Red Rising
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. "Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field."--USA Today
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness
"I live for the dream that ...show more
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness
"I live for the dream that ...show more
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Unless you are an "alpha male" with a challenging penis size, I suggest you avoid this book. While some of the plotting is elaborate and mildly interesting at times, that is all this novel has going for it. It's rife with mysogyny and toxic masculinity, and women are treated with less reverence than a "pinkwhore's fart". The world building is incredibly sub-par, the characters are tropes, the prose is bland, the plot is filled with holes and cont...read more
This “novel” is absolute garbage. How this book was published let alone praised is mind boggling.
Why does this book suck?
-characters are weak, unoriginal, and poorly crafted. Every female in this story is raped, tortured, and valueless. The only merit a female has in this novel is what she offers a man, or what a man does to her, or how she can be used against a man. There is rape or mentions of rape in almost every chapter and it’s thrown i...read more
The book is fast paced which is fun, but not fun enough for me to ignore the constant suffering of women for the MMC to experience any growth.
Darrow is a Red, the lowest position in a color-represented caste society. He knows his life is tough but this year things are about to change. This year, he's going to win the Laurel and the rest of the Lambda clan will finally get the chance to know what it feels like to not go hungry for once. Except, the government has other plans and despite being the true winners, the Gammas win the Laurel like they do every year.
In an attempt to change the...read more
In an attempt to change the...read more
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