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A review by tashasbooks
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I can't believe it took me this long to read this book! And yes, I absolutely loved it.
Darrow is a Red in a world where people are based in different color-based castes. He is at the bottom of the society as a miner in a colony of Mars. He believes himself and other miners are the first on Mars and making it livable for the other colors. His world is turned upside down to to tragedy and he learns that that Mars has been colonized for centuries by other colors. Darrow is furious and wants vengeance undergoing a procedure to become a Gold, the highest caste, and compete at the Institute to infiltrate the top society.
I loved how immersive this world is, which is technically our world and universe centuries in the future. The religion, language especially, help you ascertain the differences between class and how society functions. In this book, we still only see a small part of that so I am extremely excited to learn more.
Within the first 50 pages this book broke me! I was crying and from that point on I was so, so invested. Technically it's not a huge spoiler since it happens at the beginning and fuels Darrow through his journey, but I just think going in mostly blind is the best.
I love seeing Darrow as a character change. He is extremely narrow in his views in the beginning, mostly due to the by-product of his upbringing and his caste. But as time goes on, he challenges his views and also meets other Golds and challenges their notions. Darrow grows as a character, maybe not even in the best way as he becomes more morally grey. One of the things he struggles most with is his mission but also trying to supplant his place as a Gold.
The majority of this book takes place within a tournament setting, and it really is similar to the Hunger Games. There are alliances, politicking, backstabbing, and battle. In fact, I personally really like political intrigue and this book has it in spades. This book also discusses the theme of power and how hierarchy exists and is made. It's more than the current plot that is ongoing, and I love how unpredictable it is. You truly think Darrow has everything figured out, and then something else comes up and "shifts the paradigm" as he says it.
Just wow, I love this freaking book and I'm so excited to continue the series.
Darrow is a Red in a world where people are based in different color-based castes. He is at the bottom of the society as a miner in a colony of Mars. He believes himself and other miners are the first on Mars and making it livable for the other colors. His world is turned upside down to to tragedy and he learns that that Mars has been colonized for centuries by other colors. Darrow is furious and wants vengeance undergoing a procedure to become a Gold, the highest caste, and compete at the Institute to infiltrate the top society.
I loved how immersive this world is, which is technically our world and universe centuries in the future. The religion, language especially, help you ascertain the differences between class and how society functions. In this book, we still only see a small part of that so I am extremely excited to learn more.
Within the first 50 pages this book broke me! I was crying and from that point on I was so, so invested. Technically it's not a huge spoiler since it happens at the beginning and fuels Darrow through his journey, but I just think going in mostly blind is the best.
I love seeing Darrow as a character change. He is extremely narrow in his views in the beginning, mostly due to the by-product of his upbringing and his caste. But as time goes on, he challenges his views and also meets other Golds and challenges their notions. Darrow grows as a character, maybe not even in the best way as he becomes more morally grey. One of the things he struggles most with is his mission but also trying to supplant his place as a Gold.
The majority of this book takes place within a tournament setting, and it really is similar to the Hunger Games. There are alliances, politicking, backstabbing, and battle. In fact, I personally really like political intrigue and this book has it in spades. This book also discusses the theme of power and how hierarchy exists and is made. It's more than the current plot that is ongoing, and I love how unpredictable it is. You truly think Darrow has everything figured out, and then something else comes up and "shifts the paradigm" as he says it.
Just wow, I love this freaking book and I'm so excited to continue the series.