RED RISING TRILOGY REVIEW
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Hey everyone! Here's my review for the amazing Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown :D
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The Audiobook is the best one I have ever listened to. I have around 800 in my library. The narrator brings the story to life. Like you, I fear reading the next trilogy because the ending was so perfect.
Although iam late but if you are here can you tell me which audiobook you used?
man I just finished morning star, and I am terrified to read the second trilogy lol, the ending was so great and I just know everything is gonna be ruined and although the series will be great I will be in pain
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The scene in golden son when Darrow and Sevro capture the Vanguard, that to me was when you really meet the reaper and the goblin. Frickin' incredible!
I was loving the trilogy regardless; but brown hooked me hard in each and every book, including iron gold and dark age. One of my favorites was when Darrow had pax whip him. That was written and played out flawlessly. That moment endeared the rising to me on a deeper level.
Also, in iron gold and dark age we branch out and get to dive into other perspectives. Lysander giving us a first person perspective on the ferocity and terror of facing Darrow and his legions; added a beautiful layer to the vision I have of Darrow.
Awesome vid though. Hail Reaper
Just finished my second readthrough, and I’m having existencial issues carrying onward.
As easily observed, you seem to have some knowledge of similarily engaging books. Can I ask your suggestion?
Update: Found resolution in the Mistborn series. Think I’ll read all of Brian Sandersons books now
P S believe me I understand that feeling lol. You invest in a story and get lost in the world. Then it’s over and that world slowly dies away inside your mind. Rising was definitely one of the worst comedowns I’ve had, stories just felt a little stale afterwards. Red rising is just a genre bender that is hard to find elsewhere. It has its own flavor for sure.
But, if you’re wanting that addiction type story similar to the feeling you got from rising, I can name 2 that for sure will give you that.
First is Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson.
Second is unsouled by Will Wight. Guaranteed you won’t be disappointed
Meowster Oshi thank you, good sir.
This’ll keep time from standing still for a while.
Just finished the mistborn trilogy. I’m quite awestruck by the mixed emotions and intrigue it left me. Now I’ll ponder wheter to continue the series or go to warbreaker
I have just finished this series epic series, and really agree with all your points. Man that ending was great and the journey was even better. Definitely among my top 3 series of all time.
Totally know what you mean about liking people dying in books lol totally not morbid - I get it. I really enjoyed another series recently but wasn't happy that there were a couple characters that didn't make it and then were miraculously ok. Where are the stakes? Idk - I like my heart to be broken lol
Well sounds like a wonderful series! I've heard such great things about Pierce Brown's books but didn't know a whole lot about it now! Great review! I'll definitely have to pick up Red Rising. Have you done a top fav series video? Would love to see your list!
I'm going to do a top favorites video probably sometime next month! I'm wanting to do one more review first before I make that video though :) And yes! I like to be worried about my characters! That makes me sound mean, but oh well I guess :D
I have the first book on my TBR, you have totally made me excited to pick it up!
Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for you! Prepare to be bummed out when you first start it!!!
I am reading Red Rising, about at 30%. One problem that is bugging me that since its written from Darrow POV, the Author tells things about world that there is no way Darrow would have known from his early life in mines. It's not there is CNN or Fox down in Reds that tell you whats going on above/ But when Darrow was preparing for the test, he tells how many levels the Golds are divided into and some other details about Golds and the rest of the world that unless you are watching MarsTube on your datapad, you would not have known. Anyways, I'll keep pushing.
This is one of my favorite series ever.
I love Sevro!
I loved this series, I was actually stunned how much I am enjoying it. I'm on book five (Dark Age) right now, I didn't like book four (Iron Gold) as much as the first three but it ended strong and got me ready for book 5. Dark Age is fantastic. I can't wait for the next one...apparently there is going to be maybe a 7th.
hii! so I realize i'm 2+ years too late, but I wanted to leave a comment regardless because it is sO hard to find a decent book review on this series on youtube. I'd love to get into how I first found the series, it's quite unique, but I don't want to drag on. First off, kudos to you for literally not spoiling anything even while talking about the series as a whole. I had my doubts when you first said that, but you did very well in explaining the books, some themes, and the intricacies of the characters. Also, I 100% feel you on how we like it when characters die. It's morbid, but like you said, it makes it that much more real. I loved how Darrow isn't perfect. He fucks up, and he fucks up majorly with some major consequences. How his fuck ups affect not just some off hand character, but affects his friends directly as well. Even to the point of betrayal. uff, I could go on and on. Regardless, thank you so much for doing this. I appreciate you:))
Well thanks, I appreciate getting to see your thoughts! 😄
I agree totally. I read these books when they came out, but this review is the best ive seen. This is my favorite book series, and I love the spoiler free treatment for new readers.
@@ebnovels i started reading the series about a month ago and i am currently reading dark age. It is tied favourite book series for me.
So cool to meet some howlers.
I would love unknown actors to grow with the movies.
So I have no names but more of a type of who should play every character.
The dramatized audio versions are so fucking good!!
Red rising is one of my favorites. Pierce Brown is awesome
I absolutely adore this series I haven’t read the third one yet but I am working my way through
I did not have a hard time with nicknames or remembering the color that people are. Great review 👏
The new trilogy has multiple POVS, and it really expands on the world building and lore
I started it and didn’t like it 😆
@@ebnovels Fast forward to Dark Age somehow if you can, it's Brown's best book to date
Loved the characters in this book. Darrow + Servo are amazing!
I'm currently reading Morning Star (60% in), I'm really enjoying it.
Oh my gosh, brace yourself for the last chunk! It's intense :D :D :D
Just finished it right now! I read it over the course of 6months and OH, it was bloodydamn good.
I enjoyed the trilogy as well, thank you for your spot on review.
Listening to it now... damned good story.
Charles Dance for Nero Au Augustus!
I love this review. You definitely have my sub and future attention.
Ive read the first and halfway trough the second book, when you Said There is a movie in the works i got super existed
pretty good review. I realize this video is old, and I read the books several years ago... (and not movie yet), but I really enjoyed this review.
Well thanks, I appreciate that!
Without a doubt this series is one of the best YA series ever. It's amazing.
Isn't it so good?!? It's interesting, though, where I live it's sold as Adult. I wonder why it'd different in some places!
RR is definitely not YA in my opinion - only ever seen it in adult section too.
this is one of my favorite series, for me, it's my 2nd favorite saga, and my fav book of the trilogy is Golden son, even when I've loved Morning star, from the middle to the end I couldn't stop reading, ended at 4:30 am, but it was worth it, my fav saga is "The saga of Darren Shan" most known as Cirque du freak, have a movie but its the worst adaptation the possibly could've done, but the books are awesome, I would like to know your opinion about it, I can bet you would like it.
hii! okay so Red Rising has turned into my all time favorite series. I could go on and on about this, but you mentioned the Cirque du Freak books and I haven't thought of those in yearsssss. Oh my goodness I loved them so much at the time. I remember spending an entire school day reading and reading on the bus home and reading once I got home. I finished a book and a half that day. My favorite of the series (or at least the most memorable) was the vampire trials? Something like that. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about!
@@miguelgarcia-eg2jw, yeah I would say "trials of death" is my fav too, but the main plot of that book continues on "the vampire prince" and I cannot decide which I like the most. I read it long ago and I started reading slowly but from trials to the end I read a book a day, I know is not that much but back then I wasn't use to read. ever since I finished the series I wanted to ask somebody about their opinion about 3 plots, shancus (you know what), larten (once again, you know what), and the ending. if u have discord we could continue chatting there, (samurosales #1399)
Hi guys 👋
I'm super ready to actually read Red Rising.
Just finished the trilogy yesterday, so held off on watching your vid. A good vid with good observations as we have come to expect from Elliott.
(Some SPOILERS so skip if you haven't read the books please!)
The first book was good. It fits into what I understand YA to be. (The next two books for me is straight up adult sci-fi/sci-fan)
It also pulled from a lot of popular elements like the hunger games, this is book 1 with the institute.
So, the first book was good, but looking back I can really see the author improving his craft with the next two books.
I enjoyed Golden son a great deal. The Iron Rain was wow...
The twists were good. It was really well put together, but it sort of ended on a cliffhanger, and I don't always like that when authors subject their readers to it, as it would have frustrated me immensely to wait a year or more for the next book to come out.
Fortunately, Morning Star was at hand and i started it 10 minutes after finishing book 2.
The third book really stands out to me. The author upped his game, there were more attention to detail with regards to military tactics and actual hand to hand combat.
If people are familiar with MMA they would recognise certain moves, it was done magnificently.
I've read a complaint that the third book was just war and the reader got bored with it...
I can understand that the amount of action may be jarring at points, but it felt organic to me, this was the endgame, all the pieces were in place, a lot of action are to be expected then.
If i have some criticism, it would be that I would have liked to see the surviving friends meet up, see how they were doing how they were coping.
But the series overall, great.
(Final spoiler:
I nearly broke my e-reader when a certain smaller character died.
I wanted to howl and punch something, the betrayal was a donkey kick in the gut...)
Vic Ribeiro Which smaller character? And what did you think of Iron Gold and Dark Age
@@eliasgibson4743 Quinn? they were bloody brilliant
can you review the new audiobook narration by Bloody Bookmarker - its even better than the original reading.
Such a fantastic series!
I started Red Rising 1 today.
Where my howlers at?
I'm really into Harrison Gilbertson and Bill Skarsgard right now, but I don't know what characters they would play. I can see Harrison Gilbertson playing the Jackal, maybe. That would be fun. 😁
I just looked him up and I could totally see it :D We should chat about that on the buddy read :) I'm curious what Derby and Liene would think.
Elliot Brooks yeah that be fun. I was thinking about it, then I realized I couldn't think of any POC actors/actresses ☹️☹️☹️ Pierce Browns characters are diverse enough cuz they're different races... silly me 😔
Just got the first 2 books from goodwill for a total of $1
loved Sevro.
Read it and loved it! :D
Yay! I love it too :D
Late to the Party. I learned of Red Rising through one of your bookshelf tours I believe. So I recently started to read it. So from my understanding Darrow is part of the Lambda Clan (house?). Which I think might be a reference to a movie Called, "The Forbidden Dance, The Lambada"
I see what you did there Red Rising, I see what you did there!
So are there 3 books or 5 in this series?
There’s a trilogy that comes first, then Pierce Brown started writing a continuation series that takes places 10 years after the original trilogy.
@@ebnovels ok, thank you :-)
Read DUNE please?
Here's a great playlist to read the books to. It fits, perfectly.
open.spotify.com/user/madmanonwheels/playlist/1iO5tZgfIFyy0SVTumuaZG
Oh, thanks so much for leaving that! That's awesome :D Now I just need to make a spotify account...:O
Elliot Brooks,
If you like it, would mention it, if you do another video about the books? It's by MadmanOnWheels. I like sharing good information.
I'm thinking about reading this series for a long time and I just don't know...:D But I think I will read it eventually^^
You definitely should! It's really amazing, and the writing style is very gritty and raw. It's great :)
This is such an amazing series. Got me through a lot.
the romance was fucking bad. they break up at the end of every book then spend the next book apart for the majority then they get together at the end. it happens twice.
no spoilers, huh? quite a challenge....
I so agree - books where people die are brutal, but so much better for it because the stakes feel more real (are we masochists?)
I think the second one was my favorite =/
the world IS gigantic - almost mind-bogglingly so. I definitely had a hard time keeping track...
(I love when you wear that sweater)
They are! Oh my gosh, I was just telling my mom and my sister about this series and the first 55 pages or so and my mom was like, "oh my gosh, that sounds so tragic! Why do you like it?!?" Meanwhile, my sister was like, "Yeah, that sounds great." :D How did such a sweet lady like my mom raise such morbid girls?!?
Haha, and thanks! It was only twelve bucks at Forever 21. They might even still have it :)
Elliot Brooks lol my mom doesn't understand why I read any of the things I do and when I was flipping out about seeing Pierce Brown she was like..... why?
This book story somehow reminds me of snowpiercer movie
"Don't worry. I'm not giving you any spoilers." ... proceeds to spoilers right away. :)
But yeah.. it's very difficult to talk about the books without spoiling anything.
What was a spoiler? The thing I said right after saying I wouldn’t give away spoilers is the synopsis of the first book.
@@ebnovels Ah, you're right, it is in the synopsis. I went straight to the audiobook based on a recommendation so I never read the synopsis.. For me it was a big reveal.. ;) Good review btw, you have some interesting observations..
Step 1 - says she's not going to spoil anything.
Step 2 - unleashes spoilers that spoil the entirety of Part 1, Book 1.
I would have been so pissed had I not already read it.
Pro Tip: if you promise no spoilers, don't spoil.
Good grief 🙄
I didn’t spoil anything. I didn’t say anything in describing the series that can’t be found on the back cover or the synopsis on good reads of the first book 😊
Someone should note there is bisexuality throughout this world. Like it's a normal thing (read: everyone's doing it). I'm a live and let live person. However, I have no interest in reading about men being romantically involved with each other, including descriptions of physical interaction. (Don't want to visualize that). This should be disclosed on the cover or the preface of the book so those that aren't interested can make another selection.
There is no explicit scene in any of the books. So I’m not sure what you are referring to?
So you're cool with visualising sexual assault, dismemberment, torture and extremely gory violence. But vague allusions to two dudes fucking is crossing the line?
A bisexuality warning may be tolerable for christian lit. But once you get into genres like this which is borderline grimdark, it's generally assumed that readers enjoy, or at least tolerate being pushed outside their comfort zone.
Publishers aren't going to waste resources on niche content warnings like consensual gay sex. Because it's kinda a weird thing to get triggered by considering the genre. Might as well put in content warnings for arachnophobia at that point.