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Golden Son
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October 14, 2015
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November 7, 2015
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What Members Thought

Jenn
First off, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ENDING????

I legit just can't...

So this review probably won't make much sense because I literally cannot comprehend what just happened at the end of that book (omg so much death and betrayal). HOW COULD YOU???

Ok, sorry. So let's talk Golden Son. Darrow is still on his mission to take down the Gold society by infiltrating it. He's risen high in their world, loved by some very powerful people, yet his world keeps falling apart. He's slowly coming to the realization
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Trisha
Apr 15, 2015 rated it it was amazing
“It's not victory that makes a man. It's his defeats.”

I cannot even articulate the many many ways that Pierce Brown rocks my world. This story is horrific and bloody, strategic and full of war. But it is also a story of love and hope and the wonder of a new world, one where those who have been enslaved are finally free.

But this is not a soft bedtime story. This book took me days and days of reading - and pausing - to get through. The close calls, the losses, the love and the greed and betrayal
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Tbirdplanstoread
Jul 17, 2022 rated it really liked it
Got a little lost on some of the battles but the ending is intense!!!
Megan
Jul 04, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: wheelathon-2020
My gosh! The drama, the action, the betrayals, the friendships, the twists and turns! This is Game of Thrones in space and I'm loving it.
So much darker and more grown up that the first one. We are no longer in the realms of mild peril dystopian YA. This is brutal!
I need a little time now to digest, think and mourn and then onto the next one!
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Keri
Okay with Red Rising being one of my all time favorite books...I had such high expectations going into this. At first, I’ll admit, it jumped around some and it was a completely different type of storyline(which I knew it would be), so I had some trouble getting into it, which worried me. Luckily, once I did get more into it, I was 100% invested again. I just love these characters, this world, and this story that’s being told. I missed having some of the character connections that we had in Red R ...more
Teddie
Mar 30, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Good Lord - this book never let up. HBO should look this way when considering a tv series. Damn.
Maggie61
Jul 15, 2014 marked it as to-read
Payal Banik
Nov 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Amanda
Dec 29, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Toshita
Apr 03, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Brayden
May 25, 2016 marked it as series-to-continue  ·  review of another edition
Susan
Jun 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Stacey
Feb 12, 2017 rated it liked it
Shelves: library
Margaret
May 03, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy, 2017
Vicky
Jul 15, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Sarah Lewis
Jan 12, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Ashley Gadbow
Apr 23, 2020 marked it as to-read
Karigan
Jun 23, 2021 marked it as to-read
Rachel Baker
Feb 06, 2022 rated it really liked it
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