Red Rising

I enjoyed this book, absolutely burned through it, and I think I would've eaten it up as a teenager. It includes elements of lots of my favorite books of all time. But I had some issues with it.

Maybe it's because I read it while I've been sick, but none of it felt believable. I felt like the main character only had 1 personality trait (grief over his losses) and that everything was just kind of lacking. I thought the idea for the world was really cool, but the author never fully explained things. Plus, it was written in 1st person and that made me wish there was more dialogue. It got really old just hearing the main character's thoughts the whole time.

Age range: 16+
A big chunk of the book had the characters in a completely lawless land. They used that lawlessness for a lot of violence and abuse. Gory, but nothing too graphic.