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OK, not trying to be argumentative, but Red Rising just wasn’t as good as people told me it would be. That’s not to say it wasn’t enjoyable. It mostly was. On its own, though, Red Rising was… fine. A good read, but not the sci-fi masterpiece I was led to expect.
I went in hoping for a complex, exciting space opera, but instead it felt like I was reading a new Hunger Games book. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I love a hero’s journey, revenge arcs, and “from the bottom to the top” stories, but here, the beats felt really predictable from chapter to chapter.
It’s kind of like a Marvel movie: some are genuinely incredible, others are just decent, but even the weaker ones are still a fun time. Red Rising landed in that “pretty fun” category for me.
I liked a lot of the characters and I’m planning to complete the trilogy as most have told me that the second and third books are much better than the first.
All that being said, I don’t regret reading it and I can see why some people love it, but overall I was a bit let down.
3 maybe 3.5
OK, not trying to be argumentative, but Red Rising just wasn’t as good as people told me it would be. That’s not to say it wasn’t enjoyable. It mostly was. On its own, though, Red Rising was… fine. A good read, but not the sci-fi masterpiece I was led to expect.
I went in hoping for a complex, exciting space opera, but instead it felt like I was reading a new Hunger Games book. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I love a hero’s journey, revenge arcs, and “from the bottom to the top” stories, but here, the beats felt really predictable from chapter to chapter.
It’s kind of like a Marvel movie: some are genuinely incredible, others are just decent, but even the weaker ones are still a fun time. Red Rising landed in that “pretty fun” category for me.
I liked a lot of the characters and I’m planning to complete the trilogy as most have told me that the second and third books are much better than the first.
All that being said, I don’t regret reading it and I can see why some people love it, but overall I was a bit let down.
3 maybe 3.5