Reviews

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

vejohnson's review against another edition

Accents hard to understand — I’ll physically read the book instead. 

rachelcramm's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

sussex_bookworm's review

adventurous dark funny 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? No

5.0

lordmortem's review

dark fast-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

3.5

phiagrace97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This clearly pulled from the hunger games Regardless this was very fun read. 

While I found Darrow to be rather thick headed and redundant at times, his character growth was well worked through and enjoyable to witness. I did, however, find some of the secondary characters more overall lovable and was more excited by their plot lines. 

It was a really stacked cast but for the most part it felt very manageable keeping names and motivations straight. Similarly the world building was easy to settle into. Some of this  comes from the more simplistic style of writing, which I did find a bit boring and demeaning at times but did make this sci-fi more accessible. With the straightforward writing style and first person narrative some of the details in scenes like fight scenes that may often get blurry in other writings were really crisp and easy to follow. 

Overall, I was gripped by this faster paced book and entry to this series. I’m excited to see how this will build and the political sphere continues to take shape. 

kayleeaaakison's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

peacockshrimp's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

caitmorris24's review against another edition

3.0

3.5⭐️

zpowell2180's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

adonalssium's review against another edition

5.0

5 de 5
Tremenda historia, tremendos personajes, tremendo lo que se viene. Es el mejor libro introductorio que he leído en mucho tiempo, demasiado bien estructurado todo. Me sorprendió lo bien que escribe el autor y lo bien que plantea los mini plot Twist, que si bien algunos son un poco obvios, están hechos de forma maravillosa, que hacen que te sorprendas igual.
No sé que esperar del segundo libro, y eso es lo mejor, cierra muy bien la introducción, te deja un montón de dudas de lo que se viene, dónde no hay un camino claro de lo que va a ocurrir
Un must read.