sophia_pearl 's review for:

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

3.75

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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While the pacing was good and the characters were intriguing, there were misogynistic undertones that I didn’t love. The audiobook was very well done, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism