A review by melchior
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book cannot be put down. It is a wild, emotional, butt-clenching rollercoaster from start to finish. Loved it. Laughed. Cried. Immediately started the next book in the series. To say I'd recommend it would be an understatement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Rape, Excrement, Body horror, Slavery, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cannibalism, and Grief