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Absolutely, Positively Not YA

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga #4) by Pierce Brown

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5) by Pierce Brown

December 28, 2019 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

So, I planned on writing a big post last year or the year before about wether or not the Red Rising series is YA. I do not remember where I fell on the spectrum then but I know, without a doubt, that I fall firmly in the NOT YA camp now. That said, I would absolutely let my children read these books and encourage any reader who was interested to read them. I tend to consider readers a little more mature than the average person […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Darrow, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, violence, YA

thewheelbarrow's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Darrow, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, violence, YA ·
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House Barca

March 14, 2016 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Morning Star rounds out the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown, wunderkind of science fiction publishing the past three years. There’s a movie deal, a bunch of us have read the books, and you may want to as well. Heck, how else are you to weigh in on the many comments on scootsa1000’s first review of the book? (I’m not going to include a summary of the book. I don’t like the official one, and I cannot think of a better one, so if you […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Darrow, faintingviolet, golden son, Morning Star, Pierce Brown, read harder challenge, Red Rising, Sevro

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Darrow, faintingviolet, golden son, Morning Star, Pierce Brown, read harder challenge, Red Rising, Sevro ·
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An unique view on an already traveled path.

September 6, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

On the cover of the copy of this book I read the quote says “Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.” Normally this would give me pause. While I’ve not read Ender’s Game, I know it and to a possibly lesser extent, The Hunger Games are tall measuring sticks. I have relegated lesser reviewed books to the proverbial dustbin for attempting these heights and not succeeding.  How would this character stack up? And do I want him to? Does it really matter? I had also broken my […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Darrow, faintingviolet, Pierce Brown, read harder challenge, Red Rising

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Darrow, faintingviolet, Pierce Brown, read harder challenge, Red Rising ·
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