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A review by kasiej
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
4.0
There's so much to the book yet it went so fast that it felt like I was watching a movie. Very well done but a few things irked me quite a bit.
Warning: Spoilers!
I found the Dystopian society easy to run with in some areas and difficult in others. I liked the terminology for the previous society, "Wreckers". Now on the other hand, as exciting as the Tremor worms were, it felt a little too Sci-Fi compared to the rest of the book.
The main character is ...different. She's stubborn, rude, selfish, strong, determined, and brave. It's like she's awesome and irritating at the same time, lol. What I couldn't understand was how everyone happily put up with her shitty attitude all the time. It was supposed to come off as stubborn in an endearing way I guess. I adored Saba's pet crow. Nero was very creative and an entertaining spin on having a familiar that's not man's best friend.
So she's on a mission to rescue her brother and their twins, cool. Typical family love, search & rescue right? Not quite. Saba definitely has a brother complex/worship thing going on. It bordered on creepy a couple times.
The romance is as uncommon as Saba. You never actually trust Jack until she does and it came together so well. Not real sure how I feel about Jack though. He's shifty and smiles too much.
Extremely surprising plot twists all over the place. The synopsis was very general and so I wasn't expecting a lot of the sequences. It's brilliant how Saba escapes the gauntlet. The final chapters were action packed and super thrilling. Especially the final hunt Saba went on to put down the king. In the end people died and everyone went their separate ways. Splendid. You almost don't need another book but I already picked up Rebel Heart (~.^)
Warning: Spoilers!
Spoiler
Ok first off, the language/writing style took me quite while to get used to. Most words are written phonetically and the conversations were very simplistic. It fits the book extremely well since reading is unnecessary and schools are nonexistent. Eventually I found myself skipping over some words here and there. IE: I don't need to read "he says", "she says", "I says", every other line.I found the Dystopian society easy to run with in some areas and difficult in others. I liked the terminology for the previous society, "Wreckers". Now on the other hand, as exciting as the Tremor worms were, it felt a little too Sci-Fi compared to the rest of the book.
The main character is ...different. She's stubborn, rude, selfish, strong, determined, and brave. It's like she's awesome and irritating at the same time, lol. What I couldn't understand was how everyone happily put up with her shitty attitude all the time. It was supposed to come off as stubborn in an endearing way I guess. I adored Saba's pet crow. Nero was very creative and an entertaining spin on having a familiar that's not man's best friend.
So she's on a mission to rescue her brother and their twins, cool. Typical family love, search & rescue right? Not quite. Saba definitely has a brother complex/worship thing going on. It bordered on creepy a couple times.
The romance is as uncommon as Saba. You never actually trust Jack until she does and it came together so well. Not real sure how I feel about Jack though. He's shifty and smiles too much.
“Move fast, travel light, an never tell 'em your real name.” - Jack
Extremely surprising plot twists all over the place. The synopsis was very general and so I wasn't expecting a lot of the sequences. It's brilliant how Saba escapes the gauntlet. The final chapters were action packed and super thrilling. Especially the final hunt Saba went on to put down the king. In the end people died and everyone went their separate ways. Splendid. You almost don't need another book but I already picked up Rebel Heart (~.^)