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A review by blessedwannab
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
5.0
Holy Mackeral... It's been a long time since I read a book like that. Actually, I don't think I've ever read a book like quite like that. We're talking the epic-battle-ness of Hunger Games meets the deeper darker more adult writing of Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking. Too good to not rave about.
I'm not going to go into the synopsis, because it's too much and I hate that. It feels redundant. Just click on the book and read it, then come back to read my review.
I'm just going to jump right in and say that even though the book is somewhere around 350 pages the author writes Darrow in a way that you are able to watch him grow and mature. He makes a few stupid mistakes, and then he makes a lot of really strong decisions. In the beginning I wasn't sure I saw more than a cocky but passive man, in the end I saw him as a powerful cunningly smart warrior. In only about 350 pages. I had to say it again, because it's worth repeating.
I don't want to give too much away, because I feel like a lot of the feels from this book are because of the build up and surprises. I'll just say, again, that it has been a long time since I read a book that left me feeling this excited in the end. I've read a lot of books ranging from mediocre to decently good lately. I was in need of something off the charts impressive, and I definitely got it.
Read the book! I feel like most of you definitely won't be sorry.
First read: 10/5/14 - 10/13/14
I'm not going to go into the synopsis, because it's too much and I hate that. It feels redundant. Just click on the book and read it, then come back to read my review.
I'm just going to jump right in and say that even though the book is somewhere around 350 pages the author writes Darrow in a way that you are able to watch him grow and mature. He makes a few stupid mistakes, and then he makes a lot of really strong decisions. In the beginning I wasn't sure I saw more than a cocky but passive man, in the end I saw him as a powerful cunningly smart warrior. In only about 350 pages. I had to say it again, because it's worth repeating.
I don't want to give too much away, because I feel like a lot of the feels from this book are because of the build up and surprises. I'll just say, again, that it has been a long time since I read a book that left me feeling this excited in the end. I've read a lot of books ranging from mediocre to decently good lately. I was in need of something off the charts impressive, and I definitely got it.
Read the book! I feel like most of you definitely won't be sorry.
First read: 10/5/14 - 10/13/14