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Golden Son

Pierce Brown

4.39 AVERAGE

kawaiiballer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dark_sk8r's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t even know what to say. I’m dead after the ending.

dailbrae's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

If I'm honest, I can't tell how much I actually like this series versus how much I am reading it out of desperation to see this awful dystopian world toppled. It was pretty fast-paced, high-octane action, which kept me engaged. There was some character development, but I felt that Darrow in particular was somewhat stagnant, struggling with a lot of the same things as in the first book (e.g. trust, taking down a monstrous system without becoming a total monster, etc). Admittedly the last 100 or so pages of the book introduces some major catalysts for character growth and future plot. I have some hopes about how some characters and themes may potentially reshape the revolution against the Society, and I'm sufficiently curious to see where things go.

Also mild gripe with a few things happening off-page just to be like "Aha! Surprise, we are fine because I knew this all along and planned for it and did all these other things! Gotcha!"