Oliver Howard
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 I had tried reading this book a few times before, but I could never get past the first act. It felt generic, almost like a parody of other sci-fi/dystopian books. However, I stuck it out this time and found myself thoroughly enjoying it. Red Rising has the same easy-to-digest prose of a Sanderson book, but in a Sci-Fi setting. Darrow went from an annoying protagonist to one I was rooting for by the end. While the book has some fairly generic tropes, they are all done well and are extremely entertaining. Would recommend for anyone who wants an easy and entertaining read.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 I had tried reading this book a few times before, but I could never get past the first act. It felt generic, almost like a parody of other sci-fi/dystopian books. However, I stuck it out this time and found myself thoroughly enjoying it. Red Rising has the same easy-to-digest prose of a Sanderson book, but in a Sci-Fi setting. Darrow went from an annoying protagonist to one I was rooting for by the end. While the book has some fairly generic tropes, they are all done well and are extremely entertaining. Would recommend for anyone who wants an easy and entertaining read.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 Going into this series, I had preconceived notions that it was not real literature or good writing. While it's not beautifully written, it has that X factor that just makes it so damn readable. This is a book I sat and stared at a wall for hours while listening to the audiobook. I had so much fun with it it's insane. It's definitely a derivative work, taking a lot of inspiration from other successful franchises like The Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, and A Song of Ice and Fire, but Pierce Brown just makes it work and stand on its own. I can't remember the last time I've been so eager to read the next book in a series -- it feels like a TV show I'm binging. It's not literary classic, but bloody damn it's entertaining.
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 Going into this series, I had preconceived notions that it was not real literature or good writing. While it's not beautifully written, it has that X factor that just makes it so damn readable. This is a book I sat and stared at a wall for hours while listening to the audiobook. I had so much fun with it it's insane. It's definitely a derivative work, taking a lot of inspiration from other successful franchises like The Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, and A Song of Ice and Fire, but Pierce Brown just makes it work and stand on its own. I can't remember the last time I've been so eager to read the next book in a series -- it feels like a TV show I'm binging. It's not literary classic, but bloody damn it's entertaining.
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🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑 Ultra-consumable, face-paced, and funny. Very crass at times, so I didn't always enjoy the humor, but the main characters were quite charming. I also felt the Lit-RPG aspects were well done -- it really felt like I was playing a video game or something. This would be something I'd continue if I wanted a quick pallete cleanser that I could read in a few days. I didn't think I'd want to keep reading this series, but the farther I get away from finishing it the more I want to dive back in. I did feel that I didn't care a whole lot about any of the side characters, or anyone aside from Carl and Donut for that matter, but I heard the storytelling gets better as the series goes on. ^c08aae
🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑 Ultra-consumable, face-paced, and funny. Very crass at times, so I didn't always enjoy the humor, but the main characters were quite charming. I also felt the Lit-RPG aspects were well done -- it really felt like I was playing a video game or something. This would be something I'd continue if I wanted a quick pallete cleanser that I could read in a few days. I didn't think I'd want to keep reading this series, but the farther I get away from finishing it the more I want to dive back in. I did feel that I didn't care a whole lot about any of the side characters, or anyone aside from Carl and Donut for that matter, but I heard the storytelling gets better as the series goes on. ^c08aae
I tried a few times and kept bouncing off of this book. Maybe if I play the game and love it I might come back to the series, but until then it's a DNF.
I tried a few times and kept bouncing off of this book. Maybe if I play the game and love it I might come back to the series, but until then it's a DNF.