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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

155 reviews

sttormy's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Edit: as I sit with the content longer, the misogyny really bugs me and isn’t necessary at all… and the rape/sexual assault isn’t needed either? 
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Overall, REALLY loved this book. Only one complaint… using being a girl as an insult is unnecessary.

There is a theme of looking down on women/ using “being a girl” as a negative. In such a futuristic, heightened society, this isn’t necessary and literally adds nothing… the Golds are all supposed to be equal, but calling someone a girl is a negative. Also, with the Golds being at the top of society, gender binary shouldn’t matter?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, War, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Animal death

Lots of talk of rape/sexual assault that occurs

jj_tj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Torture, and Death of parent

thatfabchick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I liked it, it could’ve been a five star but the beginning was quite slow, and I was very surprised at how long we stayed at this school challenge. Also, I feel that there was a lack of POC’s in this book we do have one that comes in a lot later but we also find out that Quinn is also black, but we never knew that for a while so I hope that the next book the author is a little bit more descriptive of. People, and that they have more POC representation in this beautiful big world because it doesn’t make any sense for sci-fi to not have. More POC reps 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape

resterenvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

4.0

Aaaa menuju akhir chaos banget tapi bikin semangat baca muncul lagi, gore dan kekerasan di mana-mana. Ternyata baru dapat feel buku ini pas udah mau kelar karena merasa perjalanan buku ini di awal panjang banget.
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Dan menurutku baca Red Rising butuh imajinasi yang tinggi buat menggambarkan cerita yang ada di dalam bukunya karena hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan luar angkasa. Harus sabar biar paham world-buildingnya ditambah tokoh yang seabrek.
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Bagian yang paling aku suka adalah politik & intrik antar House, banyak yang licik buat saling menjatuhkan, gak tau mau percaya ke siapa sambil menebak siapa aja yang menyamar. Ditambah adanya sistem hierarki antar golongan warna yang mana kaum Merah adalah golongan terbawah pada sistem hierarki Society, sedangkan golongan puncak adalah kaum Emas.

Terus setting tempatnya di planet Mars! Bayangin semaju apa teknologi pada masa itu ketika Mars dan planet lainnya sudah bisa dihuni oleh para mahkluk hidup.
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Karakter utama di buku Red Rising namanya Darrow. Berasal dari golongan Merah di Lykos yang bekerja sebagai Helldriver, yaitu menggali jalan bagi penambang Helium-3 yang nantinya akan digunakan sebagai bahan utama dalam proses terraforming Mars.
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Berat kerjaannya, belum lagi golongan mereka yang sering ditindas.

Perjalanan karakter Darrow kemajuannya cukup signifikan dan bagus, dari yang awalnya sedih banget sebab kematian istrinya, kemudian lama-lama jadi kejam dan pemberani.
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Tapi Darrow bukan tipikal karakter yang langsung bikin kita suka, aku agak sebel sama dia karena satu-dua hal. Di satu sisi berusaha mengerti ketika dia juga belajar untuk menjadi seorang pemimpin dan pengen menang.
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Jujur aku masih sering lupa karakter ini maupun karakter itu berasal dari House mana, my bad. Red Rising tuh kayak perpaduan dari beberapa buku fantasy yang pernah aku baca, tapi versi pertempurannya lebih brutal dan kejam. Ngilu-ngilu sedap pas baca. :)
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Beberapa latar dan tempat yang mengingatkan sama The Hunger Games, khususnya pembagian golongan warna dan distrik-distrik. Terus institut dan pemilihan House buat murid yang lolos tes juga bikin teringat Harpot & PJ, tapi ini lebih kejam...
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“This is a blood feud,” he hisses in highLingo. “If ever again we meet, you are mine or I am yours. If ever again we draw breath in the same room, one breath shall cease. Hear me now, you wretched worm. We are devils to one another till one rots in hell.”

Selebihnya untuk hubungan persahabatan Cassius-Darrow mengingatkan aku sama buku Vicious. Dan masih banyak lagi yang belum bisa aku sebutkan. 
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Sebagai seri pembuka, buku ini cukup menjanjikan. Gak sabar sama buku kedua, pengen lihat Cassius balas dendam ke Darrow dan pertumpahan lainnya. 🫣👏🏻

ANDDD I REALLY ADMIRE PAX AU TELEMANUS!! 🥹🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

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

lavenderviolin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Very excited, cool premise. the character development and the relationships/interactions between all the different characters what what really made this book interesting to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

ahalpine's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and War

pixi_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Violence, and Blood

melchior's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book cannot be put down. It is a wild, emotional, butt-clenching rollercoaster from start to finish. Loved it. Laughed. Cried. Immediately started the next book in the series. To say I'd recommend it would be an understatement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism