70. Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Publication: Margaret K. McElderry (June 7, 2011), Hardcover, 464pp / ISBN 1442429984
Genre: YA Sci-fi/Fantasy, Dystopian
Read: July 9, 2011
Source: Contest win
Summary from Amazon:
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 a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba’s world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.
Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she’s a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.
Review
I’ve actually sort of gone of dystopian books lately, if only because there’s so many out there and they all kind of resemble each other. Blood Red Road isn’t an exception to that– it’s your typical desert-y Wild West-ish sort of dystopia (filled with white people)– but I still really enjoyed it anyway– probably because women aren’t just automatically regulated to baby-making machines/kitchen slaves, as in so many other dystopias[1].
In Blood Red Road, all the female characters are either fighters, gang members, or on their way to becoming one or the other. Not a lot of variety, sure, but it was a nice change. I have a secret love for books about girl gangs (I think it may have something to do with my love for Japanese pinky films) and that probably contributed heavily to my love for this book.
Also it’s just really well written. Continue reading »
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