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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

grimminthegarden's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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megmr's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

honestly I got 100 pages in and had to take a break due to the made up words that made the world building more challenging than I was expecting. 

very much a Man book that was unexpectedly gruesome. consistent “wow they really went there” moments with some of the actions of characters. 

not completely sold on the likability of the main character or the characters in general but the hunger games vibe of the story intrigues me enough I’m going to keep going with the series 

cmenriquez95's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny tense medium-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

4.0

lainegam's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

hippea's review against another edition

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

5.0

ainslieruhl's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.75

idk what i was expecting but this book was craaaazy. i love a book with politics and this books has LAYERS of it. i went in completely blind and i think that made it so much better. on that note, the synopsis totally gives away the first 40% of the book. never read the synopsis. ALSO: why are we giving away what happens in the chapter with the chapter title. if there’s going to be a betrayal, i don’t want their name to be the chapter heading!

the aspects of found family are made so much more interesting with the layers of enemies and the plot twists in the last third just kept coming. darrow is such an interesting character and his character arc goes crazy. knowing that there are many more books makes it even better. will be continuing.

don’t read if you have a weak stomach
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ruwedanur's review

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective 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

4.0

elias_langeland's review against another edition

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2.5

Denne boka var helt OK for meg. Den var litt spennende, og jeg likte den strategiske tenkningen som foregikk i konkurransen i mesteparten av boka. Slutten var engasjerende, og den ser ut til å legge opp til en spennende fortsettelse.

En ting jeg ikke likte så godt var fortellerstemmen i boka. Jeg syns førstepersons-nåtid var litt rart, men jeg ble litt vant til det. Jeg likte ikke hvordan fortellerstemmen får hovedpersonen til å virke som han til enhver tid har fullstendig oversikt og innsikt i hva som foregår i hans eget hode. Han sitter med en drøss av komplekse følelser hele tiden, men det virker som at han hele tiden alltid vet hva følelsene hans betyr og hva de kommer fra. Jeg hadde likt å se en hovedperson som er mer realistisk i møte med sine egne tanker og følselser.

Usikker på om jeg kommer til å fortsette serien, men jeg er litt spent på hva som skjer videre.

laramlz's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Every chapter I'd put the book down because I was just stressed out about the development of the journey. so many inspected twists!
it got me so involved in the characters and the politics of the world. I'll certainly read the rest of the series

my only dislike was that the emotional impacts on the characters weren't very well developed and I'd like to know more about the main character's feelings.

hanna3110's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0