Book: Red Rising

Author: Pierce Brown

Pages: 416

This is my 32nd read for the year

What Amazon Says:

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 toils willingly, trusting 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 lush wilds 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.

To start - this is pretty deep Sci Fi.  And while I am a fan, this is a bit futher than I was interested in to continue the series.  I liked Darrow.  I liked the twist - didn't see that coming.  Once he discovered the secret and he infiltrated the "enemy", it lost me a bit.  It moves very fast - even for a 400 page book.  Too many adversaries  It is Darrow's point of view for the whole book which actually got a bit tiresome.  I didn't love the writing style.  The world building was interesting, but not enough to make me want to continue with book 2.

Stars: 3