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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Pierce Brown

Start date: May 12, 2015

Finish date: May 31, 2015

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Apr 30, 2025 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, space, read-in-2025, mars

Darrow is a Red who lives underground and is part of a community mining Helium to help terraform Mars so people from Earth can one day inhabit it. After a series of tragedies Darrow is recruited by the Sons of Ares and he learns everything he has been told is a lie. Mars has been inhabited for hundreds of years and is ruled by the Golds. Darrow's task is to infiltrate the Golds in order to bring them down. The world building was really good. I mostly liked Darrow though he is very rash at times. ...more

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Jan 26, 2016 Michelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopian

For fans of Legend, Divergent, and Hunger Games, this is a must-read. The author does an excellent job building worlds and characters. The book has some mature content and issues; however, it is handled in an appropriate way. Readers will experience all of Darrow's tribulations first hand and question his moral compass along with their own. Get comfortable and grab some snacks... You won't want to put this book down. ...more

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Mar 10, 2018 Kelly rated it really liked it

Shelves: library

So, I got turned on to this series from a FB live feed from either Bookstr or Bookbub in which they were making book recommendations including the recently released third book in this series. I am always on the lookout for good sci-fi to recommend to my husband who loves to read, but is much more selective than I am. So, while sci-fi is not my favorite genre, my husband is my favorite person, so I thought I would check it out. While it was a bit slow on the start, I did, ultimately like it very ...more

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Dec 16, 2014 Brenda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own

This was fantastic. It started off a bit slow, and I almost put it down thinking it just wasn't my thing. I'm so glad I didn't. It does have shades of other novels. I saw a lot of Hunger Games, and some Ender's Game as well. So it was fitting that the main character was compared to the two protagonists of those novels on the front cover.

It should bother me that this book borrowed so heavily from other novels, but it doesn't. There were enough differences and originality to keep the story fresh. ...more

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