Nancy’s Reviews > Red Rising > Status Update

It’s a rare moment where a plot twist in a book actually surprises me. I’ve been duped!

I really appreciate the fact that Darrow remains clear headed during his journey. Unlike a lot of main characters in novels like this, that lose sight of the bigger picture, every one of his actions seems intentional and focused on the goal he has set for the rebellion. It’s refreshing to see.

Very noble to take on the punishment you’ve inflicted unto others, but also giving very much cult lmao.

I can’t understand why they want Darrow specifically? He doesn’t seem to have any powers? Yes he’s smart, but anyone can be smart. What makes him so special?

“Golds structure everything to make their own lives easier. They have shows produced to entertain and placate the masses. They give monies and handouts to make generations dependent on the seventh day of each new Earth month. They create goods to grant us a semblance of liberty. If violence is the Gold sport, manipulation is their art form.”

Excerpt From
Red Rising
Pierce Brown

They’re describing the enslavement of the reds and how it’s horrible and dehumanizing. But why is their explanation sounding a little too much like the experiences of a middle class family. Is this fucking play about us?? Lmaoooo

“Imagine there was a table covered with fleas,” he explains. “The fleas would jump and jump to heights unknown. Then a man came along and upturned a glass jar over the fleas. The fleas jumped and hit the top of the jar and could go no farther. Then the man removed the jar and yet the fleas did not jump higher than they had grown accustomed, because they believed there to still be a glass ceiling”

And what did I say? The girl is dead! When an author writes a character with attributes too virtuous, too kind, too loving. And she’s not the main character? And God forbid she’s the early love interest. It’s a death sentence.

Or even better twist, she becomes the main character and he dies?😛

This book has been on my reading list for so long, and I’m finally about to tackle it. Wish me luck :)