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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

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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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amir_hamza's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

6/10. A decent, just above average and mostly entertaining book that's more futuristic fantasy than sci-fi, at least so far. This definitely isn't YA, with a significant amount of blunt (albeit offscreen, blessedly) sexual violence. The protagonist is also an edgy arrogant guy who's not the most endearing to read about, especially past the first third, and his companions are shallow animations at best. The book also lacks much falling action and ends not even a dozen pages past the climax, and unless there's a cliffhanger, to me, the falling action is very important when it comes making a book satisfying or not. That being said, beyond the very generic intro (to be honest this whole book is very generic) and a jumbly middle, it does pick up in the last third and upto the climax at least, it's pretty fun. I did roll my eyes at (mild spoilers!)

the fridging and damsel in distress in the same book though.

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anni_swanilda's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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nicain's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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loru's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

This is a reread for me and I enjoyed even more than the first time I read this story. Being able to compare thee characters from where they started to where they are is great. It's also awesome to see the development of the themes. It is a slower build in the beginning, but has enough hooks to keep you interested. The action scenes are well written and exciting. The character moments and dynamics are also great. Darrow, the MC, is exhilarating to follow.

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lilac_rose's review against another edition

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challenging tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The first half was okay but not worth near the hype this book recieved. With a barley valed anology for the british empire and a pretty bad caste system it just wasn't enjoyable. But, at about 65% through the book it get really good.

The introduction of mustang makes this book go from okay to really good.

I think I will take a break between now and reading the next one.

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romina_elizabeth's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

I don't give it 5 stars because of the bits of romance (I generally don't like romance in these types of books).

But I actually really loved this. I don't read this genre much, but I'm so glad I decided to give this one a chance.
I am HOOKED.

And, yes, Brown is right, I'm 90% sure that I'm going to bloodydamn love these books.

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