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Melanie
Jun 24, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: scifi, ya, dystopian
I enjoyed this more than I would have thought - it starts off slow, and I had a hard time understanding all the devices and the caste system at first. I still struggled with a lot of the world building and keeping the characters straight at the end, but the protagonist is strong enough that he is able to carry the story. This reminded me a lot of the Hunger Games, sometimes so much so that I found myself wondering if the author took that concept and ran with his own version of it. It was equally ...more
Amanda
Scifi BookClub Sept 2016 / Audiobook:

I have so many strong, problem opinions about and reactions to this book. I the wave of loving a series like The Expanse, and picking this book for the Scifi BookClub because the second in the series was voted Goodread's Best Scifi for 2015, I expected a lot of this book......and I got absolutely nothing back.

The main character is superhuman and arrogant a lot of the time. A wife is friged, as an in-chatacter choice, just for the pushing of the male main ch
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Jana
Jun 23, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: scifi
This was a very good book! The protagonist is a male, maybe my son would enjoy reading it...
Nicole
Jan 10, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, 2016
Red Rising started a little slow for me, but once it got going it was a fun ride!
Mandy
Jan 23, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorites
Adrienne
Jun 21, 2016 rated it really liked it
Chessa
Dec 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
Laurie
Dec 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Chris Friend
Oct 14, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Stefanie
Jan 08, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi
Alison
Jun 30, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jenny
Jul 16, 2017 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Ching-In
Dec 09, 2017 marked it as to-read
Angie
Dec 17, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: audiobook, dnf
Cindy
Jan 16, 2018 marked it as to-read
Jess
Apr 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Maria
Nov 05, 2018 marked it as to-read
Marcy Jo
May 03, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lucinda
Jul 07, 2020 marked it as to-read
Megan
Aug 01, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: kindle-tbr
Melissa
Jan 21, 2022 marked it as dnf
Kate
Feb 20, 2022 marked it as to-read
ette
Apr 20, 2022 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Feb 09, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Melissa
Mar 19, 2023 marked it as to-read
Toni
Nov 10, 2023 marked it as to-read
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Mari
Jan 28, 2024 rated it really liked it
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