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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

55 reviews

isotope_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

So Protestant. Knock off Hunger Games. The book is boring until you get to the games. The games were interesting to read. It wants to say something about justice and race and class. But it just doesn’t—like I said, knock off hunger games. Idk if I’m just tired of rebellion books or what. Also I can’t stand the MC. So annoying, condescending, and full of himself. Also there was literally nothing about this that was sf besides the setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Cannibalism

brennapatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

gilberik's review against another edition

A perfect, beautiful, pure girl-wife, that every boys in the village wanted to marry, beloved by everyone, fridged in the first 10-15% of the book. Trying to hard to make me care about her when even the people hanging her regret having to kill such a beautiful girl. She'll never be Prim. This book took all the things that made The Hunger Games great and heartwreaking, and did the complete opposite with them.

When it brought up another beloved caring wife, and fridged her in the same paragraph? Yeah I don't think I want to get deeper into this book. Not gonna suffer through that thank you, definitely not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Slavery, and Death of parent

ka_ke's review against another edition

I got bored. The book is predictably dystopian. 

I’m all for rallying the people against the oppressors, I think these stories are truly important, however there has to be a way to get the point across in less pages or with faster pacing. 

Also… you can tell a hetero-cis-male wrote the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

rubyroses's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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? No

4.75

Red Rising is marketed as a mix between the Hunger Games & Enders Game. Like the Hunger Games the society of this novel is fractioned into  classes all with specific job and varying hierarchies. Meanwhile, like Enders Game it focus more on a battle arena type school then an all out Hunger Games killing fest. Yet, even with all this being said Red Rising is a unique novel. It’s premise is fresh and feels unheard off even in the vast sea of YA dystopian sci-fi that exists. 

Our main character Darrow is an interesting one. The journey he goes on is long and never ending. He’s a smart boy who is always struggling to stay ahead and often is falling one step behind but when he wins he doesn’t it magnificently. It’s the struggle that makes him interesting. Like most characters he is not perfect at the beginning and he is not perfect at the end. He is overwhelmingly human (😉). 

But, don’t read this book just for Darrow. Every character from Cassius to Servo (he’s my favourite) have their own brilliant moments. The writing is genuinely hilariously witty even in the most tense moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mollysbooklist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

It felt like an American author trying really hard to write in various British accents and Irish accents. I found it distracting and made the plot more convoluted than necessary. 

The audiobook narration was okay. I think I would’ve enjoyed this more if it had been a physical/e-book vs. the audiobook. I think the narration highlighted the problems of the writing. 

*Accents haven’t previously been an issue for me so it was surprising how distracting it was with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

phiiline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

Minor: Misogyny

evandered's review against another edition

The plot & worldbuilding were trying too hard to be something they're not, and I found the main character's narration grating and tedious.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Rape

brook_price's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This book was definetely not for me. I've heard the sequels are better but yikes, the portrayals of women and any character other than the hyper-masculine, stunningly handsome, muscular main character were so lackluster and kind of insulting. Also, the treatment of rape was infuriating. I get that the characters discussing and analyzing the incidents are children and that the proctors watching over the games are indicative of the dystopia that hired them, but damn, the handling of assault was messed up. It was as if the women didn't matter. I got straight-up pissed off a couple of times reading this book. To make matters even more irritating, I thought the battle royal element was so boring. The stakes weren't outlined well and the pacing was way too slow. I don't think I'm the target audience for this story, so take my notes with a grain of salt, but ooofff, did not like this book. 1.5 for interesting character names at least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, and Classism

I personally did not like this book

alvyv's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the world building and the social hierarchy is interesting. 
Similar to the Hunger Games on how they do have a competition and there is a very specific social hierarchy with clear separation, but I think it’s unique on how it is written and how the story builds. I’m excited to read the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism