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Rød revolt by Pierce Brown

573 reviews


This came across as Hunger Games *for men* - trying to be overly gritty with no real substance to back it up, which made the goofiness of the worldbuilding and juvenility of the characters less forgivable than if it ditched the mature content and leant into being YA. 

In the end the misogyny got to me. Every single female character in this book exists solely to advance the male lead's rise to heroism. Competent women become damsels just so he can prove his moral superiority over the men that hurt them. Mass rape is used to reinforce the villainy of the protagonist's 'road not taken' counterpart and allow him to save the day in a way that just came across as distasteful and cheap. As soon as sexual violence enters the picture, supposedly super-humanly strong and intelligent female characters become helpless victims until saved by the male protagonist - naturally the male characters are never presented as potential targets of the same kind of violence. DNF'd at that point.

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challenging dark
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was a challenging read. Interesting and unique concept, flawless world-building. 

I don’t know if I will continue with the series due to the violence and sexual assault content that was featured in this first book. I especially didn’t care for the overall tones of forgiveness and understanding that we’re given to the more violent and dangerous characters in the book. 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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