The Girl in Red
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- Author：Christina Henry
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Summary
From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a postapocalyptic take on the perennial classic "Little Red Riding Hood"。。。about a woman who isn't as defenseless as she seems。
It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods。 There are predators that come out at night: critters and coyotes， snakes and wolves。 But the woman in the red jacket has no choice。 Not since the Crisis came， decimated the population， and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death， destruction， and disease。 She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in， the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago。
There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night。 Sometimes， there are men。 Men with dark desires， weak wills， and evil intents。 Men in uniform with classified information， deadly secrets， and unforgiving orders。 And sometimes， just sometimes， there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined。
Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer， but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods。。。
It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods。 There are predators that come out at night: critters and coyotes， snakes and wolves。 But the woman in the red jacket has no choice。 Not since the Crisis came， decimated the population， and sent those who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death， destruction， and disease。 She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in， the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago。
There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night。 Sometimes， there are men。 Men with dark desires， weak wills， and evil intents。 Men in uniform with classified information， deadly secrets， and unforgiving orders。 And sometimes， just sometimes， there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined。
Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer， but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up just because she is a woman alone in the woods。。。
Reviews
Elizabeth Wilczak
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Different twistDifferent and suspenseful twist on the idea of red riding hood。 Love Reds inner and outer monologues。 Love the character of Siscero。 Fast read！
Sarah
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Ended a bit abruptly。
Greg
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I enjoyed it！
Kelly
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This was a decent take on the whole dystopia/apocalyptic genre。 I wouldn't really consider this a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood， but the plot line was engaging， the characters fleshed-out， and I enjoy the author's writing style。 The book flashes back to the past now and then， and while I don't often enjoy that sort of thing， it was done well and truly enhanced the book。 Christina Henry is an excellent writer。 I'm currently reading Alice and I am thoroughly enjoying it。 Lost Boy was a wonde This was a decent take on the whole dystopia/apocalyptic genre。 I wouldn't really consider this a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood， but the plot line was engaging， the characters fleshed-out， and I enjoy the author's writing style。 The book flashes back to the past now and then， and while I don't often enjoy that sort of thing， it was done well and truly enhanced the book。 Christina Henry is an excellent writer。 I'm currently reading Alice and I am thoroughly enjoying it。 Lost Boy was a wonderful read as well。 I have not yet read her retelling of The Little Mermaid， but I look forward to it！ 。。。more
Rina~
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I took quite a long time to rate this book。 The book in my opinion would have been better fitted for movie because we are going through this post apocalyptic world and we are also going back and forth in time （before） when she was with her family and （after） she is alone。 I can see people saying this book is quite boring and I agree but it does capture your attention at various times and I love that。 We are not always on adrenaline and at times we would be on guard when she's walking but most of I took quite a long time to rate this book。 The book in my opinion would have been better fitted for movie because we are going through this post apocalyptic world and we are also going back and forth in time （before） when she was with her family and （after） she is alone。 I can see people saying this book is quite boring and I agree but it does capture your attention at various times and I love that。 We are not always on adrenaline and at times we would be on guard when she's walking but most of the time its quite relaxing？ Weird right？ It felt like everything happening to Red can happen in real life。 Red， oh Red。 I love her so much。 She is just a regular girl that is interested in horror movies and anything related to apocalyptic topics。 She is so smart and the author is not shoving it at you like most books does （ノ◒▽◒）ノ。 Her family， hmm not much can be said for her parent other then they were a loving parents for sure。 We met them for a few chapters 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦。 Her brother Adam。。。 I hated him。。。 at most parts。 He was soo 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 whiny。 I was ready for her to leave him the first time he blame her for 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆。 Another reason to love Red was she never bragged on how patient she was with her brother and I love that。 Maybe I just hated to much unnecessary monologue。 The two kids， I don't think this is a major spoiler but Red do meet two kids and they were one of the best parts in the book。 Sam， such a sweet kid。 I want to hug her so bad。 Riley， the kid that never stop talking but I love him regardless。 DJ， I love you grandpa。 I'm just gonna say the book leaves you with a lot of unanswered question but I do feel like ending was enough。 I don't really need the answers in this book for some reason。 ~ヾ（＾∇＾） 。。。more
Killian Hobbs
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I was so hopeful for this book， and so disappointed。 I went in expecting at least a middle of the path dystopian story following the lines of little red ridding hood。 What I got was one of the most insufferable protagonists I think I've ever read。Red， the main character， is a biracial， bisexual amputee， and about 80% of the book's dialogue is either about that fact， or positioning every male that wasn't her father as either a generic moron opposing her for one of the above reasons， or a rapist i I was so hopeful for this book， and so disappointed。 I went in expecting at least a middle of the path dystopian story following the lines of little red ridding hood。 What I got was one of the most insufferable protagonists I think I've ever read。Red， the main character， is a biracial， bisexual amputee， and about 80% of the book's dialogue is either about that fact， or positioning every male that wasn't her father as either a generic moron opposing her for one of the above reasons， or a rapist in waiting。 The other 20% was "guns bad，" Red being insufferable towards everyone that dares have a different thought than her （especially if they have a penis） and the actual plot。 The author was too busy checking boxes and reminding us that those boxes had been checked to actually fill in enough plot to justify more than 40 pages of this。 Giving this two stars because the actual plot， for what little of it there was， was an interesting twist on this and the ending / explanation of what was going on was relatively interesting as well。 。。。more
Melanie
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Felt the ending was very abrupt and lacking。 Three stars is generous and only because I enjoy the apocalyptic genre。Brief mention of lesbian relationship， bisexual feelings; a few swear words in the book but not bad
Souly Peerage
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A really well written new Red Riding Hood Story and it is frightening how many connection to the state of the corona virus you can find while reading this。
anja
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dnf at page 112awful mc
Erin Wolak
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Let me start this by saying that I bought this book almost immediately after its release。 I've had this book for almost two years and I just now finished it。 At first it was because I was reading other things， which then led into me delaying because I found out I was pregnant in November of 2019， which then led into another delay due to extreme pregnancy sickness， then finally when I was able to pick it up without fear of vomiting all over it I started reading and was struck by the similarities Let me start this by saying that I bought this book almost immediately after its release。 I've had this book for almost two years and I just now finished it。 At first it was because I was reading other things， which then led into me delaying because I found out I was pregnant in November of 2019， which then led into another delay due to extreme pregnancy sickness， then finally when I was able to pick it up without fear of vomiting all over it I started reading and was struck by the similarities between what I was reading and the shit show condition of the world due to Covid-19。 Every time I'd try to pick up the book I would start to have a panic attack reading it because of how alike the book and the real world were at that moment （I was pregnant with a lot of hormones bouncing around inside me so cut me some slack） that I would have to immediately put it back down on my bookshelf and pick something else。 Now that my son is almost nine months old and Covid is something we are all used too I was able to pick it back up and finally finish it！ I'm so glad I was able to put this much anticipated book on my finished bookshelves after our long journey because I absolutely love Christina Henry's writing and this one didn't disappoint。The characters were probably my favorite part of the whole book。 They were all so well written and felt so real that I connected to them almost immediately。 Red very much reminded me of my husband and I with her supply bag as that's something that we both also have packed and ready to go if ever needed。 Her readiness and commitment to the plan she had to get them all safely to the grandmother's house also made me think of my husband and I because just like her we have things all planned out。 I know that may make us sound crazy but honestly after reading this book and seeing how alike everything was I don't care。 My only real complaint about the book was the very ending。 I felt like after the showdown after meeting D。J。 that it kind of ended quite abruptly。 I completely understand that it would have been unreasonable for her to write about the next 28 days of their journey and I absolutely don't hold that against the book as far as rating but it just kind of left me feeling unsatisfied。 Maybe it's because I enjoyed the book and characters so much that I wanted more of them， maybe it's because it took me so long to read it and once I was finally able to it ended to quickly for me， I'm not really sure。 I'm very glad that I get to add this one to my shelf of completed Christina Henry books after waiting so long and I very much recommend it to anyone looking to read a post-apocalyptic survival story！ 。。。more
Petra Clinger
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This book was awesome。 I didn’t read the description of this book before picking it up。 I read Lost Boys by C。 Henry and I knew I wanted to read everything she written。 I do wish it had been a bit longer， as the ending felt a bit sudden。 Other then that it was very well written。 The main character Red is compelling， likable， and realistic。 I love the premise and execution of this apocalyptic pandemic book。 It was published mere months before our own pandemic which was awesome timing。 This book h This book was awesome。 I didn’t read the description of this book before picking it up。 I read Lost Boys by C。 Henry and I knew I wanted to read everything she written。 I do wish it had been a bit longer， as the ending felt a bit sudden。 Other then that it was very well written。 The main character Red is compelling， likable， and realistic。 I love the premise and execution of this apocalyptic pandemic book。 It was published mere months before our own pandemic which was awesome timing。 This book has violence， dark humor， pop culture references and made me cry twice。 。。。more
Sonja
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Slow burnI sat down in a Barnes and noble and saw this book on the shelf。 I picked it up a d was instantly hooked。 I was surprised by how accurately the author got what it's like to be a disabled person living in a world not built for us let alone the difficulties we would have in an apocalypse。 I want more！！！ Slow burnI sat down in a Barnes and noble and saw this book on the shelf。 I picked it up a d was instantly hooked。 I was surprised by how accurately the author got what it's like to be a disabled person living in a world not built for us let alone the difficulties we would have in an apocalypse。 I want more！！！ 。。。more
Jenna
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I couldn’t put it down （couldn’t stop listening， I mean — 10/10 audiobook）。 Doubly eerie to read after 2020。 Bonus points for unexpected name dropping Robin McKinley and The Hot Zone。
Jeanette
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3。5。 This was a apocalyptic page turner， but it fell short on the ending。
Maja
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At times a very slow moving。 I didn，t know where the story would end or where it was going。 This is not one of her best works。 I would much more recommend Lost Boy or Alice。
Sarah
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Just to emphasise: I almost never use a two star rating。 The only reason I finished this is because I do not dnf books。I read Alice （also by this author） and enjoyed that but found The Girl In Red to be disappointing in both style and plot， despite promising to be an interesting post-apocalyptic twist on a classic tale。 The characters were very much one dimensional and the MC's thoughts broke the narrative flow unnecessarily too often to allow the reader to settle into it。 And whilst I enjoy a g Just to emphasise: I almost never use a two star rating。 The only reason I finished this is because I do not dnf books。I read Alice （also by this author） and enjoyed that but found The Girl In Red to be disappointing in both style and plot， despite promising to be an interesting post-apocalyptic twist on a classic tale。 The characters were very much one dimensional and the MC's thoughts broke the narrative flow unnecessarily too often to allow the reader to settle into it。 And whilst I enjoy a good genre trope， I found the plot points and changes in this book too frequent and predictable。In short， two stars for an interesting premise from a writer whose books I have previously enjoyed but not much else I can say to recommend it。 。。。more
Berna Ece Gündüz
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Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız'ın yeniden anlatımı。 Fikir olarak temelde güzel ve daha da vahşileşebilecek türde bir hikaye var。 Ancak yine de "niye daha vahşi değil？" diyerek itici olmayacağım ve okuduğum hikayenin keyfine varacağım。 Güzel bir deneyimdi。 Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız'ın yeniden anlatımı。 Fikir olarak temelde güzel ve daha da vahşileşebilecek türde bir hikaye var。 Ancak yine de "niye daha vahşi değil？" diyerek itici olmayacağım ve okuduğum hikayenin keyfine varacağım。 Güzel bir deneyimdi。 。。。more
Christina
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What the hell kind of ending was that！？！？！？！？！？？！Was loving the Red Riding Hood spin。 Wolves are people， going to grandma， a plague。 Cool ideas。 Although Red's thoughts got tedious （skimmed） and it made her seem younger， I was ok with the book UNTIL IT SKIPPED 25 DAYS and just ended。 Apparently， the author got tired of writing。 Ending did not fit the book AT ALL。 BOOO。 What the hell kind of ending was that！？！？！？！？！？？！Was loving the Red Riding Hood spin。 Wolves are people， going to grandma， a plague。 Cool ideas。 Although Red's thoughts got tedious （skimmed） and it made her seem younger， I was ok with the book UNTIL IT SKIPPED 25 DAYS and just ended。 Apparently， the author got tired of writing。 Ending did not fit the book AT ALL。 BOOO。 。。。more
Jamie Barringer （Ravenmount）
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A disabled， mixed-race， 20yr-old girl with a prosthetic leg is determined to survive a deadly pandemic and is travelling cross-country to get to her grandmother's rural house where she might be safe。 A disabled， mixed-race， 20yr-old girl with a prosthetic leg is determined to survive a deadly pandemic and is travelling cross-country to get to her grandmother's rural house where she might be safe。 。。。more
Kyle
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This book was simply amazing UP UNTIL the ending。 It just felt completely rushed and was a let down。 I'd recommend it overall and I did enjoy it。 This book was simply amazing UP UNTIL the ending。 It just felt completely rushed and was a let down。 I'd recommend it overall and I did enjoy it。 。。。more
Hannah
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It was a really well-written book with amazing plot twists but i didnt really like the way it ended
Wind Campbell
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Great read， and not too long or involved。 A fantastic play off of Red Riding Hood。
Ciaran Mealer
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I loved everything about this book except the ending， which was ridiculously rushed， and the extra sci-fi monster "twist" that was wholly unnecessary and brought nothing to the story。 This is one case of Franken-plot really not working out。 Still， I enjoyed most of the story and the protagonist is a disabled （amputee） WOC which is a nice deviation。 I loved everything about this book except the ending， which was ridiculously rushed， and the extra sci-fi monster "twist" that was wholly unnecessary and brought nothing to the story。 This is one case of Franken-plot really not working out。 Still， I enjoyed most of the story and the protagonist is a disabled （amputee） WOC which is a nice deviation。 。。。more
Caitlin 🐈
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Not a big fan of this one
Tiernneé Jefferis
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Too many loose ends for my taste。 I do like her writing and ideas。
Ella
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4。5 — hehe that was pretty solid。 loved the characters and the setting and the writing， tho I did feel like the plot armor was quite thick and the ending was a bit rushed
Kitcatscratch
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I really wanted to like this book a lot more than I did。 I love apocalyptic movies and books。 Give me a zombie movie and I'm all yours。 （However， I detest slasher movies because I'm sorry but that stuff happens in real life and real life = stress）。 So here we have a pandemic that is running riot across the country that starts as a cough and progresses quickly from there。 The government is enforcing a quarantine and you have some people who go along with the plan and some people who decide to rid I really wanted to like this book a lot more than I did。 I love apocalyptic movies and books。 Give me a zombie movie and I'm all yours。 （However， I detest slasher movies because I'm sorry but that stuff happens in real life and real life = stress）。 So here we have a pandemic that is running riot across the country that starts as a cough and progresses quickly from there。 The government is enforcing a quarantine and you have some people who go along with the plan and some people who decide to ride around in pick up trucks armed to the teeth enacting their own survival plans and hint: they're probably not your survival plans。 Especially for women and children。 Interestingly enough， the book was published in 2019 so how timely in many ways。The MC is Red who is a petite， bi-racial， 20 year old girl。 I bring this up because it is brought up in the story and is relevant to the worries our young Red feels namely: non-100% white， female and petite。 Not exactly a powerhouse of intimidation when viewed in terms of apocalyptic survival。 Oh， and she has 1 prosthetic leg。 She lives with her family （mom， dad and older brother） and when it hits the fan， her paranoia， interest in science and all horror movies， spurs her to be super prepared。 Back pack？ check。 Hiking and camping gear？ check。 Food and meds？ check。 The girl is on top of it。 Unfortunately， like some of my stress nightmares where I am running around trying to save my family from monsters and they refuse to cooperate because they keep， you know， opening doors and wandering around， her family does the same。 Much to Red's frustration and anxiety。 The story goes back and forth between "before" and "after" as the author fills in the blanks as to how our Red is trekking through the woods alone with survival gear and a bloody axe to her prepping with her family for a 100+ mile trek through the woods to get to their Grandmother's house。 Grandmother lives isolated in the woods and therefore should be safe from the virus。 So far so good。 The problem is that a lot of the book， A LOT of the book， is Red trekking through the woods playing E&E （that would be "escape and evasion" for those who come from military backgrounds or did a stint through ROTC） with the local wolves （human wolves in sheeps clothing）。 So tangent: I saw this spoof of the Harry Potter trailer for the Deathly Hallows Pt 1 and it goes on to say how it's all about camping and then more camping and still more camping。 I started to feel that way about Red。 Ultimately， with any book， it has less to do with the story than it does with the character interactions。 And here， we have little。 Most of it is centered around Red's thoughts。 And Red has a huge chip on her shoulder。 She is paranoid， argumentative and just difficult。 Some of it is very valid。 Some of it is not。 She argued with her parents， her brother （whom she realizes that she hated because he simply liked different things than her and when did she get to be a person so full of bile？）， the military and so on。 I find that when people try to write a strong woman， they make the woman b*tchy。 Being strong doesn't mean that you have to be so b*tchy or unpleasant。 Ironically， in the book， Red references the movie Aliens。 The first Alien movie script wrote Ripley as a male character。 They ended up casting a female。 The director pointed out that it made a difference because rather than trying to write a strong female which has inherent stereotypes， by writing it as if the character was male， they managed to bypass a lot of that。。b*tchy/sexpot sort of thing （I'm paraphrasing）。 I found that fascinating。 I think Red could have benefited from that。Anyway， from the 64% make to about the 80% mark I became totally engrossed because she finally meets up with some interesting characters that were such a breath of fresh air。 Alas， it didn't last。 Whew。 Long review。 I think it's because it DID make me feel strongly about it。 Whether negative or positive， it definitely stuck with me。 。。。more
Léa
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J’ai eu du mal à entrer dans l’histoire， mais une fois imprégnée de l’atmosphère， j’ai eu envie de connaître la suite。 Savoir ce qui arriverait à la famille de Red， quelle était vraiment cette Crise。 Ça fait un drôle d’effet de lire ce genre de livre en ce moment， c’est même plutôt effrayant， mais ça rend l’histoire encore plus intéressante et prenante。
Lisa Dal Monte
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Deliciously creepy in all the right places， with a main character that has me smitten and a general atmosphere of deep unfiltered truth to it。 In these times it's particularly interesting to read about fictional pandemics， and this one in particular sees through to the core of a scared， violent humanity in a disturbingly prescient way。It loses a star only because it didn't make me cry as much as Lost Boy， and because the ending feels the slightest bit rushed。 Deliciously creepy in all the right places， with a main character that has me smitten and a general atmosphere of deep unfiltered truth to it。 In these times it's particularly interesting to read about fictional pandemics， and this one in particular sees through to the core of a scared， violent humanity in a disturbingly prescient way。It loses a star only because it didn't make me cry as much as Lost Boy， and because the ending feels the slightest bit rushed。 。。。more
Laura
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Finally！ A book I didn't feel I had to force myself to finish！ I haven't had one of those in a while。 Christina Henry is becoming one of my go-to authors for page-turners。I was so pleasantly surprised to open the book and find a Black， disabled， female protagonist who we eventually learn is also queer。 And none of it feels forced or inauthentic。 There's no romantic element， which I actually am glad of。 Generally speaking， I enjoy romantic elements， but if we're being honest， there's not a lot of Finally！ A book I didn't feel I had to force myself to finish！ I haven't had one of those in a while。 Christina Henry is becoming one of my go-to authors for page-turners。I was so pleasantly surprised to open the book and find a Black， disabled， female protagonist who we eventually learn is also queer。 And none of it feels forced or inauthentic。 There's no romantic element， which I actually am glad of。 Generally speaking， I enjoy romantic elements， but if we're being honest， there's not a lot of time for romance in dystopian futures， so I didn't miss it。 I loved that Red was disabled。 As a disabled woman （though not an amputee）， there simply isn't enough representation of disabled women in fiction of any kind。 And Red is the heroine！ She isn't slowing someone else down。 She isn't someone else's burden。 She isn't someone else's responsibility。 She is the responsible one。 She is the brain AND the brawn in the story。 Yes， her prosthetic causes problems， but it doesn't limit her ability to survive。 She is the planner and the problem-solver and the rescuer。I will say that this book had me wondering if Christina Henry is a seer （any Swish & Flick listeners out there？）。 It was published in 2019， which means she probably spent the year or so prior writing it。 And yet the cataclysm that sets off the events of the book known as the Cough has intense similarities to Covid-19 and 2020。 So if you need a trigger warning， here it is。 。。。more
Reference
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The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The Girl in Red&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0