ashleynp24 's review for:

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I honestly would have liked Mustang to betray him because it felt like it was a big twist that wasn’t followed through. I get why he chose to work with Augustus at the end but like man it’s a hard reading point to know he’s under the man he hates to enact his goals. RIP pax tho. A fun read with interesting classism and hierarchical views. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Have to say I loved Sevro and hopes he makes another appearance in the next books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism