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Loved this glimpse into Fitchner's backstory. While I knew a good bit of it already the fill in was nice and I appreciated the details. I didn't really love the art style though.

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4.0

I was so excited to find this at my Library, I hadn’t realized there was a comic series. This series is a prequel to the Red Rising Novel and tells the history of how the Sons of Ares came to be. I loved getting some backstory on Fitchner as he is such an intriguing character. I enjoyed this but feel like it is missing some of the depth of the novels. I understand you can only fit so much into a Graphic Novel under 160 pages, but I feel like it was missing something. I still loved this one, especially the characters. How can you not love a book with Fitchner, Quick Silver, and Sevro in it!!! I guess I just wanted more.

I love the grungy art style, it fits so well with the feel of the story. This is best read after at least reading the first book in the Red Rising Series. You can read this without having read any of the other books, but some of the nuances would be lost.

3.5 stars, 6.86 on CAWPILE

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3.0

Interesting backstory to Red Rising and making it a graphic novel was a cool medium to use.

frozenfrog's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

kevinscorner's review against another edition

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3.5

I’m still really unsure about graphic novels. I mostly just give a cursory glance at the illustrations, and I end up mostly focusing on the text. And because of this, I always find graphic novels lacking in depth. As for Red Rising: Sons of Ares, this is a story that we already mostly know if you’ve read the books. It just added some details (but not really that much either). And the art style was indeed gritty and dark, but I found it too undefined that it’s difficult to make out what people look like.

nautically's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

3.5

aw_reads's review against another edition

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3.0

Even though I'm a massive fan of the Red Rising series, I didn't connect with this prequel as much as the main series itself. The story was written well enough, but it did feel as if there were some key plot points and emotional cruces that weren't fully fleshed out. Also, I wasn't fond of the art. The colors were good, fitting even, and the lines seemed very rough and bold (much like the essence of Red Rising), but the style wasn't much to my taste. A little too blocky and amorphous. Also, it ends a bit abruptly. Not sure this prequel was 100% necessary but there was enough additional details to expand and improve the lore of Red Rising.

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