Genre: Science Fiction Year Published: 2014 Number of Pages: 639 pages Date Read: 4/25/2016 Publisher: Thorndike Press (Gale Cengage Learning) Series: Red Rising #1 "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will o...
This was so not what I thought it would be. That's on me. I'm not going to say much because I think I'm going to have to take the time to reread sometime in the future. Not harm, no foul.
*Book source ~ NetGalley Darrow is a Red, mining on Mars for helium-3, the stuff needed for terraforming the planet. Earth is dying and humans need other worlds to live, so Darrow and his people work and sacrifice in order to achieve this dream for future generations. Except it’s all been a lie. T...
Well dang. I had high expectations. Not high enough. Hold on while I pick the grit out of my teeth and rinse the taste of bile from my mouth. They say it's like Hunger Games, but it's not. Hunger Games is the bunny slope. Red Rising is the double diamond. Closer to Lord of the Flies, mixed ...
Just up front, there will be some minor plot spoilers in this review, but most of it is also revealed in the official synopsis of the book from the publisher. Any details of the plot I give, only cover the first third or so of the book. Still, if you prefer to go in completely cold, and have managed...
**** 5 kill or be killed stars ****Audio edition, narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds.Overall: 5Performance: 4Story: 5-----------------------------------"An empire cannot be destroyed from without till it is destroyed from within. Remember that."-----------------------------------Harry Potter meets the Hun...
This is one of the best books I've ever read. Seriously. Read it. Don't even waste time reading this review. Read it!!!Still reading? Oh. I guess I'll write a bit more then.If you like dystopian, this is the book for you. In this society everyone is divided into colours (or classes), and there is no...
This is one of the best books I've ever read. Seriously. Read it. Don't even waste time reading this review. Read it!!!Still reading? Oh. I guess I'll write a bit more then.If you like dystopian, this is the book for you. In this society everyone is divided into colours (or classes), and there is no...
If you've read any reviews on this book, you've probably seen comparisons to The Hunger Games, Ender's Game and Game of Thrones, And indeed, so far this series has echoes of all of those, so if you're a big fan of any or all of those series, then you will also love this one! I am a fan of all thre...
~~~Between 3.25-4.5 Stars depending on which spouse is rating things~~~ This is one of those books that the hubby and I read (or in this case listened to) together before bed each night. I think we got lucky because the guy who did the narration was really really good, on that we both agreed. I'm ...
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