Red Rising(Red Rising)
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- $22.99
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."-- Scott Sigler Pierce Brown' s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender' s Game by Orson Scott Card. " I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. " That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them." " I live for you," I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. " Then you must live for more." Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow-- and Reds like him-- are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity' s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society' s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
Customer Reviews
Awesome!
This was incredibly enjoyable. I’m really glad I got the second book before I finished the first one…. Can’t wait to read the series.
Sexist portrayal of women in the writing style
Very fun book. Very engaging.
Hard to listen to though as the way the female characters are written is pretty sexist. They are all described as hot or gorgeous and most are not given the time and character development of their equivalent male characters. This book feels written by a young man who views women as weaker. Often the line “like a girl” is thrown out as an insult even though in the society created it shouldn’t be an insult. The main character’s perspective feels like it looks down on many attributes he believes to be “feminine” and it is ALWAYS very clearly stated that the female characters can’t keep up with him but “look cute trying”. Often an opinion stated by a female character is followed by a remark on her appearance or sexiness, minimizing her opinions unintentionally.
There are great things about the book and there is also a great female character. It is overall a good book if you can ignore the toxicity of the main character.
Fun Book
Seems similar to other stories but fun either way.