Red Rising Book Reviews

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Fantastic. The world, the writing, the characters and the web of insist that this novel entails is what drew me in is why I continue to recommend this book to anyone I can.

Bloody good. A good story with plenty of violence and death.

Must read!. AMAZING!!

What A Ride. I really enjoyed the story that the author created here. Gave real stake to a small event within a galactic story. This book feels so familiar with pieces of many famous stories. A tire popcorn book, so enjoyable, action packed, unique first person perspective. Can’t wait to continue the journey

Awesome!!. Very well written and complex. Love how the plot feels like an elevated and enhanced dystopian YA novel but the writing style is anything but YA. Impossible to predict, thrilling, smart. Just what I was looking for.

The best,honestly. Don’t even hesitate, read it!! You can see such awesome character developments, you can feel it. It honestly felt like I was living it.

Good stuff 👍. A cruel masterpiece. Genuinely one of the most interesting, beautiful, and blood-thirsty things I have read.

Great opening chapters. First arc is great, the middle-end drags and the writing kinda goes downhill

Excellent read. One of the best books I’ve read in years.

Outstanding. This futuristic space odyssey is one for the ages. Power, control, deception, revenge, death, redemption, love...a tale as old as time anchored to the ancient gods and man’s new home amongst the planets in our solar system. I just finished the trilogy and am now moving to Iron Gold. I highly recommend!

Starts off great and then... hunger games!. The beginning and the setup to the tests was entertaining. The storyline fell off when it felt like I was reliving hunger games. Can’t believe more than half this book was about the test. Literally could have been maybe 10 chapters shorter by trimming the useless game.

Amazing story. I loved the arc from learning about what the colors represent to seeing our main character rise up the colors while learning about himself.

Everything about this series is great. Just read it you Pixie

WOW. If the Hunger Games were a Gold, they’d be Red Rising. This book was fast paced, thrilling, tear jerking, smart, surprising, and gripping. I’d read it again right now if it wasn’t a series.

Awesome!!. Fantastic!!!!! Absolutely loved this book. Can’t wait to read the rest!

Worth the hype!. All the book tubers hype this book up. Well after finishing it, I see why! Definitely became my favorite book. Can’t wait to start the second one!

This transformed me into a reader.. Amazing book. Need a live action film ASAP!

Couldn’t put it down. Kept me deep in the plot every time. Loved the themes and characters. 10/10

Heck yeah. This book is every bit as good as my friends said. The level of strategy reminds me of Ender’s Game. If you liked that book, you will like this too. Really well-written.

Bait and switch. Disappointing. The story is supposed to be sci-fi about a mining colony on Mars, but 1/3 into the book, it becomes a medieval fantasy game with armor and swords, castles, etc. Bizarre switch. Sort of a Hunger Games ripoff with gaming elements.

Phenomenal Introduction!. Wow - I bought this on a whim after reading the iBook sample at the airport. Immediately the story hooked, and I had to keep reading. Easily one of the best sci-fi reads I’ve had in recent years, matched maybe only by the Expanse. Super excited to continue this series.

Is that Wiggins in the woods?. This books is incredible. I could put it down and am not sorry that I didn’t. If you like Ender’s Game you’ll like this. Lessons learned in a controlled environment, when control is taken away!

Loved it. I first read this serries when i was around 14 and it got me hooked from chapter 1. Every minute of the day i had my nose in this book. My only regret is that ill never be able to read it for the first time again.

Lit. What a ride boys

Page turner. Just when you think it’s going your way or how you want, the story takes a turn. I honestly don’t like the ending but will definitely be reading the second book faster than the first.

Perfect. Stunning. Immortal. Absolutely breathtaking book. The story. The people. The place. The ideas. It makes you want to change the world.

Incredible. This book is one of my favorites, the entire series is phenomenal. Read it.

2nd time reads even better. There are so many treats and surprises the second time through. Read it the first time; read it again—this is one of the Greats!

Great book. Couldn’t stop reading it ! 10/10

A Grittier Hunger Games. A grittier Hunger Games. A phenomenal opening to what I hope is one of my favorite series ever. But I give it 4 stars (would say 3.5 if possible) because the zigzagging plot twists give the novel a YA feel when it comes to pace. But from everything I’ve heard, the sequels only build on the obvious strengths of Red Rising as Pierce Brown’s writing continues to mature and evolve.

A good series opening.. Pierce Brown’s first novel is a solid start to an epic series. His use of dialogue builds tension with every line, and his description of pain and suffering will have you wincing for the protagonist more than once. It’s not all doom and gloom though! Mr. Brown does an excellent job of layering most scenes, no matter how dark, with a witty humor that is rarely seen in literature. A must read for fans of sci-fi/fantasy action/adventure novels.

🤯😱🫠💥. This entire book felt like the last 100 pages of any other book. Great.

A thrilling read. It’s a great read! The writing style is a little choppy and may not suite the taste of those who prefer more flowy prose, but I think it falls in line with the characters and the world. The plot moves along quickly and the characters are easy to get to know, though the main characters motivations could be more fleshed out. The book also has some weird, alpha male undertones that kind of threw me off, but given the overall “world” of the story, seemed to fit. Overall, it was a great read that I devoured in less than 24hrs.

Incredible book!!!. This is a really good book I absolutely fell in live with it! I was a little worried for a second that it would be a hunger games rip off! But absolutely not! It is really original and has great character development 10/10

Amazing book. Great start to the series, would recommend to anyone!

Obsessed. Hands down the best series I’ve ever read

The story is interesting but felt unoriginal. Eh. Entertaining but predictable. Misogynistic

Excellent book. Had not read a book in over 10 years, I was recommended Red Rising by a friend. I fell in love within 100 pages. It made me realize how much I had missed out on by not reading books. Darrow is one of the best characters in any show/book/story. Cannot wait to finish the trilogy.

Wow. I have heard about this series and never picked it up. Now I can’t put it down. Wonderful story.

Fast and deep. This was a rollercoaster of a read! Fast but deep with many twists and turns. Excellent visuals, strong character development, and tight writing. I will definitely be reading it again! But first off to book two!

Fantastic. I love this book

Yahoo. Mamma Mia my balls

What a start to a series…. 5/5… read this book….

Fantastic read!. Excellent, spellbinding, thought provoking.

Jaw Dropping. One of the most captivating, and awe inspiring books I’ve ever read! Truly magnificent.

“Pick a favorite book.” “One does not simply choose-“ “Red Rising”. I love to read. Ever since I’ve learned how, I’ve been burying my nose in every even halfway decent fantasy or sci-fi book I can find. And for the longest time, there were so many good books I had read that I could never really pick a favorite. There was also the problem of running out of good books to read. Then, by complete accident, I stumbled across the greatest bloodydamn masterpiece ever. I found Red Rising. This book has literally everything- insane character development, a massive, complex, believable world/empire, strategy, philosophy, several metric tons of action, horror, romance, economics/politics, psychology, and a gorydamn truck load of emotion. The first part of the book is slow, sure. And the writing style/lingo takes a little getting used to, but that’s part of what makes this series unique, and if you manage to adjust, incredible. I won’t spoil anything, but the general idea is the society is a color coded system that almost reminds me of communism- each color has a general job, browns are janitors, grays are soldiers, coppers are money grubbers (banks on steroids). Reds are the lowest of the low colors, the miners, and are little better than slaves. Golds are the elite ruling class- not only superior in the caste system, but also genetically the best, almost god-like. They’re supposed to be the best of humanity. Darrow is a red, a miner beneath the surface of Mars. He and his fellow reds live fast, and die young. They spend their days in complete poverty, mining helium-3 all day every day, believing their blood sweat and tears will build a better world for their children- the helium-3 they mine is to be used to terraform the surface of Mars. Darrow is content on his knees, oblivious to the reality of his world. It’s not in his nature to rebel. His father was executed for performing a forbidden dance. And when his wife learns the truth and sings a forbidden song, she’s executed as well (this is the slow part, but it’s important. Suffer through it). This is what finally leads Darrow to an act of rebellion, one that has him executed as well- but for Darrow, death doesn’t take. He’s recruited into a rebel group called the Sons of Ares, a small faction of rebel reds, branded as terrorists by the society. And it is there that Darrow is assigned the task of infiltrating the most elite of the elite- the peerless scarred, the political and military rulers among rulers, golds among golds. Red Rising is a story of rebellion, revolution, and war. No one is essentially the good guy, and no ones the bad guy. And sometimes, the main character is in the wrong and his enemies are in the right. Every single character in red rising is deeply flawed, but each one learns from their mistakes and evolves as the story progresses. They all have high and low points- some more pronounced than others- and this, combined with the highly detailed society they live in, makes the world of Red Rising feel real. The book is like a window into an alternate universe, a possible future. All the negative reviews have something to do with the writing, or the very adolescent view Darrow has. Well guess what, that’s the point. Darrow is sixteen. So stop complaining, slags. In books two and three, he’s older, and has matured. Remember what I said about flaws and character development? The other issue is the comparisons to Hunger Games and Game of Thrones. Elements of both are definitely there, but to say Red Rising is like either of them is like saying bananas and apples are similar because they both grow on trees. Not to mention, Red Rising is just as good, if not better. I could go on and on about Red Rising. I already kind of have. But all in all, anytime I hear someone likes to read, I tell them to read Red Rising. It’s my first recommendation/command to go read EVERY time because it’s just that good. I can not recommend this enough. Seriously, there’s no amount of words in this language, or really any language, that can convey the adequate level of GO READ THIS BOOK. Why are you still reading this review? You should be reading the book. GO READ THE BLOODYDAMN BOOK

Stupendous. Part of me thought it would mimic other similar books (Hunger Games) but in my opinion it surpasses them. There were so many seasons I reread just to revel in the moment. Excellent book.

Incredible. Favorite book of all time.

Rage on. Slow start of a book. Nearly gave up but suddenly it all comes alive. Once this story hits its stride you don’t want to put it down. Can’t wait to to start book two, sleep is over rated.

Very cool story. So much fun to get involved with this wonderful tale. This will keep you awake at night! Instead of binge watching you will be binge reading!

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Brilliant. What can I say? That was a great story. I have read all the hunger games books, but this was better. Better story, better characters, and better writing. Great work.

I couldn’t put it down. Lots of unexpected turns. Loved it.

Bloodydamn bore. I wanted to like this but it was a total bore. If you’ve never read a Sci fi story in your life, if you’ve never read a fantasy story about the underdog rising above, then this would be a good gateway story to these genres. On the other hand, if you have ever read stories like that then this book will ripoff every cliche and genre trope conceivable. I kept putting the book down out of boredom and frustration over the utter lack of anything original, and also because Pierce Brown’s writing skill is as sophisticated as an average junior high school student.

Addicting!. Great Book, very cool concept and a story well developed through out the book! Can’t wait to read the next one!

Book Tok never fails. This is an amazing book. The story is fast paced and the characters are extremely likeable, even the antagonists. Parts of the story reminded me of the Harry Potter and hunger games books, which I love. For readers who enjoy fantasy and dystopian worlds, this is for you. Can’t wait to get into the next 5 books!!

A captivating blend of Hunger Games, Greco-Roman culture and The Foundation.. Well written and paced. Those who like Iron Widow and the like will be satisfied. Excellent character development that that is intentional and genuine. Underlying themes are just being developed. Very engaging- read it.

Next Big Thing. Short and sweet review. This book is awesome. If you liked hunger games and game of thrones you will like this book. Even if you don't like those you will like this book. It starts quick and once the action starts it does not stop until the very last page. Brown creates an amazingly detailed world filled with vibrantly complex characters that will make you want to read cover to cover without stop.