Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Red Rising (Red Rising, #1)

by Pierce Brown

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, BUZZFEED, GOODREADS AND SHELF AWARENESS

Pierce Brown's heart-pounding debut is the first book in a spectacular series that combines the drama of Game of Thrones with the epic scope of Star Wars.

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'Pierce Brown's empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision . . . Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow' - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic

'[A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field' - USA Today

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Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are the only hope humanity has left.

Until the day Darrow learns that it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought.

Until the day Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command school, intent on taking down his oppressors from the inside.

But the command school is a battlefield - and Darrow isn't the only student with an agenda.

Reviewed by nannah on

1 of 5 stars

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Ha, nope.

I'll be honest, I didn't even make it to page 15. Whine all you want about me rating it one star without "giving it a fair chance," but there's no way I'm continuing on.

On the very first actual page:
1. every sentence is a fragment or a really small, simple sentence. I'm already sick of this author's style, and I've barely gotten a paragraph in.
2. "Instead, Kieran bawled like a girl." There's sexist language already. And within the next few pages, women are talked about like objects, sex toys, and young women (minors) are talked about sexually by much older men.

OK. This is the world this author decided to create. Because yes, he DECIDED to create it. He was not forced by any creative laws or anything. Plus, the story takes place on Mars. He had full control, and this is what he chose to do with it.

(also, after the first chapter, I already hated the MC. What an arrogant douche bag.)

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