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A review by philibin
Red Rising (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation) by Pierce Brown
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
(2.75 Stars)
This story is good, but I just don't know if I like the Graphic Audio production. I think for the next book in the series I am just going to read the audiobook version and not the graphic audio version.
This is similar (in feel) to The Hunger Games, but in space... although the "in space" part is more of a backdrop and not integral to the story (at all). It is also very similar to the Ender Wiggins saga, but mostly in the books that deal with Battle School, and not necessarily when Ender is an adult. Although, to be fair, even though I listened to the graphic audio in two parts, it is just one book in the series, so it could change the way the Ender Saga did.
My impression currently is that this is a very simplistic, predictable story... with impossibly (and unnecessarily) complicated/convoluted plot twists and situational elements thrown in to make it seem more clever than it is. But maybe that is an effect of the Graphic Audio Production? That's why I am switching to the Audiobook for the next book in the series.
I've had this series compared to The Expanse, and I just don't see the comparison. The disconnect for me is that the characters: In The expanse, the characters seem so real... This book seems to make all the characters into stereotypes, or videogame archetypes... or maybe bad anime from the 1970's.
This story is good, but I just don't know if I like the Graphic Audio production. I think for the next book in the series I am just going to read the audiobook version and not the graphic audio version.
This is similar (in feel) to The Hunger Games, but in space... although the "in space" part is more of a backdrop and not integral to the story (at all). It is also very similar to the Ender Wiggins saga, but mostly in the books that deal with Battle School, and not necessarily when Ender is an adult. Although, to be fair, even though I listened to the graphic audio in two parts, it is just one book in the series, so it could change the way the Ender Saga did.
My impression currently is that this is a very simplistic, predictable story... with impossibly (and unnecessarily) complicated/convoluted plot twists and situational elements thrown in to make it seem more clever than it is. But maybe that is an effect of the Graphic Audio Production? That's why I am switching to the Audiobook for the next book in the series.
I've had this series compared to The Expanse, and I just don't see the comparison. The disconnect for me is that the characters: In The expanse, the characters seem so real... This book seems to make all the characters into stereotypes, or videogame archetypes... or maybe bad anime from the 1970's.