It's much better than that: The Gift is a stalker suspense - thriller with a wicked edge,
a thematically rich tale of revenge and domination that engages the mind as it gives you the willies.
Structured as Parker's (60,209 words too long) college application essay, punctuated by Parker's clever and
thematically rich fairy
tales, the novel not only examines Parker's retreat from and rapid reentry into real life, it also continually questions who Zelda is, whether she's telling the truth about her past, and if it even really matters in the end.