D.L. Phillips
This is the latest installment of the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. I waited till the last book to write this, and I’m glad I did.
If you land on this book without reading the first five, then stop. Not even worth your time. You MUST start at the beginning or you will be as lost as a first grader reading Red Storm by Tom Clancy.
However, if you read Red Rising, and go all the way through, you will thank all of us for saving you.
Pierce Brown is the Earnest Hemingway of this genre. Oh my! I laughed, cried, got angry, sad, and even felt remorse. There is no way you make it through this series without growing a part of yourself.
Additionally, there is a masters course in group psychology, sociology, and communication in these books. There is an insider’s point of view on nearly every topic, from political science to physics to psychology in this series. I’m talking some deep insights into how people with power think, and don’t think.
There is even a logic course!
You will love each book’s continuity with the main story. I caught very few inconsistencies.
The cadence and vocalizations the narrator and his producers offer makes the whole experience worth while.
Be prepared for an unfiltered expose’ in human nature in all its thrills, disappointments and ugliness told in a way that you end up with a good bit of honest wisdom as well.
Thank you Pierce, my Goodman, and your gory-damn friends for giving us such a prime read!
