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Morning Star by Pierce Brown

11 reviews

murrayscottferguson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Gore, Bullying, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Racism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, War, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Death of parent

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

katiefronk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Torture, Confinement, Death, Violence, Slavery, Suicide, Cursing, Physical abuse, Murder, and Blood

maddie_rae_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

(Ok, so I’m dubbing this the first Trilogy, kind of like Star Wars-these three take place in a relatively short amount of time. The next three jump ahead about a decade.)

I STRUGGLED at the start. For like the first 3 hours. So disturbingly brutal because the Jackal is the worst and Darrow and Vitra have to work through the trauma they’ve endured. It was hard to listen to yet totally necessary to the story. Serious props to Pierce for navigating that balance. 

While totally feral, this book has some of the most beautiful (and deep) insights. Here’s some of my favs (the non-spoilery ones 😅)

🪐 “Mother is the spine in me, the iron. And I clutch her hand as if such a simple gesture could say all that.”

🪐 “His eyes radiate a goodness that I used to think made him seem foolish, now it just seems wildly brave.”

🪐 “Government is never the solution, but it is almost always the problem.”

🪐 “I think the sh*ttiest part about getting old is now we’re smart enough to see the cracks in everything.”

🪐 “In war, men lose what makes them great. Their creativity. Their wisdom. Their joy. All that’s left is their utility.”

🪐 “Our lives mean so much more than the frail bodies that carry them.”

🪐 “Whatever plan I make, it seems the world is content to undo it.”

🪐 “If my people know one thing it is how to survive hardship with celebration.”

🪐 “Life without love is the worst prison of all.”

🪐 “When we are wound together, we make something unbreakable, something that lasts long after this life ends.”

Ok, I’ll stop, but if you think you can handle this harsh chronicle of war and love, do it. 🤩 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Torture, and Cursing

joshoonet's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.0

• A lot of fighting, as is to be expected of the last book in a YA trilogy
• All the battling wasn't as interesting as I hoped it would be, apart from a few notable exceptions
• Really liked the beginning and the end, but a lot of the stuff in between was just alright
• Maybe I was just burnt out on this series though? I read over 1200 pages of it in two days, wouldn't be too surprising

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Grief, Confinement, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Child death, and Excrement

Confinement/Suicide Attempt:

the protagonist is confined to a tomb-like cell for 9 months in the beginning of the book without light or human contact. He tries to end his life before being abruptly liberated from his cell.

War, Grief and all Violence:

most - if not all - of this book is about war and trying to take over certain ships or planets. Close friends of the main characters die by violence throughout the book, as well as millions of unnamed characters.

classical_learner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A deeply engaging book with unexpected turns every step of the way. The writing is incredibly immersive and manages to develop large complex plot points and individual character struggles simultaneously and harmoniously. Just read it. You won’t regret it, but you will need tissues. An awesome staple in this trilogy of Darrow’s story. 
Where the previous two books focused on Darrow’s identity, then his friendships, this one honed in on his rivalries. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

therensistance's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, War, Blood, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Racism, and Cursing

Minor: Cursing

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Break the chains.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Emotional abuse, Child death, Self harm, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

heyjaycee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

After the end of Golden Son, everything is different. It's one of those 'where can we even go from here?' moments. But there is somewhere to go, and the only way is up.

Kept captive and tortured by the Jackal, Darrow must escape and return to his struggling rebellion. But when he does, he must contend with the clashing personalities of everyone he has brought together.

I appreciated how Morning Star became less about Darrow—though of course he is centre stage—and more about the people around him. Brown really shines at creating memorable characters, and they were all given their moment in the spotlight in this final book of the series.

Of course, the exceptionally grimdark tone continued, and I began to find the endless setbacks and awful surprises hard to bear. There was a moment, three quarters from the end, where yet another terrible thing happened and I immediately put the book down and didn't come back to it for three weeks. Eventually I returned to it, and was glad I did. But still—the neverending tension was wearisome.

Oh, and the ending? Allow me to sigh heavily. The political conclusion made sense, but the interpersonal wrap-up for Darrow felt agonisingly hackneyed. But there will be those who like that kind of thing, I guess.

It's been a rollercoaster of a series. Pierce Brown is a master of emotional intensity, conflict, and sci-fi coolness. I'm glad I experienced it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism and Genocide

yodareads12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is definitely my favorite book in this series as of right now! One thing I appreciate in books is when the author surprises me. And Pierce Brown surprised me over and over again with some of his reveals. 

There were many events that seemed as if they were only going in one direction, then, immediately they swapped around. Darrow, the main character, had a lot of growth in this book as well. The first two, he is constantly doing stupid things and trusting all the wrong people. In this book he really seemed to mature and find his own place in this Gold society. 

I'm definitely excited to finish this series! And I highly recommend any Sci-fi fans to give this book a shot! 

There is a lot of cussing in the book as a warning. And some very gory scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Gore