Reviews - Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 1

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Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 1

Rik Hoskin, Pierce Brown

3.87 AVERAGE

amaranthineee's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

_slara's review

5.0

fast-paced

vfurfaro's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

charlireader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Was there ever any doubt that I would love this? Nope!
This is of course a prequel told from Fitchner's POV during his own time at the Institute and how he became a Peerless Scarred. It documents how he met Brynn etc and continues to show how disgusting the Golds can really be when trying to keep people beneath them.

I really liked the narrators who did an excellent job and of course the dramatisation was just epic in all the right places. I love that we get to see how much of a real G Fitchner really is since he seems to have lost a bit of his edge in the main series. He's definitely not one to be played with in this first of 3 volumes!

chaitai00's review

3.0

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

james_desantis's review against another edition

3.0

This was a fun little backstory for Fitchner, and how he became who he was.

The story is a fast paced action adventure about Fitchner trying to get by despite being the outcast, the black-sheep, yet he excels past his peers. When he falls in love and has a baby with a Red all is good...or so he thinks. When you find out what happens to his wife and kid he must go on a mission to save the ones he loves.

Good: I enjoy the art at parts a lot, gritty and fucked up. I also thought Fitchner had a interesting point of view and gave a little bit more meat to the characters. The fights were fast paced and exciting as well.

Bad: It didn't give any big surprises and if I didn't read it no big loss. I also thought sometimes the art made it really hard to understand what was happening.

This was a fun little add on to the Red Rising series. While not as good as any of the novels it still was solid enough to recommend. A 3 out of 5.