Roberto
At 15, this might have been my favorite book. Reading it after 30, it very much feels like a young adult novel of its era.
We have a caste system, not a very subtle way to pinpoint the class divide but it does its job. We start the story with the lowest one, the Reds who are mining underground on Mars and we meet our protagonist, Darrow. It was the best part for me seeing their culture and witnessing how they are controlled. We get to see more of the world after this. Darrow starts his Count of Monte Cristo journey, he even reads the book. As we can see subtlety is not a thing in this book.
Then comes the Institute—essentially a Hunger Games-style arena school for the Golds, the highest caste, where students are split into houses and engage in medieval warfare to prove themselves. The concept is bold, but this was the part that clicked the least with me.
At 15, this might have been my favorite book. Reading it after 30, it very much feels like a young adult novel of its era.
We have a caste system, not a very subtle way to pinpoint the class divide but it does its job. We start the story with the lowest one, the Reds who are mining underground on Mars and we meet our protagonist, Darrow. It was the best part for me seeing their culture and witnessing how they are controlled. We get to see more of the world after this. Darrow starts his Count of Monte Cristo journey, he even reads the book. As we can see subtlety is not a thing in this book.
Then comes the Institute—essentially a Hunger Games-style arena school for the Golds, the highest caste, where students are split into houses and engage in medieval warfare to prove themselves. The concept is bold, but this was the part that clicked the least with me.