Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: Sad Sally Salad

Subtitle:

Author: Chris Roy

Genre: Young Adult

Part of a series? No

Order in series:

Best read after earlier books in series?

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58219439-sad-sally-salad

Overall score:

I scored this book 3/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

Sally starts as a young girl who can talk to animals. When her father finds out, he forces her to kill an animal, and she runs away. Sally finds refuge with hippies and becomes the spokesperson for animal rights. However, the meat industry is not happy with her influence and aims to bring an end to it. Can she turn things around?

What I liked about the book:

The book was interesting.

What I didn’t like about the book:

It was a little slow-paced to my liking.

My favourite bits in the book:

It was interesting overall, and a quick read.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed another book by this author more.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

I believe this is a stand-alone. The author has written more books.

What books could this be compared to and why?

It’s difficult to say which book to compare this with. It is a subject I have not read in books so far.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Yes

Adult Yes

If you like novels about animal rights, this book may be the book for you.

I’m certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

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.

About the Author:

Chris Roy is the author of Shocking Circumstances, Sharp as a Razor, Her Name Is Mercie, and a few children's books. He is a published tattoo artist (Rise Tattoo Magazine, ATC Tattoo Books app) and a boxing trainer. Raised in South Mississippi, he lived comfortably with the criminal ventures of his youth until a fistfight in 1999 ended tragically. Since January, 2000, he's been serving a life sentence in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

You can find Chris on Twitter @ChrisRoyCrime.