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Blood Red Road (Dustlands, Book 1) [Paperback]

Moira Young
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (249 customer reviews)

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Book Description

January 3, 2012
The book that will “blow you away”** has a dazzling new look in paperback!

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 girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba’s unrelenting search for Lugh stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization. 

 Blood Red Road has a searing pace, a poetic writing style, and an epic love story—making Moira Young is one of the most exciting new voices in teen fiction.


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*"Young's powerful debut, first in the Dustlands series, is elevated above its now familiar postapocalyptic setting by an intriguing prose style and strong narrative voice that show a distinct Cormac McCarthy vibe. It's a natural for Hunger Games fans."

--Publishers Weekly *STAR

Blood Red Road will capture any reader who picks it up. I love everything about Saba - her language, her intensity, her heart. Everyone should read her story.”--James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner



“I absolutely loved Blood Red Road. What a great read! Moira Young goes over the top with a most engaging heroine. Saba is a crusty, foul-tempered warrior woman who must be covered in scar tissue by the end of the book, but men still follow her around like starving wolves. The dialogue is fast and often humorous, the pace never lets up. No situation is so bad that it can't get worse in the next couple of pages. I especially liked the awakening of the hellwurms as they emerge to feed. Well done, Ms. Young!”--Nancy Farmer, author of The House of the Scorpion

“Better than The Hunger Games. . . . This book will blow you away.”—MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog

“Is it any surprise that Ridley Scott swiftly optioned the book?”—New York Times Book Review

Blood Red Road is an eerie and adventurous dystopian fantasy on par with Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker.”—LA Times

About the Author

Moira Young lives in the UK. Blood Red Road is her debut novel.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books; Reprint edition (January 3, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9781442429994
  • ISBN-13: 978-1442429994
  • ASIN: 1442429992
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (249 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Moira Young has been by turns an actress, dancer, and opera singer, but her first loves are books and writing. A native Canadian, she now lives in the UK with her husband. Blood Red Road is her first novel.

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84 of 93 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Had a hard time adjusting May 12, 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
When originally I heard about this book I was very excited. I'm not huge on dystopian novels, but in the case of this one I was ready to invest a considerable amount of time into it because it was a rather long novel (450 or so pages) and the MC is older then most (as far as young adult fiction goes). I kept away from early reviews and excerpts because I wanted to go into the book with a fresh set of eyes, no preconceptions whatsoever.

I really wish I had read a couple at least, so I was prepared.

As a plot BLOOD RED ROAD was thoroughly engrossing. This story is 100% Saba's; her voice, her perceptions, her feelings. Saba doesn't hold back or try to sugar coat things, she's very upfront (to the reader at least) about her faults as well as her strengths. She readily admits that her younger sister is an unwelcome burden, a constant reminder of what they had (a happy family) versus what they didn't have when their mother was alive. She also admits that Lugh is the bright light, the one that leads them and is their guiding force. She doesn't say anything of this with bitterness, she merely accepts that he leads and she follows.

The closeness the twins share is a steady pulse throughout the novel, even when Lugh is taken away and Saba has to face a world where he isn't there to show her what needs doing. I wouldn't say that Saba suddenly realized 'Gee I'm just as smart as Lugh!', it was more of a gradual understanding that Lugh's understanding of the world came from how he saw it. As her perception changed so too did her her ability to interact with the world.

As I said, the plot held me captivated. So its with some irritation that I report it took me nearly two weeks to finish this novel. In that time I put it aside so often I got nearly three times that many pages done on various other books. Even while I sat wondering how Saba figured out a way to keep going, I could not make myself read it any faster than I did.

To put it simply the writing killed me. Not that Young couldn't write, its just because the book was from Saba's POV everything was written as if Saba was writing it down. And since Saba's education was rudimentary at best that meant a whole lot of spelling mistakes, grammar headaches and weirdly placed punctuation. At first I thought it was because it was an advanced reader's copy, but with a sinking feeling I realized that's how the ENTIRE BOOK is written. If it had just been when Saba or the others talked, I could have tolerated it. But when Saba is describing a scene and its in that broken mostly phonetic spelling it grated on me.

That's a personal problem however. As I said, the plot is gripping, I just couldn't get beyond the narrative tone.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story, a bit hard to read. June 6, 2011
Format:Hardcover
I hate to start off a review with a negative, but it was a big one for me and I see for many others as well. The writing style. It was horrible. Moira Young wrote the book in the voice of Saba, not just the dialogue, but the whole thing. Saba had a dialect that seemed a cross between the deep south and Texas, the uneducated parts, so there was a lot of drawl and misspelled words. It was incredibly painful to read over 450 pages of that.

Aside from that, the story was very entertaining. It's great to read a novel with a powerful young woman as the main character. Saba does a lot of growing up throughout the novel as she learns just how strong and creative she can be. Even when she's down about as far as she can get, she doesn't give up, she keeps fighting.

Young keeps the action and adventure moving swiftly so I never got bored, even with such a long book. She handled a myriad of leading characters with great finesse, giving them depth and separate personalities - and I never got any of them confused, which is easy for me to do in some novels!

This is marketed as a young adult book, but adults will enjoy it, too. Give it a read! It comes out tomorrow (June 7, 2011)!
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Distracting writing style September 28, 2011
By Kbaila
Format:Hardcover
I was reluctant to read this one. Not sure exactly why. I saw it being promoted around its release date and read some reviews, but something made me hesitant. I eventually acquiesced and bought a copy.

Now that I have finished it, I am willing to admit that it was a decent story with some truly likeable characters. However, the writing style/language was a huge distraction for me. It's written in what some are calling a poetic or prose style. But, as far as I'm concerned, it's written in a backwoods, backwards English that made my grammar driven mind cringe. I can honestly say that it took till the very end of the book for the bad English not to interfere with my reading of this book. I just don't see how the writing style added to the book. Though I thought the story was gripping and exciting, I wish I would have just gotten it from the library rather than spending money on it.

Saba and Luce are twins who live out in the desert with their half crazy Pa and little sister Emmi. When Luce is kidnapped, Saba swears that she will find him. Saba tries to dump Emmi with an old friend of her mother's, but Emmi ends up following Saba and the two must find a way to put up with each other. They set out on their search and end up on quite the adventure, meeting both friends and enemies along the way.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Atmosphere and Awesome Characters!
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I've been putting off Blood Red Road forever. Read more
Published 1 day ago by thebookbabesreads
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly good
The first time I tried to read this book, I couldn't. There was just no way I was getting past the lack of quotation marks and the different way the characters spoke. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Becca
2.0 out of 5 stars Too much bad grammer....
Blood Red Road has fast-paced action and a good story to tell, but I could not get past all of the bad grammar in the book in order to fully enjoy it. Read more
Published 9 days ago by J. Nusz
5.0 out of 5 stars Not a western, but is wild.
I need to read the next book in this series to quench my thirst for this story line. We don't know what caused this world to become dusty and dangerous, but you will still be... Read more
Published 20 days ago by julie
5.0 out of 5 stars Hunger Games Meets Mad Max
I was looking for a new great series to get hooked on and this was it. I loved the characters and I couldn't wait to get back to reading it each day.
Published 26 days ago by E. Sims
3.0 out of 5 stars Too country
It was really hard reading this considering it was not proper English and too many misspelled words... I also found it quite boring...not much excitement.... Wayyy too western...
Published 27 days ago by Vicki
5.0 out of 5 stars Blood Red Road fan 1412
Very excellent book well plotted and well paced! This book I think was better than the hunger games in many way love this book can't wait to read rebel heart!!!!
Published 1 month ago by Leah Wilkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing!
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Wow, Wow, Wow!!!! This book totally and completely blew me away completely. This is probably one of the best dystopian books I have ever read, the story was... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kristin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great adventure read
First book in the series- The slang words used in the book didn't bother me at all but I am sure it might irritate some. Read more
Published 1 month ago by RSumja
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
It's advertised as better than The Hunger Games, but I don't think I'd go that far. Katniss is still the queen, but I'd pay good money to see her and Saba go after it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jadeshand
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