Sad Sally Salad by Chris Roy - Book Tour & Review
Sad Sally Salad
June 21 – 24
- Purchase
link: https://bookgoodies.com/a/B094TKTFGT
- Genre: YA,
short story
- Print
length: 53 Pages
- Age range: YA
About Sad Sally Salad
Sally
learned to talk to animals as a little girl, and her daddy didn’t like it.
Raised by
an old hippie woman on the beaches of Baja, California, Sally was taught to use
her sensitivity of animals to bring people back to the Mother. Her presence —a
calm and haunted, powerful intensity—attracts the attention of environmental
groups eager to war against cattle ranchers. With Sally as the face of their
cause, thousands gather in an animal cruelty protest that turns deadly.
“Sad Sally is a prophet for our time. The gentlest message can pose the
deepest threat. How should the world react? Follow her? Monetize her? Silence
her? Kill her? Chris Roy offers us a haunting allegory about a collision of
worlds.” — Carly Rheilan, author of Birthrights
My Review
Sad Sally Salad is a short, quick read that tackles the subject of saving/protecting the environment.
The story follows Sally, starting as a young girl who can talk to animals, apparently, and eventually becoming a "prophet" for environmentalists and animal lovers. She's raised by an older hippie woman, and eventually Sally and her posse of followers go head to head with cattle ranchers who refuse to let them take their livelihood away.
I found this to be a bit of a strange read. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, although, to be fair, I don't really know what I was expecting.
Sally is odd, but that's to be expected. She seems so mellow and calm, even when she has a cult-like following that puts her on a pedestal and makes her their savior. It's a bit crazy.
That ending, though. Bit weird. Not surprising, though. I kinda liked it.
There's definitely a message within these pages, and what readers take from it will depend on which end of the spectrum they fall closer to, I suppose.
If you're looking for a quick, interesting read, give this one a go.
3.5 stars.
About the Author:
Chris Roy
is the author of Shocking Circumstances, Sharp as a Razor, and Her Name Is
Mercie. He is a published tattoo artist (Rise Tattoo Magazine, ATC Tattoo Books
app) and the illustrator of two children’s books. Raised in South Mississippi.
When he isn’t writing, he’s reading, tattooing or looking for prospects to
train in boxing.
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