GOLDEN SON - REVIEW
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- My review of Golden Son. The second book in the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown.
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“Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails to Mars. And he calls for an IRON RAIN.”
chills literally chills
RISE SO HIGH IN MUD YOU LIE
Just finished my first read today. Book is jam packed with awesome quotes.
"If anyone gets within three meters of Darrow, I will kill everyone in the room"
@@DarksideGmss0513 By Lorn Au Arcos the legend himself
Pierce Brown's action scenes are somehow lightning fast while describing things like an angry poet
Angry poet is a fantastic way to describe Pierce Brown's writing style.
Just finished this series! The thing that really struck me with the entire series was how Pierce Brown built tension. It had me at the edge of my seat the entire time!
Agreed. The only other series that had me burn through the books like this was Dresden Files. Butcher & Brown really know how to write true pageturners.
Same!!
one of the few books where the line "hard to put down" truly applies. Always looking forward to those.
Check out the next series in the world bro this is the best story out hands down
But the series is not over yet. We got another book left.
If you liked how Golden Son “kept climbing” - you’re gonna love how the rest of the series creeps towards the crescendo that is Dark Age.
I just started dark age and I'm already worried that many of our favorite characters aren't going to make it out alive :(
@@MohamedMohamed-qd2hc Let's just say that the title is very apt.
If I remember correctly, Pierce Brown's sister made him overthink his female characters 😅. Also, half this fandom will skin you alive for not making Sevro one of your favourite characters😂😙. My favourite is in fact Mustang (though I do love all his characters). Loved this review 👍💕
Step one we'll hide in some dead horses
I absolutely love mustang as well, probably one of the reasons I enjoyed dark age so much
I never understood how the nickname - introduced in Darrow's thoughts - gained traction or stuck around after the Hunger Games finished.
I also pictured a much simpler "Her name was Eo..." followed by a clarification, "Not Persephone." Letting Virginia work it out, instead of spelling it out in such clear terms. Same setting, though, in the family caves.
@@lbshitkkers her pow is so great❤️
@@cosyreadingtimes8857 right!? I can’t wait for the next book, I’d imagine there’s gonna be a bunch of people with mouths full of grapes
me, a big Red Rising fan, smoking a cig and looking at you impatiently: that's cool but are u in the sevro fanclub?
Arooooo
Is it possible to not be in the Sevro fan club? Like, maybe it's just Sevro's awesomeness is so self evident that mentioning it is redundant
@@danielleoliver1734 That may be a possible spoiler for Daniel so watch out!
What’s a cig? Do you mean a burner?
You mean there’s an option? Why would you give me that choice? Do you hate me!?
PAX AU TELEMANUS!!!
Red Rising is easily my favorite series I read in the past few years. The first three books at least, have not read the newer ones but have heard mixed things.
The later ones are definitely a very mixed bag.
They’re better in my opinion
@@hunterwiersma4702 I'm on the fence I liked a lot of the new characters, and I think one or two old chracters' arcs are amazing. But there was a certain twist that made my enjoyment as a whole dip into the negatives.
I personally loved Iron Gold ! His writing was the best there. I haven't read Dark Age yet but I've heard nothing but great things about it.
@@SKOceanicFE iron gold is great, dark age is even better imo. Strap in haha
0:00 Golden Clapping, 10/10
Yoooo, thought you'd never come arround to revisiting the red rising saga since the first book is kinda week, super glad you did Daniel, guttos for this review keep the hard work
That Stormlight t-shirt tho
I was put off from reading this series as it was considered YA, but as I have been reading ... a lot ... during this apocalyptic year I decided to stretch my comfort zone a bit. And holy cheezus am I glad I did. This was definitely the best series I have read in recent memory. Considering that it has murder (on a planetary level), rape, cannibalism, and other general nastiness I still cannot figure why this is considered YA. Also this quote (from Morning Star)... just... wow...
“And I wonder, in my last moments, if the planet does not mind that we wound her surface or pillage her bounty, because she knows we silly warm things are not even a breath in her cosmic life. We have grown and spread, and will rage and die. And when all that remains of us is our steel monuments and plastic idols, her winds will whisper, her sands will shift, and she will spin on and on, forgetting about the bold, hairless apes who thought they deserved immortality.”
It's considered YA by publishers because the first book has similar tropes to the big ones, I.e. teen cast, caste dystopia, "battle royale", an academy
But it's very obviously adult "fantasy" in a magickless scifi setting. It was only called YA because the publishers wanted to hop on the YA bandwagon for advertising
The Red Rising series is one of my favourites. I finished books 1-3 but I have not continued into the expansion of Iron Gold or Dark Age. 2021 is going to be the year I re-read the series
Heads up, they get a lot darker, and really really brutal, I’d definitely describe them as grim dark, it worked for me personally but the violence in dark age especially gets gratuitous, and I know that bugs some people
Iron Gold and Dark Age are a huge step up in many ways, but the definitely do have a different vibe and tone. They also add more character viewpoints. That bugged me at first but its good stuff.
The newer books are definitely darker and it shows some flaws in Pierce's writing. From the onset I could tell certain characters weren't fully fleshed out in Iron Gold, and Dark Age brought it to fruition. I have read every Red Rising book at least 4 times with the exception of Dark Age. Dark Age brings a different perspective with its story telling and I admire the effort, but there are some WTF moments where I questioned whether it this was Pierce's subverting expectations or something else entirely.
I loved books 1-3 but haven't picked up Iron Gold or Dark Age either. I'm worried the next books will somehow ruin or put a damper on the first 3. (Come to think of it, maybe I'm just jaded by what the new star wars movies did to the original trilogy. hmm..) Don't ruin it for me, but do these new books screw up anything, or are they just as good as the first 3?
@@GregVandenBosch I dont think they skrew up anything, 3 of the pov characters have little to no affiliation with the first three books. Its a continuation of the story where it left off, but the story is kind of about all the tough stuff and clean up and establishing the new equilibrium that comes after the ultimate victory that you don't see a lot of. It's actually fairly interesting to see, I just find it a little jarring to shift from first person single pov in the first trilogy, to multiple third person pov in the second trilogy.
The Red Rising trilogy got me back into reading. I absolutely love it. I think I need to read for the hundredth time.
What other books do you read? I'm looking for recommendations
@@kaikaih5771 game of thrones is good if u haven’t read it
I haven’t been this addicted to a series since I was a teen
Golden Son is pretty damn great. But in my opinion, the newest trilogy that begins 10 years after Morning Star (last book of first trilogy) are even better
I think Morning Star is better than Golden Son. I think the shock at the end of GS is better but MS is better as a book IMO.
They are very very different series and I could actually see Daniel liking the second trilogy better than the first
The first trilogy is one of the best trilogies I've ever read. Iron Gold is amazing too. Dark Age disappointed me quite a bit though - a little too messy for me. Still a "good" book, but I did expect better from Pierce Brown with this one. Hope he's back to form with the next book, but we'll see.
I actually am not a huge fan of the second series simply because of the multiple pov thing. Like, there's 4 separate stories and I'm having difficulty remembering any details from any of them. Like, I can't even remember the little red girl's name off the top of my head. I think it stems from that in most multiple POV stories I've read, the character's have all met at some point then split off, while here its 4 people who mostly haven't interacted (basically just Darrow and Lysander a little bit 10 years ago) and supposedly their paths will converge maybe? I do like future Darrow is simply incapable of letting himself experience peace and Sevro is actually more rational than him now
boy, the end of the year book tier list is going to be wild!
Daniel, you are quickly becoming my favorite internet dingus. You do good work here.
Welcome to the Howlers, Boyo.
YOOOO you finally reviewed my favorite book!! This series is sooooo underrated IMO
So you finally read it. This was perhaps the best direct sequel I've ever read.
Sevro is by far the fan favorite character although I also enjoy Mustang and Victra a ton.
I got a Howler tattoo earlier this year, it's my first ink ever.
I’m so happy you’re continuing with the series! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Morning Star.
Morning Star is not only one of my favorite books of all time, but my favorite ending to a trilogy. I usually feel let down by the last book because we don't really get to hang out with our characters and sometimes they do rash things just to wrap up a book; however, MS is a perfect blend of getting our characters fully realized and blowing our minds with awesome plot and action. Excited for you to read it!
Yes!!! Easily one of the beat endings I have ever dead. It nearly gave me a heart attack too 😂👌🏻
I think Morning Star is a lot more enjoyable to read in terms of being first person through Darrow’s lens.
Then the second trilogy shakes things up and matures greatly
The very beginning of Morning Star was awesome, but then it got kinda annoying and slow until the second half of the book... I was actually bored for a moment.
them claps are ungodly
I felt daniel's ADD with those claps.
here's a different question: do you think this is a book series that could get a tv series adaption in the future?
I sure hope it does but highly doubt it
Two books in, I know they’re working on an adaptation, and I hope it’s TV rather than movies. While a trilogy would be awesome - so much happens in these stories that I think it’d be better suited for an series to cover it all properly.
Damn, Daniel! The best reviews and the best outro music all in one place? Sign me up!
Yes! I have been waiting for this review for so long. One of the best sci fi books I have ever read.
just finished Golden Son and I'm amazed at how the story just keeps moving forward. To be honest, there was not one pause to catch a breath, but at the same time it never felt like I needed a moment to relax and the story never felt rushed. The minute I finished the book I ordered all the other remaining books of the series and I can't wait to dive into them.
When Sevro finally returned I started dancing in my room ... love this character so much!
I listened to the audiobook of the Red Rising series and for me the Irish/Scottish accent that the narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds does really sold the books for me. He did a great job selling Darro's emotions with his delivery. I will say that when they added multiple characters' narrated by different people I was somewhat sad to get less of it.
The red rising series is probably my favorite series of all time. I go back and forth like everyone but its always up there with ASOIAF, lOTR, Stormlight, and the other greats. Also the audio version is A+.
Um, Sevro is the best. But, yeah, the others are cool too. I guess.
This is the series that got me back into reading.
As you keep reading the books, I don’t think you will have the issue with how Darrow was portrayed as “a ball of anger” because I think it was intentional to show his personal grow as the story progresses!
I picked up wot's eye of the world after watching you recommend it so highly hopefully I love it too and join wot's fandom
Glad you enjoyed it boyo! I loved this entire series and can't wait for the next one.
Pierce's writing gets better every book. His prose in Dar Age is beautiful. Dark Age is actually my favorite book of all time.
Daniel is the sole reason I started reading 'The Poppy War' on Audible. Eternally grateful; I highly recommend.
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Same! I just started reading after a long procrastination, wow it's amazing! Wish I'd read it sooner!
Hey same, I just got The Burning God with my December credit
Lol well this is awkward. Um, I hated the second half of the book
@@NG-wl4bd Yeah, look. I understand.
SPOILERS (just being careful)
Genocide on a cultural, racial level can make it difficult. Later books explore a flawed character with a lack of remorse. She's no longer likeable, but a 'lesser-of-two-evils' kinda protagonist.
This review made me go read Red Rising then Golden Son and I just came back here to rewatch it with context. I think you made a great assessment and appreciate the recommendation, jumping into this series really helped get me through the holidays.
jajajajaja I actually asked you, Daniel, about your continuation with this series in your "Witcher vs First Law" video since you'd mentioned Pierce Brown.
Imagine my surprise when I see this review video pop up!
Thank you for your reviews!
Keep up your awesome work!
Definitely enjoyed this review over many of your others. You actually went into the many reasons why you liked the book without going into spoilers. I would love seeing a deeper discussion video on some of these books especially since I will be picking up the third book soon.
Dude yes! Exactly what I thought. Super lukewarm on book 1, in tears by the end of book 2!
This has become one of my favorite series in the last year. I really love brown#s prose, worldbuilding and characters and I think the plot is quite unpredictable at times. Also I find it fascinating how he evolvves ovver the course of the 5 books in the series. Really recommend the second trilogy aswell :)
I'm so glad you liked this one better! I was originally lukewarm on the first book for most of the reasons you were in your first review, but for some reason I couldn't get it out of my head, so when this one came out I tried it and totally flipped. Knowing how the story goes also makes me enjoy the first one more now!
love your review! love when a book is so enjoyable! also thank you for go above and beyond on the editing in your videos! makes them that much better
Literally finished the third book yesterday. I freaking LOVED it. Possibly the best book I've read. I don't say this lightly.
Hi um, have you noticed you've just passed 1000 uploads?
Woooo! One of my favorite books ever, and my favorite in the series!
Another great review man. I would love to see you do a review of what is one of my favorite Sci Fi series of all time, 'The Hyperion Cantos'. Its an older series but it was way ahead of its time in some of its concepts and it is one of those series that is on my reread every year or 2 list. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend it and even if you don't review it, it's a must read sci fi series. Dan Simmons is a brilliant author and his world building is epic.
Great timing, I was just about to pick this up. Finished red rising recently and thought it was fine so I'm encourages to hear how much it improves
FINALLY ! Yes ! Such good action ! I remember commenting on one of your vids about action in books, that Pierce Brown does it amazingly ! And don't remember seeing a lot of comments about red rising's action throughout the series. Super underrated
Golden Son is my favorite Red Rising book! I feel like Morning Star is debatably better but the jump in quality from 1 to 2, the complete expansion of the scope of the story, increased care for characters (tactus :( ) and THE ENDING!! the pacing in the 2nd is also my favorite as well. One of my favorite books tbh
I love this series, didn’t realize you were reading it. Didn’t even realize it had a fandom. Glad you enjoyed it
Oh hell yes
YES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
I just re-watched your Red Rising review a few days ago and was wondering when you would get around to Golden Son. Because, the second book is really when it gets good.
The ending of that book was one of the best, most heartbreaking endings of a book ever. I had to IMMEDIATELY dive into Morning Star, which had the best, most harrowing and exciting beginnings of a book ever.
same lol I had to IMMEDIATELY, like the next day, start reading the next book cause I was so sad
@@VinyZikss nice! And did you enjoy it? The beginning was nuts, right?
@@deendrew36 ooh that it was. I enjoyed it a lot. Pierce Brown sure knows how to get us hooked
Sevro is a big fan favorite
Yess!! I am so happy that you stuck with Red Rising and even happier that you enjoyed it.
YES!!!! I have been waiting for this video sooooo long 💙
So happy to see you finally enjoying one of my favorite book series!
Just finished this book. Holy... the ending caught me by surprise. Immediately started the 3rd book Morning Star afterwards.
Okay so! On the aspect of the way people and things are represented, the Reds are specifically meant to be both misogynistic and homophobic as a tactic by the Golds so so much of book 1 falls upon this worldview Darrow has of people around him which is really interesting to see. Generally we’re shown that the women around him are capable and dynamic but because we’re in his head and never in a situation where we has to accept that it comes through how misogynistic he is whereas in the coming books where he’s immersed in the lifestyle of the Golds it becomes more evident while in some eras the Golds are bad people, there are also aspects of their society that Darrow can learn from and I love the way Pierce does it.
Also interesting you mention the flashbacks because his publisher originally asked him to rewrite book 1 as flashbacks and start around where Golden Son does but he insisted starting how he did because of how necessary the aspects of who Darrow is and how the world around him forces him to change as he seeks to change the world around him and I don’t think the same outcome would’ve been present had it been done through flashbacks!
I hope you enjoy Morning Star! I think you’d HEAVILY ENJOY the sequel trilogy as well as it really sets itself apart and explores some amazing themes and the view of Pierces growth is STUNNING.
It gets even better with Morningstar!!!
In books 5+, there are multiple POVs, which i feel really help with some of the problems you mentioned.
One of my all-time favorite series. I'm glad your giving it another chance!
Daniel "The Clapper" Greene
I started Addie LaRue today because of your review and I can’t put it down. It’s excellent.
I'm a couple years late, but I just finished Red Rising and I can't wait to read Golden Son. I'd give Red Rising 4.5 stars, so apparently I'm in for a damn good book in Golden Son
I'm so glad you liked it. It's my all time fav series so i'm not gonna lie - I was a bit nervous when I found out about this review. Personally, I love his first person pov, because I love Darrow's voice. And yes, the action is incredible and you have to get ready for an epic space battle in Morning Star. Also, the second trilogy is dark. DARK.
I’m glad you liked it. If you haven’t you should listen to the audio book. Tim Gerald Reynolds really brings these books alive.
I've been waiting for this review for a while I didn't like how it loses all the progress of the previous book at the beginning of this one, although it makes sense it is quite frustrating. But beyond that it's a very good book.
Was not expecting this review!
If you liked but didn't love Red Rising, and enjoyed Golden Son even more, then you're only going to fall more and more in love with the series!
The problem I had with this book was I never bought into Darrow as the hero who was going to bring the whole system down. He was too much of a bleeding heart emotional wreck, he gets played over and over again, he falls into every single trap laid for him...I just didn't buy him as the hero. And I don't buy into his plan to bring down the system through the power of friendship. I think if he had been more cold blooded, if he was the one playing people for his personal ends instead of being played, if he was a darker hero who pretended to care about people to get them on his side while actually not giving a shit about then, I would have bought him more, and I think I would have liked him more. I KNEW he was going to fail at the end of the book. It didn't come as any surprise for me, because he repeatedly got played throughout the entire book. I think if Sevro was running the show, the uprising would go a lot more smoothly.
WOOT! I am so happy you have found this series, and as, for book 3? I'll quote the pins they were handing out at an event -- "Shit escalates!" (Love your WoT stuff, btw.)
Damn... Spitting in COVID era just has an added punch to it that wasnt there previously lol
Red rising got me to start reading actually! such an enjoyable read.
I forget, what is the symbol tattooed on Daniel's right wrist? The moon with the spikes. It's on his channel banner too.
I believe it's Zinc from Mistborn
Morning star is sooo much better. Golden son was good my problem with golden son was how “cocky” Darrow was becoming. But at the end I understand what the author was doing there.
Sevro becomes a big fan favorite.
Pierce Brown definitely has a way with words. I read the third book after I read several Sanderson books. And..wow. Such a difference in prose, especially with character dialogue.
The relationship between The Reaper and The Jackal is very much that between between a man and a table, using each other as a surface to build off of and/or break like a WWE wrestler...
The red rising series is pure 🔥. Out of the first 5 golden son is my favorite
Daniel, if you wait a few months to read the second book in a series do you have trouble remembering the plot and characters from the first book? I often do. I don't know if its because I have epilepsy and suffer from seizures but its a problem that affects my reading. Often I have to read a recap of the other books in the series even if its only been a few weeks since I read them
8.5 is WAY higher than I expected from you. I love the book though so i'm happy
Thanks for letting me know about that series. I might pick that up sometime next year. I am now on chapter 2 of the Lord of Chaos. It's been great.
YOOOOOO HE READ IT OMG I JUST FINISBED THIS BAD BOY
Something ive been doing since i read Red Rising was changing the characters i like in all the books i read into black people in my head. i no longer care about the author's description. the story took on a much different meaning to me after doing that. I really enjoyed Golden Son. I might skip the beginning act of Red Rising on the re-read. Love Sevro. Sevro is the homie for life.
I was impressed with the improvement of this series. Good to see a series handle itself well as time goes on. Have you read Warded Man? That is the series that stands in my mind when I think of a series declining. Really disappointed with that one.
Didn't think you'd read the second. Really glad you liked it!
Glad you finally took the plunge. And keep in mind, Red Rising (the first book) was self published. I think it would have ended up being tighter with a proper editor, but I still enjoyed it. Hopefully you stick with it. The second trilogy goes multiple pov and his love for grrm starts to really come through.
I just finished Red Rising and now im so excited to read Golden Son!
That Ready Player Two diss at 5:29 🤣🤣🤣
Busted a gut! Thank you Daniel!
(Disclaimer: I have not read RP2 or watched Daniel’s review of it; so that caught me so off guard-love it!)
Cassius au Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, Morning Knight, and my honor remains!!! My favorite character, the gory damn pix
I love these book despite a week first book. And the greek and roman references are next level. Reading chapter title battel of Ilium in book 3 I started to laugh before it even began.
I guess 1 criticism I would lay on the opening trilogy (have not read past morning star yet) that isn't really a criticism but more a personal preference I guess, is the pacing of all three of them... its all pretty much just one pace, breakneck speed and never slowing down to smell the roses, constantly waltzing from one emergency action packed thrill ride to the next and never stopping lol, I found myself wishing it would slow down a little bit and engage in a bit more worldbuilding etc.... having said that I still view the series so far as a net positive, was good overall and will be looking to continue in the future.
I can't think of a single book series I wanted adapted to small screen or big screen more than this. Even if it was animated like Arcane on Netflix.
I love this series so much.
Really love the new setup!
Reaper's Iron Rain was one of the best action scenes I've ever read in any book. Reading book three now. Literally can't put them down.