Red Rising by Pierce Brown is the first in a trilogy of YA dystopian novels. It tells the story of Darrow who, after his wife’s martyrdom, is given the opportunity to escape his lower class existence in order to infiltrate his society’s elite. The idea behind this is that he will give the rebels opposing the current regime a man on the inside to help bring down the current system. When he learns that his class has been lied to for many years, he doesn’t hesitate to take this opportunity. I received a copy free to review from Netgalley. Del Rey is promoting Red Rising quite heavily at the moment, and it’s always quite fun to see books I’ve read free on huge piles in bookstores or in internet advertisements. Feedback has been generally excellent – Red Rising has an average rating of 4.35 on GoodReads. What I liked Good worldbuilding. Brown does an excellent job of setting up the world in which Darrow lives originally, his challenges, and despair at his wife’s death. He then follows it up with a good description of the world of the Golds – the elite – the world Darrow must infiltrate. While survival…
Red Rising by Pierce Brown is the first in a trilogy of YA dystopian novels. It tells the story of Darrow who, after his wife’s martyrdom, is given the opportunity to escape his lower class existence in order to infiltrate his society’s elite. The idea behind this is that he will give the rebels opposing the current regime a man on the inside to help bring down the current system. When he learns that his class has been lied to for many years, he doesn’t hesitate to take this opportunity. I received a copy free to review from Netgalley. Del Rey is promoting Red Rising quite heavily at the moment, and it’s always quite fun to see books I’ve read free on huge piles in bookstores or in internet advertisements. Feedback has been generally excellent – Red Rising has an average rating of 4.35 on GoodReads. What I liked Good worldbuilding. Brown does an excellent job of setting up the world in which Darrow lives originally, his challenges, and despair at his wife’s death. He then follows it up with a good description of the world of the Golds – the elite – the world Darrow must infiltrate. While survival…