A review by ace_cate
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Take a shot everytime Darrow mentions his hands.

Don’t think i’ve ever read a book that made me sit up in shock and anticipation so much. A dark, dystopian, incredibly well written adventure that immediately gets you hooked into the universe Brown has created.

Almost every character is presented as complicated and fleshed out
(occasionally when unnecessary, the book did try to make me feel bad for a r*pist for half a page)
and you constantly switch from loving Darrow to becoming incredibly frustrated at him. The world building for this series has began fantastically, so much so that I actually became a bit annoyed when we left this world to enter the ‘game’  for the remaining 3/4 of the book. The action scenes might be some of the best i’ve ever read. 

Overall this first entry has got me incredibly excited for the rest of this series where we’ll become more immersed in this ‘society’ of humanities far-future solar system and the adventures of Darrow. 
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