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Im Haus der Feinde by Pierce Brown

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katy_heath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I will say it. This book (and series) is ruining my life.

I like that Darrow never forgets where he came from, but the choices he makes leave me bewildered at times.

I read for relaxation but after finishing this book, I think I need therapy.

I really hope the last one sees these a-holes punished. Especially Roque. Damn pixie plays the victim all the way through and does that. Twit.

All that to say it may be a little fresh for me to be reviewing at this time

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boba_nbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Spice Rating: 🫑 / 5 🌶️

Golden Son is where the Red Rising trilogy really starts to ramp up in the action, friendships, betrayal, and rebellion.

Though Darrow grew up as a Red, he has been able to rise into the world of Golds and even find favor with an esteemed Gold family. Darrow is literally a sheep in wolf's clothing and is constantly watching his back to ensure his secret remains confidential. But Darrow is finding out that even the people he thought he could trust beyond measure might not be who he thought they were. Though he has found love and friendship in the cruel world of the Golds, there is still a long way to go to see Eo's dream be fulfilled. Darrow must sacrifice and discover who he can trust and which cards he should reveal. No matter what, the rebellion must continue.

Though I truly enjoyed Red Rising, Golden Son really took it to the next level for me. The rivalries are more treacherous. The stakes are higher. The betrayals are more perilous. The friendships are stronger. The lover is deeper.

Darrow grows so much more in this novel as he becomes deeply entrenched in the world of the Golds. He's torn between his biological family and the family he's found. He's such a gentle soul who tries to do what is right but ultimately ends up hurting those closest to him in the process.

Readers beware of this ending--it might smash your heart into smithereens.

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dreadspawn's review against another edition

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dark tense 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

4.0

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tblakehudson's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

My spoiler free review is this: just wait til the end. Don’t make any final judgements until the end of the book.

The spoiler review: I really have to admit I was thrown. The entirety of the book I kept having this feeling that each step was a bit predictable knowing what we know. I now see why: the rug was completely pulled out from under us.

The twists revealed in Golden Son really make me want to go back and read the first book and re-analyze the characters there, and I think that’s an achievement in itself. Fitchner as Ares I think is one of my favorite parts of this series, and Sevro foreshadowing Roque so early on in the book I think is a perfect example of hiding in plain sight.

That being said, I do have some small concerns. Throughout the whole book I can’t help but think everything is too easy for Darrow. Maybe that’s the point given the final twist, but still, I feel like there’s basically nothing he can’t do throughout the whole story. I’m curious to see how much of this is due to the Jackal’s influence in the next book. Hopefully it means Darrow was being played the entire time, to give some limitation to his endless achievements. Otherwise, Darrow feels a little too much like he’s trying to be Katniss but is falling more to the shallow profile of Triss in Divergent. By this I mean, even though the author establishes a few other players that should be better than the MC in certain ways (Lorn, Ares, etc.) they’re all dead by the end, so the MC kinda HAS to play the hero instead of developing into it further. I’m optimistic about the next book though and looking forward to reading it.

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kaylalikesbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Ok first of all, the ending - holy shit. Did not expect that. Need time to process. This book, like it’s first, has left me with more questions that I need answered immediately, so hopefully I will be reading the next book asap. Although better than the first, I still find that this book moved a little too fast. I would have loved a few more moments where there wasn’t constant action, this is probably the only thing that’s stopping me from giving it more stars, because once again - the plot was absolutely fantastic. No faults there. I love Pierce Brown.

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a_bow's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad 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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cepbreed's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

Every. Fucking. Time. I’m SAT HERE thinking “how is Darrow going to get out of this” and with that ending…lord help me. I actually want to like stomp around out of pure shock and frustration but I’m at a hotel sharing a room with my brother. I literally can’t compute. Pierce Brown when I catch you! This man has mastered the genre I swear. Never have I read a series where all the book are perfect but now Brown is two for two. Especially in Golden Son I noticed how perfectly he incorporates dialogue. This man will spin a flawless speech that could even make me charge into battle, but also encapsulate the effortless dialogue that occurs between friends. When Darrow’s allies are all interacting (Sevro, Roque, Mustang, Victra etc) a part of me is warmed. That same part forgets that half of them will probably be dead before the series ends. Who am I kidding, before the book ends. They’re literally my age, or just slightly older. My heart is broken. Speaking of friendships: Sevro you have bewitched me body and soul. Somehow this man rose so quickly up my favorite characters list it’s not even funny. His relationship with Darrow is one of the best parts of this series and it obviously has so many good parts. I love that little freak and all of his loyalty. His daddy however…

I love the Fitchner as Ares falling for a Red a storyline but I lowkey wish Sevro wasn’t half red, his loyalty to Darrow should be separate from color entirely (even if he didn’t know when he allied himself with Darrow it’s about the principle of the thing. It’d be like Tyrion not being Tywin’s son in A Song of Ice and Fire). Also, that ending makes a part of me think Fitchner isn’t actually Ares. To introduce that tidbit only to execute him with so little ceremony makes no sense.

I guess I’ll see as soon as I get my hands on Morning Star. As for Sevro’s mother,

the whole thing about her having to get an ovary transplant(?) actually inspired a lot of questions about the verse in me. I had just assumed every human was still genetically one species (produce viable offspring at least) but is that not true? Has it gone to the point that colors are species? Or is that bit emphasizing how brainwashed society is, how everyone believes different colors to be so incompatible?

Okay my last couple of throwaway comments.

Lorn deserved so much more page time I’m PISSED. IDGAF about the ending Roque is so underrated. Mustang please be true like you’ve always been!!! Guys she’s just processing the news I swear.

I swear I have so much more to say I just literally don’t have enough neurons to fire up those thoughts right now. My whole brain is consumed by whatever the fuck just happened.

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