Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Red Rising - Kebangkitan Merah by Pierce Brown, Shandy Tan

32 reviews

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

tinystars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I really expected this to be more dense but it actually read very YA. I would give it 5 stars but I can't get passed some of the lazy writing. So much is straight ripped from Ender's Game, Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, etc. don't get me wrong, I love those stories, but the borrowed plot wasn't blended in very well at several points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Torture

minimoose0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

abitterknitter's review against another edition

I just could not care enough about the characters to keep going. It was all just violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, and Alcohol