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Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Murder, Classism
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Death, Gore, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Drug abuse, Rape
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Blood
Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Cannibalism
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Xenophobia
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Vomit, Cannibalism, Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Incest, Rape
I like that Darrow never forgets where he came from, but the choices he makes leave me bewildered at times.
I read for relaxation but after finishing this book, I think I need therapy.
All that to say it may be a little fresh for me to be reviewing at this time
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
Golden Son is where the Red Rising trilogy really starts to ramp up in the action, friendships, betrayal, and rebellion.
Though Darrow grew up as a Red, he has been able to rise into the world of Golds and even find favor with an esteemed Gold family. Darrow is literally a sheep in wolf's clothing and is constantly watching his back to ensure his secret remains confidential. But Darrow is finding out that even the people he thought he could trust beyond measure might not be who he thought they were. Though he has found love and friendship in the cruel world of the Golds, there is still a long way to go to see Eo's dream be fulfilled. Darrow must sacrifice and discover who he can trust and which cards he should reveal. No matter what, the rebellion must continue.
Though I truly enjoyed Red Rising, Golden Son really took it to the next level for me. The rivalries are more treacherous. The stakes are higher. The betrayals are more perilous. The friendships are stronger. The lover is deeper.
Darrow grows so much more in this novel as he becomes deeply entrenched in the world of the Golds. He's torn between his biological family and the family he's found. He's such a gentle soul who tries to do what is right but ultimately ends up hurting those closest to him in the process.
Readers beware of this ending--it might smash your heart into smithereens.
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Blood
Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, Cannibalism