Quite Contrary, Richard Roberts
Quite Contrary, Richard Roberts
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Quite Contrary

Author: Richard Roberts

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/20/2015


Synopsis

The secret of having an adventure is getting lost. Who ever visited an enchanted kingdom or fell into a fairy tale without wandering into the woods first?

Well, Mary is lost. Mary is lost in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and that is a cruel and murderous story. She's put on the red hood and met the Wolf. When she gives in to her Wolf's temptations, she will die. That's how the story goes, after all.

Unfortunately for the story and unfortunately for the Wolf, this Little Red Riding Hood is Mary Stuart, and she is the most stubborn and contrary twelve-year-old the world has ever known.

Forget the Wolf's temptations, forget the advice of the talking rat trying to save her—Mary will kick her way through every myth and fairy tale ever told until she finds a way to get out of this alive. Her own way and no one else's.

About Richard Roberts

Fantasy writer Richard Roberts finds his inspiration in folk tales, fairy tales, and mythology. He is the author of Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon, Wild Children, and Sweet Dreams Are Made of Teeth, among other novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on October 18, 2024

This book has left me with very different opinions on various parts and aspects. One thing I will say up front. THIS IS NOT A KIDS BOOK. Older teen-adult is appropriate. It focuses on a 12 year old girl named Mary. The combination of the name with the title brought an amused smirk to my lips. She go......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on June 01, 2013

"Quite Contrary" was a very enjoyable read. It originally caught my eye because of the clever title and cover, so I started reading the preview chapters on Amazon, and then I ordered the paperback so I could finish it (sorry about that, Amazon). The main character is Mary Stuart and she is, indeed,......more

Goodreads review by A. on January 05, 2016

Two things about me you should know: I collect free and cheap books like birds pecking for worms the morning after it rains. (Quite Contrary was free for a few days. If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can borrow it for free!) And I (shamefully) judge books by their covers. (At least initially.) Cover......more

Goodreads review by Andy on June 27, 2019

Das war mal eine überraschend andere Märchenadaption. "Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was not sweet. She thought that no one in the world loved her... The little girl's mother would rather drink than love her, and the little girl feared one thing in her life most of all: Not her mothe......more

Goodreads review by David on September 17, 2017

I'm a fan of Richard Roberts's "Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain" series. So this ebook was available cheap, and I tried it out, but it took me a long time to get through it. That's not entirely the fault of the book - a lot of it is the fact that I was reading it on my phone, and when......more