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A review by crustypatriot
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
5.0
Oh My God. This book was insane. A MASSIVE step up from the last one. So many twists and turns and the ending was JAW DROPPING. I understand now why everyone says to read the second book if you were iffy on the first. I thought the first book was fine, but this book blew it out of the water. Such a big improvement on the last one. Pierce Brown's writing style and plotting feels alot more adult in this one.
I still had a couple of complaints however. First of all, Darrow is a hot and cold character for me. He is interesting to read about, and inspiring in the book, but sometimes he can be so mellow dramatic where he acts like a child. Its very frustrating. Also it's hard to picture some scenes because Pierce Brown's writing style is so jarring and non-descriptive that its hard to get invested sometimes. If this book was longer with more detail, it would be so much more immersive. Hopefully i get to see this in later books.
Overall though, it was amazing. Such a big improvement on the previous book. 4.5 out of 5 stars (rounded up to 5).
I still had a couple of complaints however. First of all, Darrow is a hot and cold character for me. He is interesting to read about, and inspiring in the book, but sometimes he can be so mellow dramatic where he acts like a child. Its very frustrating. Also it's hard to picture some scenes because Pierce Brown's writing style is so jarring and non-descriptive that its hard to get invested sometimes. If this book was longer with more detail, it would be so much more immersive. Hopefully i get to see this in later books.
Overall though, it was amazing. Such a big improvement on the previous book. 4.5 out of 5 stars (rounded up to 5).