ISBN: 9781442429987
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2011
Format: eBook purchased via my Kindle.
Summary from Barnes and Noble.com
Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when four cloaked horsemen capture Lugh, Saba's world is shattered, and she embarks on a quest to get him back.
Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the outside world, Saba discovers she is a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba's unrelenting search for Lugh stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.
What I think...
Another post-apocalyptic extension to the Dystopia genre, Blood Read Road proves to be a solid addition to those already occupying the YA shelves (i.e. The Hunger Games, Divergent, Shatter Me).
This book was highly recommend by several on GoodReads.com, so I thought I would give it a try. Overall I really enjoyed the book. It brings a lot to the table. And I especially liked the physical and mental journey that Saba treks through...her quest to find her brother wraps around all of the characters, the setting, everything. Saba is really a fascinating character, and she sets the book up for numerous "girl power" moments that are, well, really powerful!
Blood Red Road is written in a southern-backwoods dialect with no quotation marks around the dialogue. I had to adjust to this writing style and ended up really liking it. The dialect compliments the book's setting - a ruined, desert land, stripped of food, nourishment, and technology - a world gone rogue. The setting reminded me a lot of the Mad Max movie circa 1979 with Mel Gibson. If you are not a fan of the Mad Max movies, well please do not let my comparison turn you away from this book. Young really makes the whole desert dystopian thing work.
I definitely recommend this book to dystopian fans, or any avid reader. It has something for everyone: battles, fighting, romance, girls kicking butt and taking names.
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