Red Rising

4.00/5.00

Sometime you experience something and it changes your perspective. Red Rising changed my idea of what a good book should be. I now understand why so many people don't seem to appreciate some of the books I've enjoyed in the past. It's because they have read better, and your expectations rise. Normal does not cut it.

Red rising is powerful, poetic and captivating. I read the entire novel in a day and some change. The book is set in the future, it uses futuristic tech, but this story is about power, the human psyche and it's about humanity. Yes it's sci-fi, but it's more. Yes it's hunger games, but it's more. Yes it's game of thrones, but it's more. Despite all these things, it was wildly romantic.

This one makes it to my top 5 all time books.