Their are problems... But you will never, ever, change my opinion on Sevro. He is freaking awesome.
@jimjohnson6944
4 жыл бұрын
There *
@dpacc88
3 жыл бұрын
@@jimjohnson6944 The irony! 😂
@scharfkun
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review. Glad we are not alone.
@PipReads
5 жыл бұрын
no worries, I hope you hated it just as much as I did
@lewisedwards4058
5 жыл бұрын
With the depth level of his love for Eo and the unbelievable fortitude he showed in the face of everything he endured in Lykos- how could you possibly describe Darrow as “some 16 year old dude that needs to get called out on his shit” when it comes to women? Respectfully, it seems to me that the very idea that there are female characters in this book series that have a sexual aspect to their personalities irritated to you the point that you couldn’t even recognize that they had other qualities as well. Even Victra, as “sexualized” as she is- is hardly some sort of Darrow-worshipper, weak minded, or unintelligent bland side character. She’s ferociously cunning, tactical, and yes- sexual. One could say she’s actually written much like a traditional male character really. I just think the characters have much more nuance than you give the author credit for.
@RawMeat3000
5 жыл бұрын
There were definitely a lot of get-out-of-jail-free cards, but when Darrow starts acting out of character, you know he has some trick up his sleeve. Like when he has his "secret training" he starts walking on the dinner table, kicking people's dishes and clamoring for a fight. Very out of character, so clearly there was a plan there and I was eagerly awaiting the reveal. That's kind of how the rest of the series went for me. It's obvious he isn't going to die, but it's not Darrow's death I was ever worried about. It was Sevro, Mustang, Pax, etc who worried me, and it's generally just fun to see how a magician like Darrow can escape whatever impossible situation he's in.
@jvillanueva2978
5 жыл бұрын
i agree. we all knew darrow wasnt going to die, but this series did drive home the whole: "your actions are fkn everything else up for others" pretty well. and 'iron gold' seems like its continuing that tradition of darrow fkn up everyone around him for the fate of the solar system.
@ridiculously
3 жыл бұрын
Never really noticed that "out of character" thing, but I really just wanted to say that I completely agreed with your second paragraph. Obviously, Darrow won't die, but it's seeing who lives to make it to the end with him that made me really love the books.
@punkguitar4974
3 жыл бұрын
Another thing to add to the whole Darrow having plot armor issue is that while his death is never really on the table, the books make it pretty clear there are real consequences. So I was always worried Darrow would lose the rebellion or get ousted and discredited. So Darrow was still at risk throughout the whole book and that was to me an effective way of keeping the stakes high
@mayhem502
3 жыл бұрын
I know this video is a few years old but I just felt the need to point out a few things. 1. Yes they can rebuild humans but only to a certain extent especially in Morning Star that is made very clear than only certain parts can be rebuilt so many times and only if they haven't taken enough damage to fatally injure you. 2. All the female characters are not "flakey" or transparent and bland I highly disagree and it makes me question if you actually read through the trilogy. 3. Darrow does not make himself off to be this "chosen one" maybe when he was still pretending to be a Gold sure he acted narcacistic and cocky he acted like a GOLD but after that he repeatedly questions himself if he can be what his people want him to be. I cannot think of a single instance in where he actually makes himself out to be this messiah. 4. Yeah I can agree that sometimes there are these weird pulls the writer makes like the galla scene you mentioned but I don't think he does that because he pushes himself into a corner I dislike how you assume he only does this because he backs himself into a corner he's the writer he can scrap and rewrite whatever he wants. I feel like he keeps certain secrets from the reader to make some scenes more surprising. I don't disagree with everything you said as some of it is 100% valid criticism but a lot of your criticism makes me feel like you didn't really read the trilogy for what it is and instead read it looking for what you wanted it to be. You also make this point where you say "oh you know he's gonna live you know he's not gonna die because he's narrating it", yeah in the first 3 books the second trilogy is narrated from multiple perspectives and have much more mature and darker themes so the risks and the things he goes through feel much more real and dangerous.
@tebhernandez
2 жыл бұрын
This. She sounded as if everything must conform to her idea of what entertaining is.
@tobysaunders
5 жыл бұрын
Love the series so hard for me not to jump to defend. Interesting how you thought the women weak. Octavia, Mustang, Aja and then in iron gold you've got Victra, The Ra women and even Electra I guess. Personally think they grow stronger as the series goes on. Mustang his lover doesn't clutch to him (like the love interests in WoT and Lotr) they put their own/ families interests first. More so than Sevro, Pax, Ragnar etc. But interesting to listen to someone with opposite viewpoints on the series.
@ryguy781
3 жыл бұрын
I could not disagree more with your take on the female characters. I genuinely don't understand how you came to that conclusion. Completely agree with Darrow holding back secrets bing an immersion breaker. The gala scene I could excuse, but the double switch that Cassius pulls at the end of Morning Star was a little much for me.
@jasonsender6568
4 жыл бұрын
SPOILERS On the point of there being no real chance of Darrow dying, isn’t that true of the vast majority of series with one core character. This doesn’t even just apply to books, it applies to films and box sets too. Whether it’s peaks blinders or Star Wars’s original trilogy, there’s no risk of Tommy Shelby or Darth Vader dying for you if you know there’s another series/film. That’s not an issue with these books, but an issue with pretty much all fictional media. On the point of the women being ‘transparent’ and only existing as a ‘source of sexual angst’. I’m sorry but this is just entirely wrong. All the women in the books - bar maybe one or two who aren’t around for longer - are incredibly powerful in their own right. Mustang/Virginia becomes incredibly politically influential by the start of the second book, and ends up becoming sovereign of the solar system in the end. How is that in service of sexual angst. Victra, yes, is incredibly sexually aggressive, but this is written more in a jokey way than to actually reduce her character. She too is incredibly powerful, becoming the head of a ridiculously rich trading family. What BS are you referring to when talking about Darrows issues with women? I’m trying to be fair here but I’ve read these books and the subsequent ones and I have no idea whatsoever what you’re referring to. The unreliability of the narration is pretty frustrating though, on that point I will agree.
@AlanMyronPrivate
3 жыл бұрын
“I didn’t like it because it was a first person view” fair. That’s exactly why I loved it.
@charityreust6791
2 жыл бұрын
I know this is a couple years ago, but I appreciate you bringing up the points of reading other characters minds and the unreliable narrator. That drove me crazy!
@Minyadagniriel
3 жыл бұрын
I hated the first book so I DNF'd this series.
@Kevsspot
3 жыл бұрын
Books 4 and 5 include other people's perceptive. You should read the next 2 books.
@thejackalope2622
3 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that you went through the books faster than your ability to absorb or consider any of it in a genuine way. Knowing that Darrow won't die was your one credible point. It is the threat to his cause that replaces the fear of his death. This review seems hastily narrow minded, and is flat wrong about the strong female characters. It seems like you made up you're mind early on and then proceeded with a magnifying glass to "exploit" what you perceived to be problems, like you burned through it only looking for the things you didn't like to inflate them into something "insightful". It seemed like you were making good points initially until I gave each one more than a moment's consideration and found that you've conveniently ignored or overlooked the the substance in favor of nit picking.
@PipReads
3 жыл бұрын
Lol it's almost like you clicked on a video with 'RANT' in bold all caps and expected me to give a glowing account of some books. Happy to disagree about thoughts on a book i read like 3yrs ago which i barely remember anything about 👍🏻. Thanks for taking the time to watch and interact with this video. Happy reading!
@ellalee4361
2 жыл бұрын
When she mention the detailed bodily function….roaches. That’s all I’m gonna say…. ROACHES
@Bobby-bb7xd
6 жыл бұрын
6:25 is the best part, I haven't read the books but my younger bro did and he loved the series but still I have mixed thoughts that should I read it or not but I think I should not now not because of your review but a character which you know will not die from the start so it is dumb. Man this video is everything I laugh so much by your reactions. If you wanna fight the book character I got your back. Love your videos, stay awesome always
@hannahcanreadsometimes
6 жыл бұрын
“You are basically indestructible with all that plot armor you have.” That was great!! 😂👌🏻
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! This book made me so mad. Can you tell?
@SandeeDude
5 жыл бұрын
I read the first book for a sci fi book club and got so hooked, I just finished the 3rd one. Despite how much I love it and the characters (not Darrow lol) I have to say the excessive rape in the first one bugged me. I guess when everyone, good and bad, is murdering everyone, you need something a bit more extreme to separate the "real" villains from the slightly less evil guys. But rape shouldn't be the go to evil deed every single time. Not only that, but the forgiveness shown to Tactus even after he tried to rape a girl in the first book! And they expect me to believe Darrow is cool with him in the 2nd, so much so that he doesn't mind Tactus trying to get him killed or betraying him, and MOURNS HIS DEATH as if he was just misunderstood? No, fuck you Pierce Brown. Not this time. What, just because he only "tried" to rape her but didn't actually go through with it (only because he was caught), he can be reformed? Except he never was reformed. The whole thing makes Darrow a less believable character, since he's supposed to be so against the rapes in the first book and also no one in their right mind would forgive a guy for so much shit... phew. I needed to get that off my chest. Sevro makes the books all worthwhile, that's all I have to say
@bujabusiness
2 жыл бұрын
You're a woman critiquing a book and a series written by a man and about men for the most part. Not today's men but Warrior men. Something you would know nothing about. You review is pretty uninsightful.
@PipReads
2 жыл бұрын
I'm constantly disappointed by FANTASY worlds that cannot imagine men behaving or acting in any other way besides Warrior Men.
@noeditbookreviews
2 жыл бұрын
What bugged me was with the abilities the carvers have, why not just make him like even more extremely powerful with a 900 IQ and senses way beyond even advanced human abilities? In the beginning of meeting people at the institute such an emphasis was put on how Derrow stacked up against everyone else, which remains of central importance throughout the story. They could have just made him far more god-like.
@PipReads
2 жыл бұрын
Look i'll be straight with you, I can barely remember this book. But everything you said checks out.
@ukuleleartist2650
3 жыл бұрын
*spoiler warning* I know this video is old but I couldn’t help but comment. I have this book for my ela class and I agree with you and I absolutely hate this book. If I had a choice I would have given up on the book within the first few pages. I have no idea why this book killed off eo, she was my favorite character and only reason I kept going forward and they killed her off for Darrows development. I hate how every book nowadays just uses death as development it’s very uncreative. While I think it’s okay for violence to happen this book just runs away with it and overdid it. I love violent books but I don’t like it when that’s the whole point of the book. Darrow was a terrible protagonist as the book tried to paint him as a leader while he was a coward. Other people can debate their opinions if they want I don’t mind, this book just wasn’t for me.
@mayhem502
3 жыл бұрын
I know this comment is old but I highly doubt you read more than the first book. Eo is the spark for everything as the series goes on and if you don't like death = development then that doesn't mean it's objectively bad or "uncreative". And yes in the first book he is a shitty protagonist and he is a coward but things change significantly after the first book and based on what you have said I feel like you made this comment prematurely without giving the trilogy a real chance.
@lakshmirekha9168
Жыл бұрын
As someone who has read the 5 books that are out and disliked the first one, I strongly have to disagree with this comment. I doubt you’ve read any of the other books in this series, but I’m sure you’d change your stance significantly if you did
@LiterallyJasmine
6 жыл бұрын
This was me for Shadow and Bone I basically hate read it
@SerHalfrican
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been listening to the series at work all week. IT IS TERRRRRRRIBLE 🤣🤣🤣🤣 fun. But awful. It’s a drunk regrettable night.
@PipReads
3 жыл бұрын
the perfect review! It's like watching an old school mate make terrible decisions and laughing in schadenfreude.
@9FlyingDutchman
5 жыл бұрын
Almost done with the 2nd book. I'm really enjoying it overall - I agree with all your positives and I do find the hidden information reveals a bit annoying. I would like a more full story instead of just hearing of something else that's all of a sudden happened and now we're off running with that now. It moves at such a fast pace that is simultaneously fun and also exhausting because everything has to happen in the present first person view but you need to get information from so many other characters and things that are happening. There are multiple points that I would have wanted to change small things but then it moves onto something else so quickly that it almost gets lost.. Then bringing up the 'rebuilding/carving' business which seems really glossed over except for our main man. If you can rebuild synapses and put an entirely new body around him you should be able to heal most of the big characters that die... but that would take away some of the revenge in the first/second book and the 'friendship' drama in the second book. Suppose I shouldn't name names if we aren't being spoilery.
@sevro8859
5 жыл бұрын
You're wrong about victra
@kyjo72682
5 жыл бұрын
Yep.. the first-person narration style was a major limitation, and I agree, a root cause of many of the problems you mentioned. For example those internal monologues.. Jeez! Instead of describing characters from a 3rd person view he resorts to extreme levels of empathy.. Sometimes it was fine, his observations about other characters made the protagonist seem really interesting and thoughtul. But overall it just wasn't believable. As you said, nobody talks like that. Nobody thinks like that. It was especially weird when there was some intense action going on.. and Darrow has a 2-page internal monologue about why this and that character is doing what and ranting about their backgrounds, etc. I don't care about detailed psychoanalysis right now. Just get on with the action bro. Also it gets kind of repetitive and boring after a while. Ironically, for some of the most morally questionable decisions which the protagonist made throughout the story there was almost no internal monologue or conflict where he would try and justify them. And I get that it's a war and warriors have to make sacrifices and compromises for the greater good. But come on! Some of it was just extremely evil inexusable stuff. War crimes, basically. And it made me dislike the character, esp. in the 3rd book. I really didn't like those deus ex machina moments, and contrived switching between periods of extreme luck and extreme bad luck. It got repetitive and predictable after a while. And those "omg, this is the end, I'm gonna die" moaning scenes got really annoying..
@BedtimeBookworm
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting thoughts! I haven’t read it yet but I want to. I’m interested to see what I think! I feel like the things you mentioned are things that bother me in some books and not in others - don’t ask me why cus I dunno hahaha
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
Please let me know what you think of it :D I need to hear more opinions
@tebhernandez
2 жыл бұрын
Its not machine-ah
@PipReads
2 жыл бұрын
🤷 i listened to the audiobook so just pronouncing the way they did.
@LiterallyJasmine
6 жыл бұрын
Oh boy
@cmmndrblu
4 жыл бұрын
Is it cos it's the Hunger games?
@davidallhusen
2 жыл бұрын
Have just started reading the series; am in the first book. Since I have the series I will consume them all. I found this review as most thoughtful and insightful and will provide balance to my reading experience. Thanks.
@keeganbenton4779
4 жыл бұрын
She looks like eo
@DontHaveaDegreeinReading
6 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏 Love this! I hate read Red Rising and I just couldn't even begin to think of continuing the series. Like you, I hated Darrow. Hated!
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
YAY!! Mutual dislike of stoopid characters.
@jimjohnson6944
4 жыл бұрын
Same. I was so ready to dive in head first to the series but after red rising I am just angry that i wasted any time on these books.
@cmmndrblu
4 жыл бұрын
I found the whole first book incredibly dull, and it makes me think noone reads Stanislaw Lem or Ursula Leguinn anymore, or Asimov. Darrow is so dull.
@john-alanpascoe5848
6 жыл бұрын
It’s always a good sign when a review starts off with: ‘well, I didn’t *hate* it’ :p. A lot of people on the various SF related sub-reddits seem to really like this series. By the sounds of your review, it’s not for me though. Hope your next read is more enjoyable! I’ve read a couple of Tom Holt books, they’re not in my all time favourites, but I enjoyed them well enough.
@LiterallyJasmine
6 жыл бұрын
3rd person limited perspective? Or just 3rd person perspective?
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
I want the one where it's 3rd person but we are also inside their head. But also inside other people's head? What is that one called?
@gobbygonna
6 жыл бұрын
Pip Reads Third-Person Omniscient, maybe? Really enjoyed hearing your take on this trilogy. Haven’t read it myself, but I love space so will probably try it just for the setting. Can’t wait to hear more of your critical responses!
@LiterallyJasmine
6 жыл бұрын
YASS RANT REVIEWS
@Arrogan28
5 жыл бұрын
Explain to me how someone can be so judgemental, and critical, and yet so clueless simultaneously. Only someone who is as narcissistic as you would think that there is no reason to feel any tension just because you think Darrow is going to survive. THERE ARE OTHER CHARACTERS WHO DARROW WOULD DIE TO TRY TO PROTECT AROUND HIM THAT MATTER, besides the fact you seem to think living through torture is no big deal. Literally that is what you said. that getting caught, having all your friends, family and people you love killed doesn't' matter, at all, because Darrow lives, so somehow there is zero stakes for someone like you putting themselves in the character's predicament. Are you seriously that narcissistic? You critic the fact that the protagonist is not a reliable viewpoint, and yet simultaneously admit you read the entire series in a week. Your solution to just tell the entire end before you begin is so bloody laughable, it is hard for me to tell if there is something wrong with you. Like maybe i am missing that you are handicapped, and I am attacking someone who can't themselves? In all seriousness, not only is everything you said just factually wrong, but you own internal logic is broken multiple times in such a short video, it really is beyond amazing. You literally physically encourage violent thoughts towards the author. Yet pretend they are the one one with issues? Are you one of those people who hijack the metoo movement for your own selfish attempts to get power over people who clearly are more talented, charismatic, intelligent, etc etc than you are, so you feel the need to attack, in all cluelessness. "Blood they would have from thee in all innocence; blood their bloodless souls crave for-and they sting, therefore, in all innocence." - Thus Spoke Zarathrustra - Nietzsche You have clearly chosen to imply there is something wrong with Pierce Brown's relationship with women, and then proceed to try to lump him in with men who are misogynist, or treat women with sexual objectification, etc, Yet there is absolutely not any of that anywhere in any of the books, at all. The strongest character who is unquestioningly the best fighter of all time in the entire universe the story takes place in is a woman. The most intelligent characters are repeatedly pointed out to be all women characters in the novel. The main character has many relationships with depth with female characters based solely around professional admiration, or just friendship. The only thing you seem to indicate as being, flawed, is the fact that you suggest that having the main character have sexual relationships with women around him, is somehow delusional? I tell you what is delusional, projecting your own weirdly puritanical sexual ideas onto the world. The entire point of the story is that the main character has been carved to be similar to the genetically designed race the Gold's, and to have the most advantageous genetics possible. Which clearly include sexual attraction, only a clearly repressed person would think it wrong that when without question beauty is a huge advantage genetically. Scientific studies have shown multiple times that it is clear that women with more testosterone are more sexually active, and have a higher chance of having an affair, etc. Namely for two reasons, women who have more testosterone are generally considered more attractive in general, they are more physically fit in most cases, and have lithe features in comparison, and thus by being more attractive there is more opportunity to cheat with desirable partners, ie the temptation is much greater, where women/men who are less attractive are going to just have less opportunity in life to have an affair or be sexually active. Second, having more testosterone for women tends to lead to a higher sex drive. So the portrayal in the book could not be more realistic, and yet you think it is 'crazy' and you also again confuse the metoo movement of men who deserve to be criticized for their sexual harassment or objectification of men need to be called out, with some regressive, and weirdly puritanical ideal of how people need to act for you to not seriously judge them. The fact that you can't express more anger and hatred towards a person in such a little time than you did, openly suggesting the author deserves physical violence to happen to them, and seem to openly salivate at getting the chance to be the person who does the beating, and yet you think he is the one with 'issues' around healthy sexual behavior. Stop trying to use movements like metoo to push weirdly victorian era repressive shaming by women mainly who attacked other women, or men who they disliked for no other reason then much of the time those people were living healthy unrepressed sexual lives, and so they attacked them socially, in an attempt to shame them, and hurt them. That is exactly what you are attempting here. Next, you make seriously incorrect scientific statements, and just blindly incorrect assumptions. First, the body count in the movie is huge, and yet to say 'he just can survive anything' yet people with the same access to 'healing"/etc are literally dying all around him constantly. And as far as the main protagonist living through the story! Are you insane, that is literally what happens in 99.9% of all adventure/war/action books/films, period. But somehow that makes Brown a bad author, are you insane. if you want to get a retarded cliche go watch Game of Thrones where the author admits they just killed characters because it appeals to some readers, and so he kills characters just to kill them. That is way more retarded. Even in war, horrendous wars, most people survived. Fact. And if a soldier's war story is told, almost 99% of the time, YOU KNOW THEY SURVIVE. Go read any, any war biography, it is rare to find one that is told by other people about the main protagonist. And again, he cares deeply, like a normal, not a judgemental narcissistically, clearly over sheltered, privileged kid who thinks it fine to smear and push thoughts of violence towards an author/artist because you have seriously odd triggerings, likely because Pierce Brown is as many have said, so darn talented, and also good looking, that to not see he won the lottery in life himself is to be crying sour grapes out of jealousy. I don't even know how to not keep going, literally never seen a worse review of anything ever in my entire life. And i am triggered because of this crazy idea that you think you can push this idea of pushing physical violence towards someone, yet you know darn well if say Brown said that about a woman, you would shame him publically, and call for a lynch mob. the hypocrisy is so overflowing it is really almost comical. I am so done with this hate you just threw out into the world, promise you I am glad you hated it. Please just decide to stay away from nice things... you clearly are the type to try to break them.
@Arrogan28
5 жыл бұрын
Here is an intelligent review, by someone who clearly the entire genius of this series is not lost upon... kzitem.info/news/bejne/x21nmqGjiXVmq4o Someone who gets that the joy of not knowing how Darrow's plan is going to play out allow as a reader to try to guess what the ace in Darrow's sleeve is going to be, is the entire point of any person who enjoys intelligent thought.
@jimjohnson6944
4 жыл бұрын
Only negative review I was able to find on KZitem about this series. Darrow is the most annoying main character I've encountered in recent memory. Just perfect at everything whenever the plot demands it, and then a lumbering idiot whenever the plot demands it.
@NovelteaCorner
6 жыл бұрын
I love this video! I have mixed feelings about Red Rising (I've only read the first book so far, and I intend to - eventually - read the rest), too. I liked it (I think?), but I don't really understand the hype around it either. I've read soooo many other fantastic sci-fi books, so don't get that either.
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
Let me know how you get on with the books. The first one had an interesting premise, but then it just fell apart. So many better books out there. But if you do read please share your thoughts.
@NovelteaCorner
6 жыл бұрын
I will. They're not high on my TBR at the moment, but I'll get to them eventually. :)
@letheanlove
5 жыл бұрын
I don’t get the hype around the first book either, but the 2nd and 3rd is where it really shines and comes into its own. I always recommend people read Golden Son before passing judgement on the series.
@hellodelightfulrando
4 жыл бұрын
I realize this video is old but I just finished the audiobooks and honestly... I love it. The only thing I can compare it to is anime; tons of inner monologue where the MC thinks he’s the best of the best only to fall on his face and have to get back up. To me it’s funny and I find all of the characters to be endearing but then again I’m also the kind of person that finds the characters in Dethklok to be endearing as well. I’d recommend that anyone that is interested, read it or get the audiobook and see for yourself if you enjoy it or not. I don’t relate to anything this woman says, sounds to me she and Darrow have a lot in common on the narcissist front but I’m not a sub so what would I know.
@PipReads
4 жыл бұрын
Hey there, it's been a while since i watched this vid/read this book but i love that you compare the series to an anime. I think you are totally right. I'm currently watching onepiece - over the top action/plot/fight scenes and monologuing. What you see is what you get and i appreciate that. I certainly don't remember the details of this series but there is no denying its entertainment value. I think i finished all 3 audiobooks in 2-3days 🤷♀️. Glad you enjoyed the books 😊
@milesdios
5 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain love. My sentiments exactly. Lol!
@leftspeaker2000
5 жыл бұрын
It is most definitely not thd best scfi ever. Darrow is annoying. He is a bit petulant. He is 19, though. The rest of the books are better.
@PipReads
5 жыл бұрын
I dunno I read the whole trilogy imo it did not improve
@leftspeaker2000
5 жыл бұрын
@@PipReads That was quick. I take it you too are an Aussie? That is fair. For me, the second book was the best. I think Red Rising was the weakest in the series. To this day, the whole series feels a bit YA.
@PipReads
5 жыл бұрын
@@leftspeaker2000 Hi fellow Aussie! I hear you. This video was a while ago, but what has stuck with me is how the author painted himself into a corner with the perspective and only came up with one trick to get out of it and then proceeded to use that trick every damn time. urgh. So many better books out there. But for all that I consumed the entire trilogy in a week, so it was at least entertaining. Have you read any other books that are better?
@leftspeaker2000
5 жыл бұрын
@@PipReads The Expanse series is fantastic. I really liked the Wool series too. Altered Carbon is good, Neuromancer, Dark Matter, Sand. I'm sure there are more aha,
@PipReads
5 жыл бұрын
Loved Dark Matter, watched Altered Carbon but need to read. Wool has been on my list forever, this is great thank you!
@thefrancophilereader8943
6 жыл бұрын
Darrow sounds awful! I dislike deus ex machina in stories.
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely give this one a wide berth then 😥
@mcrbus94
6 жыл бұрын
Naw I love this series! It's such a shame you didn't like it. I think the only thing I have a problem with in the series is the lack of women and how they do often fall into tropes. But other than I adored it!
@PipReads
6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed this book. I agree with the lack of women and tropes. Did you feel the hype?
@mcrbus94
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I really enjoyed it though it is flawed at times
@jonnyprieto8603
4 жыл бұрын
You bother me.
@dpacc88
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@YourBrainonBooks
3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@marceloarteagamata4240
4 жыл бұрын
I disagree with this reviewer, Red Rising is a great read. People only listen to this reviewer because she is pretty, smart, well read and honestly, kind of dreamy...*sigh.... sorry, I forgot what I was saying. lol Anyway, jokes aside, they are good points, but I don´t know about her critic of female characters. I got the sense that in general all gold or silver women were well made characters with their own interests apart from the main character. But reading the comments seems other women did catch the same issue, but guys did not, which makes me think I am probably wrong. I guess this is something to look for in a second read. Anyways, this review makes me wonder if this book, or series, passes de The Bechdel Test.
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