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Red Rising by Pierce Brown
5.0
adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. I usually HATE sci-fi - it’s just not really my thing - but this book makes it feel SO. REAL. I’m not sure if it’s Darrow’s pure humanity, or just the very raw human emotions that occur plainly throughout this novel, I’m just obsessed with it.