I legitimately cannot believe you made a website just to say that. That is absolutely incredible.
@hardysbooks
8 ай бұрын
Extra is our brand
@josephwilson-doan4163
8 ай бұрын
Golden Son is such an incredible book. Definitely just read a synopsis of the first 🤮
@hardysbooks
8 ай бұрын
I'm (Ross) still curious enough to continue, but I don't think Laura's coming along with me
@josephwilson-doan4163
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks I also made the decision not to continue after the first one, but curiosity got the better of me after a year. Golden Son is a better book than Storm of Swords and I’ll staple my n***s to that declaration.
@josephwilson-doan4163
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks I also didn’t want to continue but a year later my curiosity got the best of me. I’m interested in your thoughts on it. To me Golden Son is even better than Storm of Swords. Phenomenal stuff.
@Rumham7291
7 ай бұрын
huh? why would Darrow joining House Augustus be a bad move? They are one of the strongest houses there is. What better way to get revenge than to work your way through their ranks as well.
@hardysbooks
7 ай бұрын
Oh, I’m sure it was the most sensible decision from a taking down Gold society perspective. I just thought it was dull, and predictable, and disappointing given Augustus was the one who condemned his wife!
@Rumham7291
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks I think most people would say that it was the choice that made the most sense narratively. There is no sense in going with something that doesn't make sense because you were trying to add a twist at the end. The book is mainly setup after all. So with standard setup, sometimes unexpected plot twists arise later. Give Golden Son a shot and get back to me.
@davidgarces39
7 ай бұрын
I actually disliked the entire first section in the mines. I was rolling my eyes and sating "really?" for most of it. All the charactes motivations and the little things that moved the plot forward were extremely predictable (I hardly ever predict things, but this was too obvious) and honestly pretty bad. I started enjoying the secodn sectinonwards a bit more. It ended up being a 3 star for me. I just started the second book, and i have to say that the first 2 chapters are a massive disappointment so far. It has the same problem of the things that move the plot forward are too predictable and eye rolling. I'm still gonna finish it and see if it is actually so much better than the first
@hardysbooks
7 ай бұрын
Post back here with your thoughts, I'm curious!
@davidgarces39
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks Nevermind... I'm now regretting having read this book. Honestly i don't think I've ever been si disappointed with an ending. I really, really do t understand what people like about this. It's better written for sure, i just really dislike the story he's telling (i hate grimdark, and I'm quite disillusioned to see how it's been infecting everything, honestly i dont know what to read anymore). This was just plot twist after plot twist betrayal after betrayal un tp yhe very last line. It's laughable really and it ends up just being predictable and eye rolling because you already know a plot twist (negative plot twists) is aroubd the corner.... Enough rant, I'm too pissed off... hated this book
@hardysbooks
7 ай бұрын
Well I enjoyed the rant
@nazimelmardi
7 ай бұрын
Why on earth are you talking about Hunger Games? That’s the first question. It’s not it. It’s a society building system and as fast as it is, way more complex than the Hunger Games. HG is a child to it. The layer that provides opportunities to watch it for the others is not for fun but to select the elite and even there you already can see the marks of corruption. And down there who gets tech advancement? Who can behave like a team then who behave like a strategist. And so on. This game wasn’t designed to kill each other but to demonstrate in a fast scenario a Lord of the Flies situation and then that you are better folks, get your … together. It has nothing to do with Hunger Games but everything with social interaction.
@hardysbooks
7 ай бұрын
Well, it does say on the cover: "Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."
@nazimelmardi
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks Ender’s Game/Speaker for the Dead. Award winning books about acceptance and solidarity to other type of people. ☝️That is a strong contrast to Hunger Games. The thing is, Hunger Games is also a kind of social injustice but a very different perspective and goal. It has the intention to keep up the order and not to pick out the best of best from the others. The Capital has no business with them. It’s a power of oppression. Here it’s a power of elevation. Read Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead. You will LOVE it.
@nazimelmardi
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks I don’t understand these book recommendations. Yes, it has a war school in Ender’s Game. But there is no common theme with Hunger Games. Nothing at all. Ender’s Game is about his struggle in it being a brilliant child and he is trapped inside that school so he plays the game against the odds. His teachers push him to his limits. And there is a twist in it. It’s a very sad story. Speaker for the Dead is a family story in a critical moment of history. Now that deserves all the hype. It’s just awesome. Hits hard. It has nothing to do with killing people but a lot with accepting who we are. It’s a gut punch.
@nazimelmardi
7 ай бұрын
@@hardysbooks there is a reason why both Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead won Hugo and Nebula awards. These books are no joke. Not on the Hunger Games level in sci-fi. These are fundamental concepts and Red Rising is much more closer to them than Hunger Games. Yet the Ender series is still better, way better. We can’t compare. Today only Three-Body Problem hits the bar.
@steelumley
8 ай бұрын
The beginning bit in the mines is fantastic! I started to get bored with the middle but the ending, after Darrow gets separated from his house, redeemed it for me and made me want to continue. The ending choice definitely pays off in the second book.
@connors-curiosities
8 ай бұрын
HERE BE DRAGONS!!
@SamHarrison2099
8 ай бұрын
I heard somewhere Pierce Brown wrote this in like 2 months from idea to finished final draft. It definitely feels like a quick write. It feels like the target audience was YA but for high school boys, and although I don't really like YA and I'm not a high school boy I had a good time. I loved Rivers of London when it came out, I really wanna join the read-a-long...
@hardysbooks
8 ай бұрын
This makes it even more interesting for me. Like when we talked about "why was this the story Pierce Brown wanted to write"-it takes an incredible amount of motivation to finish a book in 2 months, so he must have been hugely motivated by this story. I wonder what part of it it was that gave him that energy.
@danielbujdos
8 ай бұрын
I went into this book after catching up with Sun Eater, hungry for more amazing stuff on that level of quality to fill the void before the next SE release. Since many big BookTubers were gushing about the Red Rising series and ranking it above Sun Eater, I was thrilled to start RR. Oh, boy… 😬 I absolutely agree with everything you said in this review. I thought I was missing something, so I went further and finished books 2 & 3. I gave the 1st one 2 ⭐️, the 2nd one 3 ⭐️ and the 3rd one 4 ⭐️, so there was definitely some upward trend, but I never found out, what exactly was so spectacular about this series 🙁 6 months later, I don’t even remember much of the ending, so I am not sure if I’ll ever continue with the follow-up series.
@hardysbooks
8 ай бұрын
It doesn't come out well when put up against Sun Eater. But come on, what does 😂
@TheDragonbornReviewer
8 ай бұрын
I think that you guys should absolutely read the next book at the very least. I am a strong believer that it improves on the first book in literally every way imaginable. The YA feel is replaced with dark, gritty, and adult storytelling. You have some amazing moments in that 2nd book that had the hair on the back of my neck standing. There’s even more minority representation moving forward in the series. The 2nd book solves just about everything, my friends. Definitely check it out.
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