/lit/ - Literature

>>21812917
Red Rising.

Ok I finished hate-reading this
Was it better than the first like everyone said? Yes, much. But I still hate books that have stupid class systems like this series does, I hate how everyone quotes latin, military doesn't do that now, why would they do that in the future? It comes off extremely performative. Pretty predictable too.

>>20684507
>Is Red Rising actually good
Book 1 is hit or miss, but I liked it enough
Book 2 is probably my favorite book of the decade
Book 3 is great
Book 4 is alright or meh depending on taste
Book 5 is about as good as book 2 if not better

Is really that hard for a YA to not write a love triangle? Pic related, dropped it the moment I saw a love triangle confirmation.

>I leave Mustang for my rooms soon after. The halls are quiet, and I feel a shade drifting through some metal realm. I don't know how to accept her help. Or how I sould handle her. Seeing her with Cassius wounded me more than I'll ever tell her, and part of me knows not all of it could have been a manipulation.
Dropped. The trilogy ended with the first one. Never gonna trust a YA author ever again. Happened with Chaos Walking, happened with this.

>>19512526
The rug pulls are fine for me because they always wreck the protagonist, and I love seeing Darrow crawl back from defeat every time.
Golden Son is probably my favorite sci-fi book of all time. Wonderful world building, frenetic pacing (not a single boring moment), insane hype moments and massive major plot developments throughout.
Tell me you didn't find the gala duel the hypest shit. Tell me you didn't feel anything when Darrow walked into Pliny's meeting, smiled at him and fixed his hair, then looked out the window while the other traitors fucking murdered him behind and presented the empty chair for him to sit on. Tell me you didn't shout KINO at the iron rain.
Morningstar was not as good though, and Iron Gold is definitely a 3/5. Dark Age however, was fantastic, nearly on par with GS.
It feels like Pierce Brown is the total opposite of normie trilogy writers. His second books are by far the best of the trilogy when normally second books are just shitty fillers lmao.