![]() ![]() The book is brutal enough we don’t need to have the rape ploy thrown in our faces every chapter, just so Darrow can save and/or avenge all the helpless women. I also hated how this story used rape to make Darrow look like a savior constantly. Or, at the very least, they would train every child from the time they could walk into becoming amazing warriors and never allow their children to go into the Institute so unprepared and unable to fight like so many did. I understand that most have multiple kids, and this is their way to prove their worth, but I just can’t imagine that they would be okay allowing their kids to be a part of this academy where there is such a high death (and rape) turnover rate. I also found it a little unbelievable that all these high up Golds would allow the chance of their children to be killed, especially for viewing pleasure. That parallels are consistent, and it was something that I just couldn’t unsee. ![]() Overall, I did enjoy this, actually more than The Hunger Games, but you can tell this story is so heavily influenced from The Hunger Games that it just ends up feeling bad. I don’t give a shit that Darrow was sixteen when this book started, this is an ADULT book. I feel like the book community really paints this as a YA SFF coming of age story, which I guess it is, but it is so much darker than I ever imaged. “Funny thing, watching gods realize they’ve been mortal all along.”Īlso, it needs to be said that there are trigger warnings for rape, sexual assault, and graphic violence, because I had no idea going into this book that there would be so much rape. Like, to the point that I’m honestly surprised Suzanne Collins wasn’t like, “what the fuck?” Also, if I’m being honest, this part feels like a rape filled The Hunger Games. We also become aware that this is being broadcasted, and higher ups are watching to recruit the strongest players. Darrow’s house, House Mars, cannot decide a leader, because they are all confrontational alpha males, so they split up into four different groups. ➽ Part III: After performing a horrible and terrible act to move on to the next part of his schooling, we realize that all the different houses have pickled different people and given each group a castle. “I am the Reaper and death is my shadow.” Anyways, Darrow goes to the Institute, performs very well, and is picked tenth out of one thousand students at the school and will now move on to the next part of their schooling. Oh, and Evey, because I loved her instantly and pictured Mercy from Overwatch and it made my fangirl thirsty heart so very happy. Maybe my favorite part of this book was learning about the Carver and his work. Darrow was bitten by something when he was younger, so he and his heart are rare, but strong enough, to endure all of the surgeries. ➽ Part II: Darrow wakes up and meets with the Sons of Ares, and starts his transformation to enhance his body, so he can pass as a Gold and infiltrate their ranks by performing well enough at their military school, the Institute. But something happens that changes Darrow’s life and outlook forever, forcing him to go to the surface of Mars. He for sure is the strongest and the most efficient miner, too, even though he will never receive the credit for it. Darrow is the youngest HellDiver in his red colony, where he works in the mines all day, trying to make Mars livable. ➽ Part I: Our main protagonist’s journey starts out in the lows of the lows, because he is a Red. I don’t need him to tell me the power of words.” Words are a weapon stronger than he knows. Red Rising is also broken up in to three parts, and because a few friends have asked me to break the story down for them, I’m going to! I will not spoil any main plot lines, and I will try to be as vague as possible, but please do not continue reading any further if you wish to go into Red Rising completely blind! Reds – The unskilled and menial laborers.Obsidians – “Monstrous race only bred for war”.Grays – Law-enforcement, security, military and other armed personnel.Violets – The creative class such as artists.Coppers – Administrators, lawyers and bureaucrats.In this world that takes place in our universe, mostly on Mars, everyone is subdivided into color categories based on their skill sets, income, hair color, and what last name they possess (information provided by the Red Rising Wiki page): One of my 2017 goals was to read and review it, because I always felt so much pressure when I’d think about picking it up, because this is such a beloved book in the community. Red Rising is the oldest ARC I have on my TBR. ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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