t mind bending-ly good, but still worth the read! I like that not everything gets an explanation at the end, though I know that drives some people bananas.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Ableism and Body horror
Minor: Racism and Suicide
Additional TW/CW: Ableist slur, implied hate crime,