Done with another Dystopian novel. Blood Red Road by Moira Young was somehow a page-turner for me. Only "somehow" because of how it was written. I've been eyeing this novel ever since it came out - female protagonist, dystopian theme, adventure and romance. The only thing that hindered me was the goal of the protagonist - to find his kidnapped brother. I don't know, maybe I was trying to find a more romantic plot so I wasn't buying it. But then last week, I saw it again in the bookstore and it was like begging me with puppy eyes to buy it, so I finally gave in. LoL.
Before reading it I added it first in my Shelfari account and found out that not a lot of people have read it but the ones who have read had great reviews so I got excited. While I was browsing the page, I was confused when it was tagged as "painful to read" and "should have been better edited." I was like what the hell was that? So I finally decided to start reading it. And I was like - Shit! What's wrong with this book and the author? I was actually regretting that I bought it - poor grammar... wrong spellings...
At first this is how I really felt for the book: For someone who loves the English language, this book is a nightmare. And for someone who is trying to master or learn the language, BRR is a BIG NO, NO. Unless it was read by someone who loves editing more than anything, then this would be a great gift for Christmas.
One of the tags says "phonetic writing" so you'll know that it was purposedly written that way. BRR is a post-apocalyptic novel and it seemed that the characters did not have proper education and they were like slaves which explains why their speech was like that. I tell you, it was really hard to read at first. But after reading it for quite some time, I finally got the hang of it. I was actually surprised that I wasn't minding it anymore since I was somehow engrossed with the story. It was like my reading skills were able to adjust with it that I was actually reading the book's an as and, yer as you're, afeared as afraid and so on. I was like automatically correcting the wrong grammars and spellings while reading it. Although there were still some phrases/sentences which I needed to read twice to understand like this one - I was winded, he says, not dyin. I was like, winded? What's winded? I read it again and realized that it's wounded. I actually thought I wouldn't be able to finish it. But the story somehow captured me which made me endure everything until the end. LoL. I'm not saying BRR is a bad novel. I like the story and the characters - they were actually really great. No damsel in distress, no cheesy love scenes, but I couldn't really say I like how it was written. I know, I understand why it was written like that - so the author can portray the characters more... but still...
Sorry for focusing more on how it was written. BRR was a really great adventure - post apocalyptic novel. But I prefer reading proper English since it's not my first language.
