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A review by adamdavidcollings
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
adventurous
dark
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
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.