A review by sclark99
Golden Son by Pierce Brown

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Miles better than RR. It might just be that the plot itself is more appealing to me than the Hunger Games but with Spoiled Rich Kids and sexual assault. I still find it overwhelmingly masculine. The female characters at least aren't fridged or

raped

in this book. They aren't awesome, either; they tend to be either sexless or extremely sexualized, which is weird. But hey, it's scifi written by a man, what do I really expect? That being said, Viktra is probably my favorite and she's definitely the horniest. And I'm glad I decided to give the second book a chance despite kind of hating the first one. It's got good bones, you know? I guess Brown just went to a Carver to add density to them to make this book a Gold compared to the first.