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George Njuguna georgenjug09e6 — Fun, easy read. Nothing spectacular but fun. Great beach read.

Ieva Kausteklytė i_k_ — Most recent YA dystopian releases have focused on conformity and restriction in societies that have over-developed. Blood Red Road, Moira Young’s debut release coming out in June, takes the other path, into a future society where the Ten Commandments don’t even exist as a myth. Saba and her twin brother Lugh grow up on the shores of Silverlake, a misnomer of a place where windstorms are as common as a snowstorm in Alaska. Their mother died giving birth to their younger sister, Emmi, now 9, leaving only their father to scavenge food for the family and maintain their house built of tires and remnant sheet metal. Yet Saba is content in this life because of her adoration of her twin brother. That is until the Tonton soldiers steal him away and kill their father. Saba must quest into the unknown world to find her brother. Where this book shines is in the construction of Saba. While her lack of education and sophistication comes out on the first page via her choppy and almost Southern-like dialect, she’s also tough and determined, which will draw in any “girl power!” readers immediately. The plot moves as quickly as a Suzanne Collins or Dan Brown thriller, another perk to readers looking for adventure. Throw in kidnapping, cage-match fighting, and killer worms ala Tremors, and it becomes nearly impossible to find a place to put the book down. Yet unwanted traces of “this is a debut novel” lingered with me after the last page was turned. Saba is one of those “strong, powerful” role models many females clamor for, but at times she’s too cold, especially with her sister and love interest, Jack, and this becomes a bit unbelievable for an 18-year-old protagonist. A few plot twists are predictable as well. The old “I thought I killed the villain but I guess not” ploy can work once, but after that the trick is tedious and overdone—and again, plays against the cunning intelligence the author readers to see in Saba. To Katniss Everdeen: I think your “queenship” of the dystopian protagonists is still secure. However, you might need to make room in your court, as Saba might soon become one of your ladies-in-waiting this June.

Marla Bogaerts marlaa8e8 — I am giving the audiobook version 5 stars. The story was okay, but the performance was incredible. If you've never listed to an audiobook, I would recommend this as one to begin with...but then again, it might be setting the bar too high for the rest.

Marwan Tiba _arwan_iba — ** spoiler alert ** On the positive side I got my copy and finished reading it in one day, so it is needless to say that the book was able to hold my attention. The friendship between Caleb and Jackson is aother high-point. That they had the ability to look beyond their differences and respect each other for the competent and capable men they were instead of hating each other because of archaic steryotypes, sends a positive mesage to everyone who reads it. Some of the terms used, however, (homosexual/heterosexual, etc.)seemed rather toned down considering the situations they were used in and it made the conversations between the Marines seem less realistic and thus less poignant. I was also put off a little by the fact that only Caleb was represented like a respectable gay man. The other two gay men (Stacey and his current boyfriend) were both portrayed in a very negative light. I realize their characters were intentionally unlikeable I think that perhaps a positive portrayal of another gay man could have been included. As it was, it seems as if Caleb is being shown as a rare exception to the gay stereotypes. The postscript also threw me for a bit of a whirl and I think perhaps had a stopped reading right before that I would have enjoyed the ending better. Although the last few lines proir to the postscript, discussing a particular crime against a character not being a "hate crime" because the character was Christian did not sit well with me. Religious differences are protected by the Hate Crimes Act and they do not need to be a "minority" religion for it to be covered.