A review by jmut84
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-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

3.5

Didn’t quite feel this one. A very hunger games like story. Soooo many characters were introduced with very little info about them or anyway to tell who’s going to be relevant to the overall story. Because of that, I didn’t feel like enough information or background was given for me to truly connect to Darrow and some of his friends. The language PB uses was a bit much and just creating words by joining words I don’t think was necessary. The ending of this book felt like it was just setting up the rest of the series which I will be reading as I’ve seen that this book is the weakest of the series. Of all the reviews this series has received and it’s high rating I will be continuing it.