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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

33 reviews

marla_arguelles's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, War, Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual content

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

5 stars. If you can push through the first 70 pages, you're honestly set. I was definitely like... "this is the book everyone's raving about...?" until I hit around that mark and everything finally unfolded. This is for people who like: -Fast plots -LOTS of tension (lots of "waiting for the other shoe to drop") -Dystopian & Scifi (however, I am NOT a scifi fan, and I really really enjoyed this) -Underdog MC -The Hunger Games (specifically the actual hunger games.... it's not going to be 100% exact, but I can see the correlation. Keep your expectations realistic!) This is NOT for: -Anyone who is sensitive to blood, death, injuries, all the squeamish things. -Anyone who is heavily triggered by sexual assault and rape (this book is pretty blunt with those terms and doesn't specifically detail rape scenes, but it's implied and acknowledged). With that all being said, what I enjoyed most was the tension, the quickness of the plot (I didn't find myself bored waiting for 50 pages of world building after every single action scene), the cleverness of the fights, the characters were all very interesting to me, and a lot more. I think this book is obviously good, and I have high expectations that the rest of the series will be way better. Because it's the first book in the series, it's easy to look past some of the pacing at the start. 1000% will be reading the other books in this series!

resterenvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

4.0

Aaaa menuju akhir chaos banget tapi bikin semangat baca muncul lagi, gore dan kekerasan di mana-mana. Ternyata baru dapat feel buku ini pas udah mau kelar karena merasa perjalanan buku ini di awal panjang banget.
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Dan menurutku baca Red Rising butuh imajinasi yang tinggi buat menggambarkan cerita yang ada di dalam bukunya karena hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan luar angkasa. Harus sabar biar paham world-buildingnya ditambah tokoh yang seabrek.
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Bagian yang paling aku suka adalah politik & intrik antar House, banyak yang licik buat saling menjatuhkan, gak tau mau percaya ke siapa sambil menebak siapa aja yang menyamar. Ditambah adanya sistem hierarki antar golongan warna yang mana kaum Merah adalah golongan terbawah pada sistem hierarki Society, sedangkan golongan puncak adalah kaum Emas.

Terus setting tempatnya di planet Mars! Bayangin semaju apa teknologi pada masa itu ketika Mars dan planet lainnya sudah bisa dihuni oleh para mahkluk hidup.
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Karakter utama di buku Red Rising namanya Darrow. Berasal dari golongan Merah di Lykos yang bekerja sebagai Helldriver, yaitu menggali jalan bagi penambang Helium-3 yang nantinya akan digunakan sebagai bahan utama dalam proses terraforming Mars.
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Berat kerjaannya, belum lagi golongan mereka yang sering ditindas.

Perjalanan karakter Darrow kemajuannya cukup signifikan dan bagus, dari yang awalnya sedih banget sebab kematian istrinya, kemudian lama-lama jadi kejam dan pemberani.
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Tapi Darrow bukan tipikal karakter yang langsung bikin kita suka, aku agak sebel sama dia karena satu-dua hal. Di satu sisi berusaha mengerti ketika dia juga belajar untuk menjadi seorang pemimpin dan pengen menang.
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Jujur aku masih sering lupa karakter ini maupun karakter itu berasal dari House mana, my bad. Red Rising tuh kayak perpaduan dari beberapa buku fantasy yang pernah aku baca, tapi versi pertempurannya lebih brutal dan kejam. Ngilu-ngilu sedap pas baca. :)
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Beberapa latar dan tempat yang mengingatkan sama The Hunger Games, khususnya pembagian golongan warna dan distrik-distrik. Terus institut dan pemilihan House buat murid yang lolos tes juga bikin teringat Harpot & PJ, tapi ini lebih kejam...
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“This is a blood feud,” he hisses in highLingo. “If ever again we meet, you are mine or I am yours. If ever again we draw breath in the same room, one breath shall cease. Hear me now, you wretched worm. We are devils to one another till one rots in hell.”

Selebihnya untuk hubungan persahabatan Cassius-Darrow mengingatkan aku sama buku Vicious. Dan masih banyak lagi yang belum bisa aku sebutkan. 
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Sebagai seri pembuka, buku ini cukup menjanjikan. Gak sabar sama buku kedua, pengen lihat Cassius balas dendam ke Darrow dan pertumpahan lainnya. 🫣👏🏻

ANDDD I REALLY ADMIRE PAX AU TELEMANUS!! 🥹🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Gore

brennapatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, War, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Xenophobia, Torture, Alcohol, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Medical trauma, Slavery, War, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Trafficking, Death of parent, Blood, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Bullying, Police brutality, Cursing, Rape, and Sexual content

lemonwrlds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Blood, Excrement, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, War, Ableism, Child abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Murder, Self harm, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

readsbyrach's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Violence, Slavery, Murder, War, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood and Vomit

kojomojo's review against another edition

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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Child abuse

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Slavery, Racism, Classism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Rape, Kidnapping, Confinement, Excrement, and Cannibalism

powkaye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

This book and series is very very grim dark. In my experience this is overlooked by reviewers who gush over the overall story and world building which is great but won’t prepare you for how dark this world is. I could only make it 100 pages into book two when I felt nauseous and dnf the rest of the series. Buyer beware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Child death

You are told that it get better from the first book but with 100 pages of book two

babies are getting their heads bashed in