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Discussion thread for the latest installment of Pierce Brown's Red Rising series.
What were everyone's thoughts? I had some overall gripes regarding how some plot points from Dark Age were carried over, but overall I enjoyed it, particularly the siege and duel sequences.
Also,
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fuck Lysander
fuck Lysander
Do you mean Lysanderoth ;)
/s I don't know this book, can you give a short outline what it's about?
Sure! So this book is Book 6 in the Red Rising series, so I’ll give a brief outline about the series in general.
It’s set in a distant future where humanity has colonized and terraformed the solar system, and in so doing divided themselves into a color-based caste system. The hero is Darrow, a Red, the lowest rung on the totem pole. After experiencing unspeakable loss at the hands of the elite Gold class, Darrow undergoes intensive gene therapy to physically impersonate a Gold and infiltrate their hierarchy, with the aim of toppling the caste system from within.
As allies turn into enemies and vice versa, Darrow must navigate the brutal, power-hungry culture of the Golds and make impossible choices to try and make a better future for the entire solar system.
The series starts off very YA in tone, but quickly progresses into a military/political thriller series.
Late to the party since I just finished the book last night, but I absolutely loved it! Probably my favorite of the second series, and it recaptured a lot of the original trilogy's charm.
[SPOILERS] That ending dealt such a melancholic blow that I couldn't do much else the rest of the evening. The entire storyline of their reunion was just so perfectly written, like almost the rest of Brown's work.
I loved the first couple of books but sort of lost interest when he started adding more perspectives. Perhaps I should preserve and read darkage.
He didn't start adding new perspectives until his second set of series, but I totally agree. I thought it was such a refreshing take to only focus on a single character in such an open and expansive world, but after finishing Light Bringer last night, I promise that it's completely worth it! It recaptured the original trilogy's essence in such a masterful way.