Driven by the desire for justice and the memory of his lost love Darrow sacrifices everything in order to infiltrate the legendary institution can: The test for the dominant gold-caste, in the next generation of human overlords fighting for power. He is forced to fight in a competition for his life and the future of civilization, against the best and most brutal of the ruling class. He will stop at nothing to make to overthrow his enemies even if this means that he must be one of them to do so.
Opinion
A story of vengeance, warfare and the quest for power. , , reminiscent of The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones.Kirkus Reviews
Red Rising compares favorably not fear, for me it was really an excellent mix of Hunger Games and Game of Thrones. Especially for the latter is similar: not only in terms of intrigue and the number of the individuals, there are also a lot of brute force and death shrink from beloved figures not return, even the language is rough. However, this should also be clear that this book is absolutely not suitable for children and the faint-hearted souls. What I also especially liked: There is not an ordinary rebellion, but it is about carefully planned revenge in a world in which power is the only thing of importance and war is it approvingly in purchase.
Ever got me this world very impressed: Pierce Brown shows the courage to go for several hundred years in the future and to colonize the solar system in his dystopia. The parent company after colors is inhuman, yet logical. It is frightening and consistently, has gone as far at the enhancement of the people. The use of Latin in the name could have go wrong, but for me it was well suited to this culture, which refers to the ancient times. Finally, he presents a history of the company, which is always more complex over time.
The focus of the action is first-person narrator Darrow, who belongs to the beginning of the lowest caste and was deceived by the Golden so that he knows little more about his world as the reader. Darrow is not from the beginning, a rebel, quite the contrary. This starting position is Pierce Brown completely different narrative possibilities when it comes to the development of his hero and discovering the world. Darrow demonstrated in the course of action as a good strategist and tactician. But he nevertheless experienced repeated setbacks where he needs to rethink his position so that he has the success despite his natural talent is not traveling towards. I felt in his world of thought very well and even though he is the narrator, his actions were by skilful omissions often surprising, but not illogical. The other characters have loved them since Pierce Brown has waived unilaterally good or evil representations and has instead drawn more or less sympathetic characters with ambiguous motives. Many grew very fond of me and hurt her loss, because Pierce Brown does not take much time to get close to a figures. Rarely has me the death of a character in the first chapters so touched as here.
I live for you, I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. Then you must live for more.
Positively surprised me again and again that emerging trends usually entered immediately and often took an unexpected outcome. Instead of several chapters to work towards an event, many things happened in quick succession. Accordingly, there is in my view hardly lengths in history. You may not like any of the quite a long and not so single-minded part of the Institute. I liked this but mostly I look at him as important for the tires of Darrow. I must admit that developments cold caught me toward the end, but Darrow's actions fit perfectly to his character.
Finally, although a milestone has been achieved, but Darrow's way far from over. I am anxious to accompany Darrow on his way up and when changing his world. In order to overthrow the social order, it can not be done with it, sometimes just to foment a revolution and kill the top villains. And that makes this particularly exciting trilogy. Which is why I have ordered the second part of me even before reading the end
Conclusion
Hunger Games meets Game of Thrones a rousing science fiction full of murderous intrigue and twists, grows with a rough heroes and where the lines between good and evil are blurred. For me, now one of the best books I'll read this year.
5 Stars
