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A review by couldbestephen
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
3.0
The Red Uprising continues in book two of the Red Rising trilogy.
I feel like the author has improved character building in this book. The women characters are more fleshed out and have more autonomy than in the first book. But for some reason, it feels as those Brown still can’t decide how certain characters should behave. Sometimes characters are just sidelined randomly and then brought back because of plot reason, sometimes we linger way to long with other characters, and Darrow doesn’t seem to deepen as a character much. Actually, many of the Gold characters don’t change much. Even the ones who are “the smart ones,” seem to lack any sense of nuance, which can drive you crazy. All in all, still an engaging read, Brown knows how to build suspense and write some good action. But the character development still lacks. Fun scifi vibe read.
I feel like the author has improved character building in this book. The women characters are more fleshed out and have more autonomy than in the first book. But for some reason, it feels as those Brown still can’t decide how certain characters should behave. Sometimes characters are just sidelined randomly and then brought back because of plot reason, sometimes we linger way to long with other characters, and Darrow doesn’t seem to deepen as a character much. Actually, many of the Gold characters don’t change much. Even the ones who are “the smart ones,” seem to lack any sense of nuance, which can drive you crazy. All in all, still an engaging read, Brown knows how to build suspense and write some good action. But the character development still lacks. Fun scifi vibe read.