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Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 2: Wrath by Rik Hoskin, Eli Powell, Pierce Brown
scolt81's review against another edition
3.0
This volume is more interesting than volume one, but still very little happened.
son_of_zeus's review
adventurous
dark
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
4.5
becadreads's review
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
tyrelljh's review against another edition
4.0
A great sequel to volume 1 in Sons of Ares. Ares has lost what means to him most, twice, and he ensures the vengeance is achieved. With the help of Quicksilver, Ares forms the Sons of Ares and begins the dismantling of Gold-powered society.
julieabe89's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a fabulous follow up to the first graphic novel. It had such interesting developments in the relationship with Fitchner and Quicksilver. I can't wait to read more and get to watch Sevro grow.
aldusa's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ajk925's review against another edition
1.0
I need to start this review off with a caveat, I really didn't intend to red volume 1 or 2 of Red Rising: Son of Ares but I needed to find something to listen to in the car. ALSO, I never really even heard of an audio graphic novel before listening to this series so that was a new experience for me.
Red Rising: Sons of Ares is a prequel graphic novel to the Red Rising saga be Pierce Brown. I read this series as a dramatized adaptation, including an ensemble cast, music, and sound effects. Without even getting into the story, I honestly can't say that I enjoyed this presentation format. The narrator and most of the main characters have good performances in this adaptation, however, the side characters were seriously lacking. Because of the nature of this adaptation, each character has their own voice, meaning either their own voice actor or a previous voice actor doing a different voice. It was honestly really jarring at times to hear the difference in the quality of these performances clash while listening to the novel. Pair that with music and sound effects that sound tacked on and just added for the sake of having them and you can begin to understand why I didn't really enjoy this format. I'd much rather listen to an audiobook consisting of just the voice actor preforming and allowing me to take in that performance without embellishment.
The story of Sons of Ares is decent. It provides some interesting context for the Red Rising saga which diehard fans of the novels could enjoy. However, I definitely don't feel that it is necessary reading in anyway. There really is only 2 major characters from Sons of Ares that carry over to the main saga, one of which play a minor role in this story. Even though Pierce Brown has writing credit for this series, I doubt that he did the bulk of said writing. Even so the writing is fair and keeps the reader engaged even if it is subpair to original novels.
Lastly, I unfortunately can't comment on the artwork for this series as I never read from the physical novel itself but I do regret not being able to see the vision that this story was tied to. Ultimately, I would pass on Sons of Ares.
Red Rising: Sons of Ares is a prequel graphic novel to the Red Rising saga be Pierce Brown. I read this series as a dramatized adaptation, including an ensemble cast, music, and sound effects. Without even getting into the story, I honestly can't say that I enjoyed this presentation format. The narrator and most of the main characters have good performances in this adaptation, however, the side characters were seriously lacking. Because of the nature of this adaptation, each character has their own voice, meaning either their own voice actor or a previous voice actor doing a different voice. It was honestly really jarring at times to hear the difference in the quality of these performances clash while listening to the novel. Pair that with music and sound effects that sound tacked on and just added for the sake of having them and you can begin to understand why I didn't really enjoy this format. I'd much rather listen to an audiobook consisting of just the voice actor preforming and allowing me to take in that performance without embellishment.
The story of Sons of Ares is decent. It provides some interesting context for the Red Rising saga which diehard fans of the novels could enjoy. However, I definitely don't feel that it is necessary reading in anyway. There really is only 2 major characters from Sons of Ares that carry over to the main saga, one of which play a minor role in this story. Even though Pierce Brown has writing credit for this series, I doubt that he did the bulk of said writing. Even so the writing is fair and keeps the reader engaged even if it is subpair to original novels.
Lastly, I unfortunately can't comment on the artwork for this series as I never read from the physical novel itself but I do regret not being able to see the vision that this story was tied to. Ultimately, I would pass on Sons of Ares.