Golden Son: Pierce Brown (Red rising series, 2) by Pierce Elliot Brown

Golden Son: Pierce Brown (Red rising series, 2) Reviews

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  Eric Alvarez

  A fitting new entry on the new roman tragedy crafted by Brown. Politics, battle, friendship and treason masterfully mixed to create a gripping read.
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  Joao

  The book came perfectly as it could be shipped.On the reading part, I would say it quite easy to read.
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  Mosaka3

  I couldn't stop until finished!! Thrilling until the end. It has been some time since I was so hooked by a story. Cannot wait for the last of this series. Highly recommended, even if you are not a science fiction fan.
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  Marieta

  Estoy atónita. De Juego de Tronos dicen que supera en violencia y depravación a la mismísima Biblia. Pero vaya, aquí hay incluso más traición y muerte. Vaya.
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  Laura Marina Chicote

  Un increíble ejercicio de imaginación, humanidad y estrategia bélica que transporta a un futuro posible el el que la raza humana se ve abocada de nuevo a luchar por su supervivencia Contra sí misma.
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  miguel

  Es la mejor trilogia, supera en infinitas formas a divergente y a los juegos del hambre. Lo unico malo es que es la version de inglaterra y no la original (U.S.A)
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  ANÓNIMO

  Muy entretenido. Aunque es un libro de ciencia ficción futurista curiosamente no relata un universo extremadamente tecnológico pero sí curioso
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  Pablo Luis González García

  Esta continuación de red rising sigue el ritmo frenético, pero todavía más.esoerando que aparezca el libro final ya. muy bueno
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  Macey89

  Having made it through the Institute and secured a patronage from one of the most powerful men on Mars, Darrow has continued his studies in warfare and leadership. This goes further afield than his own planet and includes commanding fleets of ships in epic space battles. He’s fully embedded in the Gold ruling classes, while also working hard to break it apart from within.I’ve read enough YA thrillers to know that sometimes they fall down flat when they try and move past the trials of book one into the wider universe of their fictional book world. Golden Son manages this feat magnificently, despite having a far vaster and complicated world than any other series I’ve ever read.Where in Red Rising we were focused on just one tiny part of the universe Pierce Brown has created, in Golden Son we see much of it. We also learn about the structure of society and how it all fits together. Politics and strategy play a far greater role in this book, and there’s an emphasis on how all actions and decisions have consequences.Darrow in this book is conflicted, and this is reflected in the relationships he has with others. Constantly operating under the fear of being found out, he struggles to maintain friendships and build trust with those around him. While Darrow is a fascinating protagonist to read about, all of the secondary characters are also really well developed. They all have their own motivations and stories, and they made this book feel real, rather than just a story.The whole book is one power play, battle or risk after another, which makes for a gripping read. There’s never sense that any of the characters are ‘safe’ – as their fortunes rise and fall with every throw of the dice. There’s also a massive cliffhanger at the end that I really didn’t see coming and had me immediately buying the third book in the series.
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  J. Ang

  This is the second book of what I had thought was a trilogy when I read “Red Rising”, which by now has a fifth book on the way. It’s pitched as a YA Dystopian/Fantasy series that’s a cross between “The Hunger Games” and “Harry Potter” and I could see the similarities, especially in the first book where it was set in an academy. Brown has also made his strictly stratified colour coded world a very convincing and consistent one, which carries into the second book.There are a lot of exciting action scenes, but oh the gore! I had to avert my eyes or close my kindle a couple of times because the violence was really graphic. Story wise, there are enough developments and twists that follow through from the first book to keep the reader hooked, though the sheer number of characters and their ever changing alliances can be confusing and hard to follow. Darrow, the Red infiltrator of the Golds, has come a long way from his early days as a student playing war games among the warring houses. He is now aligned to the very Lord Augustus that had his wife Eo killed, and whose head is being sought by House Bellona for the killing of one of its heirs, Julian, whom he had to battle to the death as part of his initiation into the twisted curriculum of the prestigious Gold academy.To add to Darrow’s conflict, his troubled romance with Augustus’s rebel daughter Mustang, and his deceitful alliance with her estranged brother the Jackal, give Darrow and the reader much to fret about, anticipating his betrayal by his supposed allies once his secret as a Red fighting for the Son of Ares being leaked out.There is much to recommend in this exciting series, but I felt a little overwhelmed by the aforementioned gore and its huge case of characters. I enjoyed the first book , but this second ends on yet another cliffhanger which I feel reluctant to give up on and will be looking to read on the rest of the series.
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  sashaknits

  I don't know if I'm just not in the mood for this book at the moment, but despite its dramatic scope and personal tragedies I just wasn't that affected most of the time. As I complained with the first book, the writing style somehow holds me at a distance a lot of the time so I just don't get the feels.Some scenes were pretty awesome, Darrow throwing down the gauntlet at the feast early on and the finale was, yet again, pretty epic. Some of the twists were cool too.On the other hand, a few of the twists/surprises came so much out of left field and with absolutely no hint beforehand that they seemed like cheap deus ex machina. Some had no foreshadowing at all and just plopped into the plot out of nowhere.There was plenty of internal conflict for Darrow though, as I hoped there would be. His loyalties to home, his new friends, the woman he loves, the society he wants to save all clashing against what he needs to do in order to remake the world. I just wish I'd felt it a little keenly.The book definitely sagged in the middle but I was ultimately glad that I kept going to the end and I will read the last one in the trilogy.
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  Dan

  It's been a while since I've had a book that I couldn't put down as much as this one. Sure, every now and then I'll find a book I am eager to read each night, but to actively drop everything in life and solely commit to a book is much uncommon. I enjoyed Red Rising I found it pleasantly clever, surprising and intriguing enough to make me purchase the second book but the trilogy as a whole and my confidence in the author was still very much up for debate. Golden Son has ended that debate. It is by far and away the better book, and for a sequel to be superior to the original is an incredibly rare thing indeed.The chaos from the games has now spilled over into the wider world, and the stakes have never been higher. The enemies of Darrow's past still linger, are still threatening as he turns his sights to the Society itself. As you will no doubt know from reading Red Rising, don't expect an easy ride and don't expect there to not be casualties. Pierce Brown has woven an incredible plot of love, betrayal and death. Never has the slogan filled with twists and turns been appropriate than for this book.If you finished Red Rising and are debating whether it is worth continuing, I hope that this review, if nothing else, convinces you that yes, it absolutely is.
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  Miss K. Southern

  I had a tough time when deciding how to rate this book because while there were so many great elements to it, I couldn't help but feel like I wasn't fully enjoying myself. I mentioned in my review for 'Red Rising' that Pierce Brown's continuous use of short sentences irritated me, and that was present here in the second book also. I also found that he is unnecessarily dramatic and prone to repeating himself when revealing Darrow's inner thoughts to the reader. Getting past that was difficult. That being said, there were so many things in this book that I loved and despite the fact that I had to read it in short spurts in order to get through it, they did a fantastic job of redeeming it. Firstly, Pierce Brown's world building skills are just phenomenal. At times things get a little muddled, especially as it's been so long since I read 'Red Rising', but his social, political and economic system are ON POINT. He's clearly put a lot of thought into the whole universe, and not just Darrow's immediate surroundings. The characters, as they were in 'Red Rising', were complex and each had succinct motivations. This is definitely a series where the books should be read in fairly quick succession, or the information and back stories provided can become confusing. Most of all though, I loved this book because of it's plot twists. Throughout the whole thing I was eyes wide at the action, betrayals, battles and tense conversations happening before my eyes. If I was only a fan of the author's writing style, this book would have been a favourite of mine.