Creative Writing: The Cellar

The first half of my book “The Cellar” written by Natasha Preston, was so good that I could not put the book down. The girl, at that point, had no memories which include her name and anything before she woke up on a dirty, bloody cabin floor. She looked down at her throbbing hand and found that two of her fingernails were missing. This scene was super suspenseful, it felt as if I was actually in the book. The main character, recits, “I wake up. But wake up isn't quite right. That implies sleeping. A bed. A pillow. I come to. Instead of a pillow, my right cheek is pressed against something hard, rough, and gritty. A worn wood floor. My mouth tastes like old pennies. Blood. With my eyes still closed, I gently touch my teeth with my tongue. One

If I were her I would be too scared to steal a vehicle. In society these days stealing a vehicle is a huge crime and can be punished severely for. Even if you were to be kidnapped you will still serve some punishment. Clearly this character did not care about that, as she got in the truck and drove off really fast. She had to get out of there as soon as possible. She had avoided the main roads, but still she had not a clue of knowing where she is going. She kept on driving trying to figure out where to go and who to trust. She had a couple of options, she could go to a hospital for her hand or she could go to the police and have them figure it out before it gets worse. She realized that she still had the man's phone and can use a GPS. She decided to go to the police to get this figured out before anything else happens. This scene to me, is very unrealistic because if I, and i am sure anybody else, were to be in that situation, I would not doubt where to go. The police is used to stop these kind of things. If she were to go to the hospital, and the killer found her there she would be screwed. However, she did finally use common sense and used the man's phone during that she found the nearest police station, Newberry Ranch. She had gotten there and ran into the building before anyone saw her. There was a man in a uniform reading a magazine at the front desk. As she ran up there and said that she needed help

She then went to a McDonalds. Katie got her food and accidently fell asleep on her table until they closed. There was a worker named Ty that worked there and woke her up telling her that they were closing. She asked if she could quickly go to the bathroom and made it in there. Telling herself that everything is ok. As Katie started to walk out she heard voices asking Ty if they saw any girl that looked like her. She knew the voice. It was the guy that ordered to kill her. She stayed in the bathroom and made sure to stay in a stall on top of the toilet. I wonder why the author wrote this scene the way she did. She wrote it as if Katie was not scared and knew exactly what to do if something bad happened. However, Ty knew that something was up with her and told them that he did not see her today or any day. Ty then walked into the bathroom where Katie was at. He asked her what was going on. Katie told him everything and he promised to help her get away and told her to stay at his place for the night until they get things figured out. Katie doesn’t even know this guy. Can she even trust him? She followed his instructions with a little doubt and did what she was told. She went to his house and went to sleep trusting that she would be safe. This was another confusing moment because, she barely had enough trust to drive on the main roads when first escaping, and now she has enough trust to sleep