Blood Red Road

I finished my book ‘Monsters of Men’ and I’ve started a new book called ‘Blood Red Road’. Monsters of Men ended with Todd and Viola killing the mayor and asking the aliens (Spackle) for peace. At first, they were hesitant, but they eventually agreed to peace. Todd got shot in the chest by an acid rifle and DIED! I was so upset when he died because he was the main character and they killed him. At least, I thought they did. He didn’t 100% come back to life, but I think he was just in a coma coming out, because he was talking in his coma and he kept saying “Here I come”, so I think he must have come back. Of course we’ll never know because it just ends there.

In Blood Red Road, twins Saba and Lugh are out in the desert where they live with their young sister Emmi, and their father. These 4 horsemen come out of nowhere and kidnap Lugh and kill her father. Saba must save Lugh, and sets out to find Mercy, a woman their father said they could trust. Saba leaves Emmi with Mercy, and sets out with her bird, Nero, to find Lugh. Emmi leaves Mercy and comes out on a horse to help Saba find Lugh. That’s as far as I have gotten, and so far it’s pretty good.

Question 7:

Saba reminds me of Todd, from the ‘Chaos Walking’ Trilogy. Saba reminds me of Todd because they both have horrible grammar. She narrates the book just like Todd did, and she is always spelling things wrong, even more so than Todd was. Also, this story reminds me of the movie ‘Taken’ because people just came out of nowhere and took Lugh.

Question 1:

I like how they write the book because it was just like ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ but Saba talks without any structure in her words whatsoever. It bothers me because sometimes I can’t keep up with what she is saying because she uses different words for different meanings. Also, there are no quotation marks! I never know who is talking, and that bothers me the most.

Question 4:

I found it surprising when Emmi came back to Saba without Mercy. I thought that Mercy would have at least come with Emmi to help Saba, because that was the kind of person she was. I guess she just didn’t want to get raveled up into Saba and Emmi’s story. It is also possible that she didn’t know Emmi left, that’s probably the most accurate prediction.