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Red Rising
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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Red Rising
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Publisher's Summary
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet.
Darrow - and Reds like him - are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies...even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-11-2018
Hunger Games on Mars
The narrator of this novel was great! It was a pleasure to listen to him, his delivery was fantastic.
Now, as for the plot: It really wasn't anything ground-breaking, but it was an easy read and had great pacing.
The protagonist is a Mary Sue with little personality, but the dynamic he had with other characters was entertaining enough.
Pretty much all story elements have been explored in several well known novels and franchises before, but they came together pretty nicely in the end.
In some parts, the world building was a little lacklustre in my opinion, I would have liked to see more concepts explained and explored.
As such, plot holes and logical inconsistencies were ample, but I'm not sure if that's due to author oversight or exploration of these plot holes in later books of the franchise.
So, if you're after something easy, yet suspenseful, Red Rising is a great choice - just don't think too hard about it.
(Also, don't read this book if you're sensitive to blood / gore / brutality. Red Rising doesn't necessarily go overboard, but it doesn't exactly hold back either)
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- Robert W. White
- 06-06-2019
A better hunger games
give this a shot if you liked Hunger Games. i didnt like HG but really enjoyed this.
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- Amanda Hadley
- 14-06-2019
Sci-fi Hunger games
very quickly grips you and doesnt let go until the last word. highly recommend it.
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- Simon
- 26-04-2019
Brilliant, phenomenal performance and story.
Deep story telling, vivid characters and an exceptional performance in narration. The story will leave you hanging on every word, worth every second of your time.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-10-2018
great book. twist on the hunger games.
The storyline was original, I really liked the characters. and the narrator was great. Well worth the listen.
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- Alex
- 01-01-2017
amazing!!
Need to stay with it beyond the thick accent at the beginning. It adds to the story line, but can be a little hard to understand.
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- Josiah
- 01-10-2018
The Reaper Swings
My love, my love
Remember the cries
When winter died for spring skies
They roared and roared
But we grabbed our seed
And sowed a song
Against their greed
And
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper swing, the reaper swing
the reaper swing
Down in the vale
Hear the reaper sing
A tale of winter done
My son, my son
Remember the chains
When gold ruled with iron reins
We roared and roared
And twisted and screamed
For ours, a vale
of better dreams
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- peter szolga
- 20-02-2020
awesome
I have really liked the story and the way it was narrated. i am not native speaker so I have struggled at the beginning, but then I got use to accent. I just could not turn off this audio book. Recommend to every one.
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- lachlanwalford
- 16-06-2015
song of Persephone
loved it . didnt want to put it down . an enjoyable story. worth the money and I would recommend this to others
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- Dave
- 10-05-2020
Absolutely engrossing.
This book makes me want to reduce the reviews I've given other books. Give me a sixth star please Audible.
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