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Dashley is Currently Reading

Dashley is currently reading

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: adult, comradery, dystopian, fantasy, large-cast-of-characters, romance-little-to-none, science-fiction, space-opera, war, dash-and-haru-book-club, currently-reading

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read in February 2019

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Dashley said: " 1st reread

Morning Star, the navigator. A new book has emerged in the series so I thought I would freshen up. I swear every time I think I remember what happened Pierce Brown blows my mind again. This series is seriously epic. You can't take it all in 1st reread

Morning Star, the navigator. A new book has emerged in the series so I thought I would freshen up. I swear every time I think I remember what happened Pierce Brown blows my mind again. This series is seriously epic. You can't take it all in with just one read.

The Red Rising Saga is about war and the horrors it entails but the singular thing that keeps me going even when hope is lost, is the comradery. The bonds these people share. Victra kept on wiggling into my heart. Her fierce determination and loyalty warmed me. And who couldn’t love Ragnar especially paired with Sevro. Some of the most memorable scenes are them all bickering like family. It makes me wish I could join in. (Howl)

With war sometimes comes false media. One of the most horrific things to me if I am to be honest. Easily turning people on each other and destroying a society from within. So even with all the humor and fun the book was equally horrible. Many twists and turns, triumphs and losses.

War ages a person so we often forget how young Darrow is. He forgets himself and where he comes from. That all slaves are united. He let fear reach him and became selfish for an instant and it cost him. But that's what draws me to Darrow. He is not perfect, he is not the best, but he is a natural born leader. Darrow sees, he listens, he calculates. He might forget his way from time to time but he doesn't forget the people who got him there.

These characters feel like my friends, so proud, loyal, people I would die for who would die for me. It's a crazy feeling after reading and coming back to reality. I thoroughly enjoy this series never knowing where it might take me. The world and character building continue to go above and beyond almost as if I watched this on screen instead of reading it. Honor sometimes gets lost in real life but to have a leader like Darrow who you want to follow, who holds nothing back, who takes the punishments and failures with you. That is how the world should be that would be someone I could follow. 🐺 The ending was a shot in the heart.

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'Tradition is the crown of the tyrant'.

'But they have created a society of fear. Where men and women must attach themselves to a rising star to survive.' ...more "

Jul 29, 2023 10:00PM · see review

Dashley’s Notes & Highlights

Alpha (Alpha, #1) by Tiya Rayne

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“If you want, big sister…” she said stuffing her face with bacon. “We can always hide his body, and Thelma and Louise this bitch.” I burst into laughter.

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Dashley’s Quotes

“I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

tags: ender-wiggin, identity, pain

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“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

tags: friendship

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“There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each of us, a little universe.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos

tags: galaxies, science, stars, universe

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“When all is bood, blood is all.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

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“And if one day,' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if you feel bad for being so angry at me that you couldn't even speak to me, then you have to know, Conor, you have to that is was okay. It was okay. That I knew. I know, okay? I know everything you need to tell me without you having to say it out loud.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

tags: anger, death, grief

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