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carrie_oke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There was a lot happening and a lot of new information, and words to learn. I struggled through that, but the story was good.
shanemeenaghan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
faithers99's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
silentreadernaomi's review against another edition
5.0
Wat een boek was dit zeg! In het begin vond ik het wat moeilijk om erin te komen, maar zo rond pagina 100 kon ik het niet meer wegleggen. Dit boek zat vol actie en er gebeurde ontzettend veel, waardoor je maar door blijft lezen. Ondanks de vele gebeurtenissen voelt het niet te overdreven aan; het blijft gebalanceerd en logisch. De personages werden meer uitgediept, waardoor er nu echt een connectie ontstaat met ze. Soms vind ik Darrow een zeur, maar ach. Het taalgebruik in dit boek was minder ‘overdreven’ qua onnodige dure woorden, waardoor het lekkerder las. Een aanrader voor liefhebbers van sci-fi/dystopische verhalen!
laelm10's review against another edition
4.0
A little drawn out and sagging in the middle but worth it for that ending………freaking out
forloveoflit_'s review against another edition
4.0
What a ride. That’s the first thing that comes to mind after finishing this book. I felt like it was absolute nonstop action and yet there was still character development somehow
ronniereads_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
macwiththemic's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
2.75
I’ll say it again: I just think Darrow is a little stupid!
I get that he is like a figurehead for both the golds and the sons and not meant to think for himself necessarily, but it just got so old.
This book felt like it had a lot of info dumps and politics that span the freaking solar system and it got boring. I straight up couldn’t tell you who belongs to what house other than Cassius is the bad guy but I guess now he’s working with the other bad guy (the jackal) but they accomplished what Darrow was supposed to do eventually?
I don’t even know if that’s right and that just goes to show how convoluted I thought parts of this were. Idk if MORE info dumps would have been the answer (they would have made the book even more boring) but at the same time I realize the hypocrisy of being confused and hating all the info dumps lol
I’ll read the third eventually just for Mustang. But I won’t read the second part of this series. Idk if pierce brown’s writing is for me.
I get that he is like a figurehead for both the golds and the sons and not meant to think for himself necessarily, but it just got so old.
This book felt like it had a lot of info dumps and politics that span the freaking solar system and it got boring. I straight up couldn’t tell you who belongs to what house other than Cassius is the bad guy but I guess now he’s working with the other bad guy (the jackal) but they accomplished what Darrow was supposed to do eventually?
I don’t even know if that’s right and that just goes to show how convoluted I thought parts of this were. Idk if MORE info dumps would have been the answer (they would have made the book even more boring) but at the same time I realize the hypocrisy of being confused and hating all the info dumps lol
I’ll read the third eventually just for Mustang. But I won’t read the second part of this series. Idk if pierce brown’s writing is for me.
yodamom's review against another edition
3.0
I was doing some serious happy dancing when I received a copy of this for review, I think I even pulled something. I loved, LOVED Red Rising. So I grabbed a hot cup of joe, some biscotti, a blanket, my warm reading buddy(my dog) and settled in for some serious take me away time. Yes, I was ready ! I began the first page with so much enthusiasm it was hard not to squeal to the heavens, okay I might have squeaked a bit I was overflowing. I started finally, I was lost. What ? I just need to keep reading and it’ll all click in, that is what I told myself. I kept it up, I struggled to stay awake ?!??! “How did this happen ?” I asked myself and “did I miss something ? When did this happen ?” I was still not feeling the love at 60 %. I have some iffy books with 4 and even 5 stars because they made me want more of what they offered. I wanted more of Red Rising, I wanted about 60 % less of Golden Son. That is the bottom line for me.
What went wrong ?
Huge parts of Darrow’s adventure just happened out of frame and I felt discontented from the story. I wanted to watch him train, I wanted the inner turmoil of the discipline needed to become this person. He was accepted at the house of Augustus where he is to function as? I’m not sure what his role was really. He was conflicted in his role from what I got and I was even more so. He is at a major crossroad he is becoming his peoples future.
The political drama drowned the story for me. Talk talk talk, how can a book made up of words talk to much ? I found myself many times just wanting them to shut up already. Enough of the political games rehashing and strategizing. This might all be a necessity for book three but it was tedious for this reader to get through. It’s just something I enjoy reading.
The last 40% of the book was awesome. It was everything I expected from this series, unfortunately I had lost touch with many of the characters and it didn’t have the emotional impact it could have. The characters I got to know and love all come crashing in for the finale scenes. They were barely visited in the first 60%, I was less invested in their plight. But with every sentence I was more invested, more wanting, then BAM it ended. CLIFFHANGER EXTREME ! This one didn’t thrill me like the first one in the series but I have high hope for book three.
Some favorite quotes:
“A fool pulls the leaves.A brute chops the trunk.A sage digs the roots.”
“I took his hand, he took a friend. All he has done is bite and claw for his own survival.”
“Vox clamantis in deserto”
“We all have our own tides inside us. They go in. Out.”
“I thought I would change the worlds. What young fool doesn’t.Instead, I have been swallowed by the machine of this vast empire as it rumbles inexorably on.”
“There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extrovert.”
“ You meet a man, you know him. You met woman she knows you.”
What went wrong ?
Huge parts of Darrow’s adventure just happened out of frame and I felt discontented from the story. I wanted to watch him train, I wanted the inner turmoil of the discipline needed to become this person. He was accepted at the house of Augustus where he is to function as? I’m not sure what his role was really. He was conflicted in his role from what I got and I was even more so. He is at a major crossroad he is becoming his peoples future.
The political drama drowned the story for me. Talk talk talk, how can a book made up of words talk to much ? I found myself many times just wanting them to shut up already. Enough of the political games rehashing and strategizing. This might all be a necessity for book three but it was tedious for this reader to get through. It’s just something I enjoy reading.
The last 40% of the book was awesome. It was everything I expected from this series, unfortunately I had lost touch with many of the characters and it didn’t have the emotional impact it could have. The characters I got to know and love all come crashing in for the finale scenes. They were barely visited in the first 60%, I was less invested in their plight. But with every sentence I was more invested, more wanting, then BAM it ended. CLIFFHANGER EXTREME ! This one didn’t thrill me like the first one in the series but I have high hope for book three.
Some favorite quotes:
“A fool pulls the leaves.A brute chops the trunk.A sage digs the roots.”
“I took his hand, he took a friend. All he has done is bite and claw for his own survival.”
“Vox clamantis in deserto”
“We all have our own tides inside us. They go in. Out.”
“I thought I would change the worlds. What young fool doesn’t.Instead, I have been swallowed by the machine of this vast empire as it rumbles inexorably on.”
“There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extrovert.”
“ You meet a man, you know him. You met woman she knows you.”