"In his compelling novel, ORANGE CITY, novelist LEE MATTHEW GOLDBERG, has crafted a unique dystopian thriller that manages to reveal our greatest fear"In his compelling novel, ORANGE CITY, novelist LEE MATTHEW GOLDBERG, has crafted a unique dystopian thriller that manages to reveal our greatest fears about emerging technology and our anxieties at what the future holds." - Raymond A. Villareal, Author of The People's History of the Vampire Uprising. ...more
A mix of Hunger Games and Roman history, Red Rising is an awesome opening to a trilogy. Packed with action sequences, the pages flew by.
Darrow is a RA mix of Hunger Games and Roman history, Red Rising is an awesome opening to a trilogy. Packed with action sequences, the pages flew by.
Darrow is a Red living in a mining colony on Mars. He sees his wife Eo executed by the government and almost dies himself. When he's rescued by the underground revolutionary group known as Sons of Ares, he learns his government has been lying to them all, and is recruited to infiltrate the Gold circle of society and help to bring it down from within.
This is a Sci-fi book that doesn't spell out anything for you. You're thrust into this world and its lingo. Darrow is an introspective narrator and you feel for his plight. Though it's billed as YA and written in a lot of short, choppy sentences, it's a novel for all ages. Some of the many characters begin to blend, but others like Cassius and Minerva and The Jackal really stand out.
I could totally picture this as a movie and can't wait to read Pierce Brown's next book in the series, Golden Son. ...more
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