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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Pierce Brown

Start date: February 1, 2016

Finish date: February 29, 2016

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Jan 06, 2015 Michelle rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015, science-fiction, dystopian, reviewed, fantasy, young-adult, choice-awards-2014, military

Caste systems on Mars. Teenagers playing war games at Command School with life or death consequences. Deception, disguises, and subterfuge. Welcome to Red Rising.

The first part of the book was slow, and I almost gave up on it. I did not get attached to Darrow or Eo, and did not care about their harsh life under the surface of Mars. But I found myself enjoying the story much more from Part 2 on, although the book was plodding at times and I never did get attached to Darrow. He's just too perfect. ...more

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Nov 26, 2016 Paula S rated it liked it

I had some trouble getting started with this book. I have read a ton of YA dystopias this year and Red Rising didn't seem very interesting compared with some of the others. Maybe because the story doesn't really take off until the second half of the book, or maybe because it was a male protagonist and I'm used to female protagonists. I don't know.

I didn't like that the author killed of some people that I found more interesting than Darrow. I didn't like the way the MC had to be pushed onto the ...more

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Aug 25, 2014 Books_the_Magical_Fruit rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopia, books-i-own, science-fiction, ya-dystopia, ya-science-fiction, series-to-re-read, own-in-large-paperback

Okay, so there's a lot of hype about this book, and in my opinion, it's well-deserved. The first thirty pages are a little slow...so give it some time. Fair warning: there's some language here, and a ton of violence. I can see why there are some comparisons to The Hunger Games, although there's no copying here. It's a great first offering from a new author, and I'm looking forward to the sequel. I suspect that this trilogy will be the next big YA movie, but it is likely that it will be adapted v ...more

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