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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

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lindsayaust's review against another edition

3.0

Giving this one 3 stars even though I loved it because I think the next books are going to be 4/5 stars. I think the war scenes could be better, since I had trouble imagining what was actually happening. But I am SO invested in this story. So excited to read the next one!

ravenw's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

briiii's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

beckallanpoe's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

jbjxsh's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Couldn't put this book down. A sci-fi spin on The Hunger Games that was also reminiscent of Divergent and The Matrix. It was very fast-paced, unpredictable, and had lots of great twists. The door was left wide open, so I can't wait to see where Pierce Brown takes the rest of this series.

jamesreadsbooks1's review against another edition

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2.0

I was intrigued by this book because ok booktok and the internet going nuts over it, and then my book club picked it as a book so I dove in with them. They all seemed to love it..

I just thought it was ok... world building is ok, and the plot is fine I guess (if you're ok with Hunger Games attempting to be darker). But the characters felts flimsy, and the main character was annoying.

The writing style had me forgetting full pages of what I just read.. had to go back and re-read.. still didn't gather all the info. Felt bored a lot of the time.

I'm not really sure what I'm missing.. it's very popular on the internet and my book club guys FLEW through it and are already into book 2.

Just not for me I suppose.

2/5