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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
On a very simple level, Red Rising could be described as "The Hunger Games on Mars" but it's so much more than that. This books sets its own course in the dystopian sci-fi genre. The story is brutal (but not gratuitous) It evokes big emotions in the reader.
Darrow is a likable protagonist. He wasn't interested in starting a revolution. His life was hard but fulfilling. He had a job he was good at, and a wife he loved. But when he is forced into a whole new world, to infiltrate the ruling "gold" class, he discovers the true nature of brutality. These people can be just as brutal toward their own children as they can toward the lower classes. In the end, Darrow learns that this is less about political structures, and more about the condition of the human heart and our attitude toward the value of a human life.
Both thrilling and thought-provoking.
Darrow is a likable protagonist. He wasn't interested in starting a revolution. His life was hard but fulfilling. He had a job he was good at, and a wife he loved. But when he is forced into a whole new world, to infiltrate the ruling "gold" class, he discovers the true nature of brutality. These people can be just as brutal toward their own children as they can toward the lower classes. In the end, Darrow learns that this is less about political structures, and more about the condition of the human heart and our attitude toward the value of a human life.
Both thrilling and thought-provoking.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
sad
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I find the pacing of the book a bit hard to follow.
I really wanted more of the 1st 20% of the book and I wished the world building in the latter part went more into the other colors as well as how they were trained.
Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book, would probably read the 2nd book just to see what happens next, but I felt that things escalated very quickly and way faster than I was expecting.
There are definitely some plot points that makes you question what is happening in the book, and that’s what I want the answers to.
I really wanted more of the 1st 20% of the book and I wished the world building in the latter part went more into the other colors as well as how they were trained.
Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book, would probably read the 2nd book just to see what happens next, but I felt that things escalated very quickly and way faster than I was expecting.
There are definitely some plot points that makes you question what is happening in the book, and that’s what I want the answers to.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced