This book was wonderful. No other words are needed to describe it.

The characters feel as real as any person I know, and Molly's story is as life-like as a fourteen-year-old poet's diary— and I would know.

The way Molly tells the story made me physically cling to the book wanting more, more, more, and while the plot was decidedly simple, the way it was written made me want to just keep reading—
and oh! The way it was written!

All in verse, the line-breaks made thoughtfully and with purpose; the book wouldn't have been the same without its creative and unique format.

I've seen a few reviewers complaining about the excessive! Use! Of exclamation! Marks! But now imagine you're fourteen and something brilliant and exciting is finally happening to you— all around you!— for once. Imagine you're Molly— kind and with an overwhelmingly beautiful sense of wonder at the world, and the exclamation marks start making a lot more sense.

More on Molly— while I'm personally not religious, the way she thinks of "God" as this all-powerful being whom she knows nothing about and isn't even sure she even believes in, is in a way that brought tears to my eyes. Molly constantly toys with the idea of a god and if there is a point to each of her emotions and if so, why? Her character holds a giddy, child-like wonder, which makes Molly all the more like a person you'd just want to be friends with.

Now, Noah... Noah, Noah, Noah... Noah makes me want to run out onto the streets and find every single kid with a dream and make all their wishes come true, makes me want to run more miles than I know I can or want to, and makes me want to stop the goddamned violence all over the bloody globe more than I already did before this book (which was quite a lot). Now I personally want to sign a few peace treaties.

Cristo is incredibly sweet and I can only hope that every girl (or guy) gets the chance to meet and fall in love with someone like him.

Pixel is the liveliest book-dog I've ever read about. I love him to bits. Can I have a Pixel, please?

I think that perhaps everyone has a wonderful little Molly and a smidgen of Red's spirit within their heart. Red made me remember that life's about the little things, like dancing until you actually want to fall on the floor and laughing at corny jokes and spinning around in the rain because you just could not care any less about your troubles or anybody else's for just a moment.

I honestly think that this book should be on the shelf between the other novels one can choose to read in late junior-school/middle-school and high-school. It subtly brings forth some serious topics that could be the fruit of a beneficial discussion (if any teachers are reading this :)), but in its essence, "Saving Red" is really just about a few days in the life of two lost girls who are just trying to get by, whether knowingly, not, or recklessly.

"Saving Red" was so beautiful.
I hope that those who read it will be reminded that life is short and priceless above everything else, and that if you don't spend it being happy, then you should ask yourself: who is it you're trying to please that's so much more important to you than the little child you once were, dreaming of a million worlds and of being part of something bigger?