Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

358 reviews

v_torres's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

jenmarie11's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Violence, War, Colonisation, Cursing, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Gore, Torture, and Death

nicain's review

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Slavery, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

skysalla's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.5

Very long and at parts confusing to keep track of the characters. A lot of interesting twists and surprises some of which were totally unexpected. 

A large chunk of this book reminds me  of Lord of the Flies. 

I don’t know if I could have finished it had it not been on audio book however -  while it was overall interesting, I think it wasn’t quite gripping enough given the length. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Rape

stormblessedsonofthrain's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

allynat's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

Minor: Rape

bhuyanr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Spectacular storytelling. The dramatic audiobook made it even more enjoyable with accents, music, sounds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

veni_vidi_legi's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I’m itching to start book 2 so I’ll keep this pretty brief. Really like it, feels sorta like a combination of the 4 Hunger Games books (yes including the prequel) with Ender’s Game. A bit slow in the middle, but it’s clearly setting up the rest of the series so I think it was unavoidable. It would have felt strange if the middle chunk was shortened because it has important relational and internal developments. Overall, definitely recommend! Age rating: 16+ and PAX AU TELEMANUS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Cursing

casualk's review against another edition

funny

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexism, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Mental illness, Ableism, and Fatphobia

dahlia_maxwell's review

dark emotional mysterious sad

2.25

I would say the first 100 or so pages of this book are just heartbreakingly beautiful and I cried. Loved it. But after Part One I personally found the book very boring and dark, and I felt like it could have just been a montage. I think I was waiting for something to happen, and then suddenly the book was over! It seemed like most of the book was just a stepping stone for something bigger (maybe the second book will be better?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Rape, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Sexism