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Red Rising
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ Pierce Brownās relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Enderās Game by Orson Scott Card.
āRed Rising ascends above a crowded dysĀtopian field.āāUSA Today
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARāEntertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness
āI live for the dream that my children will be born free,ā she says. āThat they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.ā
āI live for you,ā I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. āThen you must live for more.ā
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrowāand Reds like himāare nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanityās overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Societyās ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
Praise for Red Rising
ā[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brownās dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Enderās Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.āāEntertainment Weekly
āEnder, Katniss, and now Darrow.āāScott Sigler
āRed Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.āāRichmond Times-Dispatch
Donāt miss any of Pierce Brownās Red Rising Saga:
RED RISING ā¢ GOLDEN SON ā¢ MORNING STAR ā¢ IRON GOLD ā¢ DARK AGE ā¢ LIGHT BRINGER
āRed Rising ascends above a crowded dysĀtopian field.āāUSA Today
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARāEntertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness
āI live for the dream that my children will be born free,ā she says. āThat they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.ā
āI live for you,ā I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. āThen you must live for more.ā
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrowāand Reds like himāare nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanityās overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Societyās ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
Praise for Red Rising
ā[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brownās dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Enderās Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.āāEntertainment Weekly
āEnder, Katniss, and now Darrow.āāScott Sigler
āRed Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.āāRichmond Times-Dispatch
Donāt miss any of Pierce Brownās Red Rising Saga:
RED RISING ā¢ GOLDEN SON ā¢ MORNING STAR ā¢ IRON GOLD ā¢ DARK AGE ā¢ LIGHT BRINGER
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Fantastic first entry into an incredible series. This book doesn't disguise itself for what it is and doesn't make apologies for being over the top. To whet the appetite, just call it hunger games in space. Just better in practically every way. Highly recommend this one to anybody who is a fan of sci-fi or space operas in general.
Just...wow
A wild ride that once you get on takes you on twists and turns you never expected.
It was a fantastic read.
A wild ride that once you get on takes you on twists and turns you never expected.
It was a fantastic read.
This series came highly recommended by a friend who insisted I should stick with it until Iāve finished at least the first two books. I thought about waiting to review it until Iām done reading the second book, but I decided to share my thoughts on the first one anyway.
Right off the bat, it felt like just another typical YA sci-fi/fantasy book that reminded me of tons of others. But as I kept going, I found that, despite my initial doubts, the story was heading in a good direction, and the world-building is really detailed, making it easy to picture this universe and its dystopian rules. The characters are well-developed and relatable, with cool traits that make them stand out.
On the flip side, I wasn't a fan of the 16-year-old main character, who seems destined to become a pompous politician with some serious delusions of grandeur. I really hope something brings him down in the next book, so I donāt have to read another hundred lines of āI am thisā or āI am that.ā
At first, Pierce Brown seemed a bit too comfortable weaving in some misogyny and homophobia. That annoyed me, but Iām starting to ease up on that because he has put a lot of thought and consideration into his characters and makes them feel pretty relatable regardless of their gender or the stereotypes attached to them.
Overall, thereās a lot of good stuff that makes it easier to overlook the things that bug me a bit. I guess Iāll have to see whether the series is worth my time after I read the second book.
I loved this book!!! I think it was clever and an interesting concept with hunger game vibes! I loved it and it kept me interested the entire way through. what a ride
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