A review by praaliine
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

this was my first time diving into science fiction, and this book took me through a whirlwind of emotions. this book made me empathetic towards characters that i was supposed to hate (not all of them lol), and the plot twists had me reacting in the most dramatic ways. at times i felt like Darrow was way too far ahead of me as the reader, or maybe i was just too slow to catch up, but there were one or two instances where i had to go over a paragraph a couple times because i didn’t understand how a certain scenario had played out. other than that, i loved the writing and the pacing was just right, the world building was great and i loved the lingo. i’m definitely committing to reading the entire saga.
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