Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

36 reviews

rifflerafflereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

The concept of fighting for freedom, rights, or equality is abstract and daunting. The immensity of the concept is enough to scare most into passivity. This is a story of one such person. It's an emotional, intense, dark, and violent story with heart and humor that never loses track of the origins of the story, or the main character, Darrow  - one who acts for change not because he cannot accept the status quo but because the status quo has changed to something he could not accept. I believe the beginning of this book will resonate with many people for a long time; “I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Ableism and Rape

heysilas's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An incredible start to an epic revolution of the proletariat in a beautifully stark and unequal future civilization. The voice acted version from graphic audio was breathtaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

djpringle's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

mshiley's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Colonisation

underthemoon_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

4.5 stars for pure entertainment. -.75 because the book seems to want to communicate a clear moral but fails to consistently state what that moral would be either structurally or in text. I've never read a book about eugenics where the author's own opinion about eugenics is this unclear. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, War, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Excrement, Cannibalism, and Dysphoria

shaletalon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Cannibalism

megpoarch's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

Best book I have read in 2024 hands down. 
If you're interested in dystopian, trials and tribulations, twist and turning plot give this a read. 
Spoiler below:

Darrow leaves his life as a Red to fight the system, to then be thrown into a hunger games style survival of the fittest schooling that turns out to be rigged??? IM GAGED!!! The highest of Society preaches of hierarchy and rules but no one is actually playing by those rules. How is he actually going to break the chains?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Rape

tblakehudson's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

One of the best opening books of a trilogy I’ve ready from the last decade. Reminiscent of Hunger Games in a Dune-esque setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

cabboge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Police brutality

jacksonmax12's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Hunger games for adults with very strong themes of class warfare. 

Pros: fast-paced but manageable, accessible sci-fi with exposition woven seamlessly into the story. 

Cons: The main character has a lot of plot armor. There is a lot of graphic violence and child death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail