A review by burrowsandbooks
Blood Red Road by Moira Young

1.0

I mostly disliked Blood Red Road because of the main character Saba. I found her completely and utterly horrible due to her attitude towards her little sister and her sick obsession/love for her brother. When Saba begins her journey, she treats her younger sister worse than an animal and all she cares about is her beautiful brother. She has a young sister who depends on her because they are completely alone, but all she wants is for her to go away and to find her precious brother. I found the life she had for him a little creepy and a incestuous layer to her love for him. I got this book because of the positive reviews I had seen on here and on YT...but I was very disappointed. Then on the book it says it's better than The Hunger Games, which I do not think is true in the slightest. The plot isn't too bad, I just couldn't stand Saba or anything that she did/said. Katniss and Saba are both tough girls with one big difference: Saba is cruel. Believe me, I got annoyed with Katniss plenty of times during THG trilogy but I never disliked her because she was good. Unlike with Saba (who I felt not sympathy for) because she is just mean so I found it hard to believe in her as a heroine. I also got annoyed with the writing style, I liked that is was in a southerner dialect but I did not like this use of it throughout the whole book. I could get over this though if I really was invested in the characters and story, but unfortunately I am not.