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Truly a fantastic sequel. This one is all story, losing and improving fortunes, and much heavier stakes compared to the first novel.
I think I like this one much better. We've got to gain an empire, after all, and try to do it without losing yourself, your friends, or your purpose. It's quite delicious and well crafted. There's a lot of action and none of it gets boring. There's a great mix of politics, motivations, subversions, plain heroism, and stark terror.
The writing is truly excellent. I wa ...more
I think I like this one much better. We've got to gain an empire, after all, and try to do it without losing yourself, your friends, or your purpose. It's quite delicious and well crafted. There's a lot of action and none of it gets boring. There's a great mix of politics, motivations, subversions, plain heroism, and stark terror.
The writing is truly excellent. I wa ...more
Takes the best things about Red Rising and introduces them to a much larger world full of treachery and intrigue.
Darrow is navigating his post-Institute world where he has been primed for success but with powerful enemies plotting everywhere. He still has many of his friends from his time at the Institute around him and he has picked up a few more besides, but there are notable absences. Sevro and the Howlers are on Pluto. Mustang is on Luna and estranged from Darrow and her family. And it's bee ...more
Darrow is navigating his post-Institute world where he has been primed for success but with powerful enemies plotting everywhere. He still has many of his friends from his time at the Institute around him and he has picked up a few more besides, but there are notable absences. Sevro and the Howlers are on Pluto. Mustang is on Luna and estranged from Darrow and her family. And it's bee ...more
Wow. That was an intense final chapter after a completely engrossing, action packed novel.
Brown did not let up on the action from the first page and kept me guessing all the way through.
Still kind of reeling; very glad I read this so close to the last book coming out
Brown did not let up on the action from the first page and kept me guessing all the way through.
Still kind of reeling; very glad I read this so close to the last book coming out
As the second book in the trilogy, Golden Son held up pretty well. It boasted the same quality of characters, gut-wrenching story line, and use of competition and strategy, just on a bigger scale. While the first book maintained a relatively narrow focus, this one encompassed a much broader perspective, particularly in how Darrow viewed the world. Many of the other color-casts interacted with Darrow (the diversity of which was by favorite element of this book), giving him the much-needed illumin
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A rousing middle book (which is a hard thing to write) that develops the rebellion and our characters further.
Jan 26, 2015
Christina Pilkington
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I'm working my way through this series again before I read Lightbringer. And yep, everything I said below is still how I feel!
I had read Red Rising last year so some time had gone by since reading the first book and reading this sequel. Unlike most sequels this one dove right into the action. Actually it even skipped forward in time a bit from where the first book left off. Hardly any recap at all of what took place in the first book. So it was slow reading for me at first unt ...more
I'm working my way through this series again before I read Lightbringer. And yep, everything I said below is still how I feel!
I had read Red Rising last year so some time had gone by since reading the first book and reading this sequel. Unlike most sequels this one dove right into the action. Actually it even skipped forward in time a bit from where the first book left off. Hardly any recap at all of what took place in the first book. So it was slow reading for me at first unt ...more
I thought this was an improvement on the original trilogy - the conflict has expanded and we see a lot more of the world instead of being limited to the Institute.
A fantastic follow up novel! Brown has really grown as a writer and it shows in Golden Son. Even though it is only January I sense that this will end up being one of my favourites of 2015.
Re-read December 2015.
Re-read December 2015.
Brandon Sanderson wrote one of my favourite (GR) quotes about authors revelling in keeping readers awake in the early hours, that they are in fact getting backhanders from the caffeine industry. Michael Sullivan once told me that he loves hearing his books have kept people up later than their reasonable bedtime. Well, Pierce, you've done it then, congratulations.
You know when you are determined to finish the book no matter what, when you reach points in the story and think "this is a good spot f ...more
You know when you are determined to finish the book no matter what, when you reach points in the story and think "this is a good spot f ...more
3.5 stars. Review on the way, though I've not settled on the star rating yet (sometimes I get caught up in a book, and need to step back a bit before deciding).
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You get lost at times and the plot turns a different direction every few chapters, but it's a wonderful read.
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Aug 28, 2014
Gali
marked it as to-read
Dec 20, 2014
Amber (Books of Amber)
marked it as nope
