Red Rising, Pierce Brown

Red Rising by Pierce Brown is a book I tried reading once before and stopped due to the violence.  A friend (Joe) tells me that this is his favorite book and that I should try it again.  So I will.

Started: 3/19/2020
Completed: 3/20/2020
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Joe

Review:

The opening of this book is horribly violent.  It is violating.  I could not take it and put the book aside.  My friend, Joe, told me that this was a one off and important to the story.  Eh.  The rest of the book is less horribly violent, it is terribly violent.  The violence, however, is odd.  It is both shocking and it is numbing.

The story is excellent and oddly triumphant.  Several times I simply cringed.  There is so much more to the story, so much more that I did not realize as I read each piece.

The violating violence at the beginning was needed for this story to work.  I am not sure that this story needs to be told.  It is, however, very well told.

"The blood feud runs deep and I feel it pulling at my ankles."