Just finishes #LightBringer by Pierce Brown (#RedRising Saga) and. Fuck. Red Rising is so, so good.

I obviously have criticisms of its typically liberal, sort of centrist politics, where the most radical revolution that it can imagine is basically just capitalist Republicanism, and where the socialists that point out that nothing has really significantly changed for a lot of the actual lower classes under the Republic's rule are depicted as easily manipulated idealists for the most part, and the people that are rightfully angry at the fact that they have just ended up dominated by yet another hierarchy with an aristocracy on top it's just that they get to choose which aristocrats lord it over them every so often are depicted not as people who are rightfully angry lashing out in the only way that they can figure out how to actually make the system listen, but as an angry is slavery unthinking mob.

But the character development is wonderful and complex and slow and oh so realistic and mature, the dialogue is amazing, the drama brings out emotions that are so rich and evocative, the in-world politics and plotting so complex and interesting and make sense in a way few series manage to do, the narrative so brutal and willing to take good things away from you and twist the knife that you can't help but eye every positive turn of events with traumatized eyes, and the action scenes are some of the best I've ever experienced in any medium, and it just has such a sensibility for grand drama and gestures that it is truly awe-inspiring. Despite its flaws philosophically and ideologically speaking, despite how often it edges up to a good point or idea philosophically and then backpedals or dismisses it as a strawman through narrative happenstance in favor of comfortable support for the status quo in our world, despite how truly centrist and unradical a lot of its underpinning thinking is, unwilling to really inspect or think about the roots of ideas or assumptions, I still love it as a work of fiction if not its themes.

Going back to Malazan (last two books now!) is super rough after this though, bc it's very hard to adjust back from first person present tense to third person past lol

It's #Lightbringer time!! Please excuse me while I disappear for a few weeks to read this book. #RedRising #books

Only 5 days to go... #RedRising ⏰ 🎉

Sapete cos'è il "fridging"? Ne parlo oggi in relazione a Red Rising.
https://unnecessarypixels.it/2023/04/11/red-rising-metti-la-ragazzina-nel-frigo/
#redrising #darrow #fantascienza #scifi #libri
@pierce_brown

"Versprechen sind nicht mehr als Ketten", erwidert sie rau. "Und beide sind dazu da, gebrochen zu werden."

#RedRising von #PierceBrown S.494

(Milia)

"... Ganz gleich, was geschehen ist, der Bestand der Goldenen wurde nicht dezimiert."
"Der Bestand der Goldenen...", murmelt Mustang. "Wie kannst du so kalt sein?"
Antonia seufzt. "Gold ist ein kaltes Metall, Kleine."

#RedRising von #PierceBrown S. 306

Ich hab zwar schon im Februar die #RedRising-Reihe von #PierceBrown fertig gehört, habe aber erst dieses Wochenende meine Lieblingszitate der Trilogie in meiner Sammlung ergänzt. Daher folgen nun einige Zitate, von Band eins auf deutsch, die anderen auf englisch :)

Opinione a caldo dopo aver letto il primo capitolo di Red Rising:
https://unnecessarypixels.it/2023/03/31/red-rising-cosi-si-inizia-un-romanzo/
#redrising @Pierce_Brown #darrow #fantascienza #scifi #libri

I’ve heard so many good things about the Red Rising series, but book one begins with something that feels an awful lot like a fridging, and now I’m debating whether I want to drop it and move on.

#Books #RedRising #SFF

Not a movie for when you're looking for a good time, but a compelling watch with powerful performances nonetheless. My ★★★½ review of Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3Thm9x #RedRising #Letterboxd

I fell of the reading wagon for a little bit, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the #RedRising trilogy.

Loving the class / race dynamics in the #RedRising series.

Definitely overdue for such class uprisings in North America.

#books #booktodon #bookstadon #bookstodon

Loving the class / race dynamics in the #RedRising series.

Definitely overdue for such class uprisings in North America.

Yeah, I don’t wanna live in any utopia that Elon thinks he’s going to create. I’ve read #redrising and this sounds a lot like a real version of this. #elon #piercebrown

The Book Club is back with my brother Greg (Not on social media) and in this episode we talk about the first part of the trilogy written by Pierce Brown called Red Rising.

If you like #Sci-Fi, and #history and have a natural sense of #empathy towards those abused and #vulnerable groups within #society, and wish to see them fight back, this book is for you.

Quite simply, it's a fantastic read!

Here's the link:
https://rss.com/podcasts/twoandamic/767790/

Enjoy!

#RedRising #PierceBrown #Books

Just finished Dark Age by Pierce Brown (Red Rising Book 5). So good, with twists and turns aplenty. Easily 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #RedRising #DarkAge #BooksRead #SciFi

Hello Mastodon! Just dipping my toe in the prehistoric pool... If my name looks familiar (it won't 😅) then you most likely play #MtG or read #RedRising . I make art for both! That will be the bulk of what I post here, but stay tuned for cute pet pics and randoms thoughts about video games too, brought to you by ADHD 🐿️ #artist #newHere

Well, I DNFed Red Rising at about a third the way through. I feel like I've read this book already, a bunch of times. I may come back to it later, maybe. #RedRising #books

I work in the #agriculture industry as a trainer focused on #sales #leadership #culture topics.

I have an #IT degree that I'm not using so I stay up to date by reading and watching. Sometimes I mess around with #ubuntu #linux and #wordpress.
I'm a retired #NFL offensive lineman who won a World Bowl with #Amsterdam and played for the #Rams in the US.
I love to #read, both #fiction and #nonfiction. My favorite series is #RedRising.

I'm looking forward to connecting with people. [2/2]

@Sarah_in_sk I see someone else already mentioned The Final Architecture series by #AdrianTchaikovsky (Shards of Earth, Eyes of the Void, third due next year I think). They are indeed wonderful.

I’d also recommend the #RedRising series by #PierceBrown. And something a bit on the lighter side (just a bit), the #Bobiverse by #DennisETaylor.