Morning Star - Pierce Brown

Del Rey, 2016, 524 pages

ISBN: 978-0-345-53986-1

Read: July 2022, age 44

 

Red Rising, book 3 of 3 

This was a decent series, but I never really clicked with the characters.  The plotting was good and the writing was fine, but they were just people that I didn't particularly care to hang around with.  It ended well, anyhow.

Rating: 3

Golden Son - Pierce Brown

Del Rey, 2015, 444 pages

ISBN: 978-0-345-53983-0

Read: June 2022, age 44

 

Red Rising, book 2 of 3 

The book was just fine, but it was missing the conceit of the quasi-medieval tournament, and floundered a bit trying to figure out how to proceed.  The characters were a bit meh, to me, too.

Rating: 3

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

Del Rey, 2014, 382 pages

ISBN: 978-0-345-53978-6
Read: February 2020, age 41

Red Rising  - Book 1 of at least 3 - it looks like there are two linked trilogies so far.

Cross Gattaca with The Hunger Games, add a heaping spoonful of ancient Rome and some Greece and you get Red Rising.  The plotting was really good, but it felt more like a movie than like a book.  Everything happened very quickly, prioritizing plot over character and setting exploration.  I think there could have been more exposition as we went along.  I do want to see where the series goes.

Rating: 4