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A review by jamesreadsbooks1
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
2.0
I was intrigued by this book because ok booktok and the internet going nuts over it, and then my book club picked it as a book so I dove in with them. They all seemed to love it..
I just thought it was ok... world building is ok, and the plot is fine I guess (if you're ok with Hunger Games attempting to be darker). But the characters felts flimsy, and the main character was annoying.
The writing style had me forgetting full pages of what I just read.. had to go back and re-read.. still didn't gather all the info. Felt bored a lot of the time.
I'm not really sure what I'm missing.. it's very popular on the internet and my book club guys FLEW through it and are already into book 2.
Just not for me I suppose.
2/5
I just thought it was ok... world building is ok, and the plot is fine I guess (if you're ok with Hunger Games attempting to be darker). But the characters felts flimsy, and the main character was annoying.
The writing style had me forgetting full pages of what I just read.. had to go back and re-read.. still didn't gather all the info. Felt bored a lot of the time.
I'm not really sure what I'm missing.. it's very popular on the internet and my book club guys FLEW through it and are already into book 2.
Just not for me I suppose.
2/5