Red Rising

Red Rising by Pierce Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

One of the better distopian novels I've read. Th opening chapters are weak...it seemed like a cross between Hunger Games , Divergent, and Percy Jackson ....and not in a good way. First person present tense (again...why is that the POV of choice lately?), I could see the twists coming and the prose was too purple....But then, about 5 chapters in, the book just took flight. The twists and turns came fast and furious and I quit trying to guess what was going to happen next and just enjoyed the ride, sitting on the edge of my seat, and one hand over my eye, so to speak, as I followed the fates of several favorite characters, none of whom were guaranteed to live. Thoroughly enjoyable....does have some pretty graphic violence, so I would warn potentially sensitive YA readers.

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