Reviews

Red Rising: Sons of Ares #2 by Rik Hoskin, Pierce Brown

anita_mv's review

4.0

Esta segunda parte me ha gustado bastante más que la primera y sigo creyendo que las ilustraciones son geniales. ¿Lo malo? Son demasiado cortas estas novelas gráficas.

ana_mv's review

4.0

Esta segunda parte me ha gustado bastante más que la primera y sigo creyendo que las ilustraciones son geniales. ¿Lo malo? Son demasiado cortas estas novelas gráficas.

yve_ma's review

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

frostbitsky's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Good second volume of this Red Rising prequel. There are a few breadcrumbs the fans will pick up on. I personally can see how what

Fitchner saw at the shipyards can be a hint as to what Quicksilver is up to on Oculus in Iron Gold, Dark Age, and the soon to be released Light Bringer and Red God.  Quicksilver wants to expand beyond the solar system. 

My favorite story was the backstabbing mother/daughter story on Ganymede. It really showed what is wrong with the Golds. My favorite quote was from the mother,

"She was a dreamer, Fitchner, in a world where only practicality bears fruit."

While I enjoyed the stories I still hate the artwork. It's sloppy and rudimentary. The faces are undefined and the action hard to decipher.

3 out of 5 Shipbuilders.

anam_ali's review

4.0

Man look at the cover art of all these issues, it is so pretty, I love!

poolsama's review

fast-paced

4.5

nuzulul_n's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.75

wolfewillread89's review

3.0

Not a fan of the art

This art work is really hard for me to enjoy. I wish there was more fine detail and actual faves given to the characters.

justanothergirl_23's review

5.0

You can always outrun things if you're fast enough... And you turn around only when you can destroy them

This was so violent and bloody and gory... I loved it!!!!!
I really enjoyed learning more about Fitchner's time at the institute, the hardships he went through and the betrayals he faced afterwards (I liked Arturius for a total of one page then he turned out to be an ass).

Through pain and loss, they made me this way. But in darkness far from light... Even monsters can fall in love
And my poor heart shattered to a million pieces

boomwormbrittany's review

4.0

This was quite an interesting volume of the comic! This goes into the backstory of the Son of Ares as he goes through the same Gold competition as Darrow from Red Rising and rises up to become a ruthless and start to harden his heart. The story flips between present and past to explain how he starts to become The Son of Ares. This volume also showed how absolutely ruthless he is when it comes to protecting his friends. There is a few pages of him beating the living hell out of the men coming after him and his men and it’s gory and glorious at the same time. It’s obvious that there is a lot of rage pent up for him because he was betrayed by those he trusted the most and this is how he gets it out. I can’t wait to see where this will go as it has been a lot of backstory up till now and I’m very interested in the Son of Ares backstory as he seemed to have such a complicated and horrible life that led him to this path of bloodshed and anger.