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A review by kingofthehillxl
Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 1 by Rik Hoskin, Pierce Brown
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Great Backstory
This was a really good background of Ares. I don’t know how much more two say without spoiling. I think the story does most of the heavy lifting. The landscapes and backgrounds are great, but for such an visual hierarchy I would have liked the art to be finer in its execution. I mean finer in line weight mostly. I think the idea of the art is stunning but the lining is to heavy for all the detailing they incorporate. I think the lining could have worked if the art was black and white, but it looks sloppy in color. I think I would have much preferred EITHER color or the heavy lines. Since color is such a big part of the story, the better option would have been to decrease the line weight at least for the details of the people if nothing else. It a very small change but it is a world of difference to my personal taste.
This was a really good background of Ares. I don’t know how much more two say without spoiling. I think the story does most of the heavy lifting. The landscapes and backgrounds are great, but for such an visual hierarchy I would have liked the art to be finer in its execution. I mean finer in line weight mostly. I think the idea of the art is stunning but the lining is to heavy for all the detailing they incorporate. I think the lining could have worked if the art was black and white, but it looks sloppy in color. I think I would have much preferred EITHER color or the heavy lines. Since color is such a big part of the story, the better option would have been to decrease the line weight at least for the details of the people if nothing else. It a very small change but it is a world of difference to my personal taste.