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 Red Rising is being marketed as "The Hunger Games" meets "Ender's Game", but truthfully the similarities between Red Rising and those books are few and far between. Red Rising is wonderfully brutal and original, it's truly unlike anything I've ever read before. This is an underdog story with an action-packed plot, incredible world-building, and a writing style that will hook readers in. 
 It doesn't matter whether you love or hate Darrow, it's impossible not to admire the way Brown developed his character. From the 1st few pages, Brown makes it extremely easy for readers to sympathize with his character. Despite the fact that Darrow is our "hero" of the novel, readers shouldn't write him off as the good guy in the story. I love how so many of the characters in Red Rising can't simply be defined as the good guy or the bad guy, even Darrow blurs these distinct lines several times in the book. 
 Summarizing Red Rising is no simple task and so, I'm not going to even attempt to do it because there's no way I can do this book justice. The only thing I will say is that Darrow is part of the Red, the lowest caste in The Society, and he is given an opportunity to rebel against his government. I've never read such a brutal book before in my life, Red Rising even makes A Game Of Thrones look tame. There is so much violence and bloodshed, but Pierce Brown never makes the gore seem gratuitous. Each battle, each murder has it's own purpose in the plot and readers should beware of getting too attached to characters because Brown is absolutely brutal with his characters. 
 Pierce Brown is an incredibly talented author and there's no denying it. I never thought I would be so interested in military strategy until I began to read Red Rising. Brown certainly has a way with words and he does an excellent job of filling readers with hope that Darrow will emerge victorious, despite the fact that the odds are not in his favor. Pierce Brown is certainly a promising writer and he has written some of the best action scenes I've read in years. I have a feeling that Pierce Brown has written the next big thing. 
 I was immediately drawn into the world of Red Rising and it was quite a journey. I was completely and utterly addicted to Red Rising, I wanted to know everything about The Society. There is so much Brown can showcase in the Society and I really want to learn so much more about this corrupt gov't. I loved the way Brown gradually introduced readers to The Society without using the infamous info-dumps. There were a few parts where I briefly found the plot tedious, but other than that, I really enjoyed Red Rising. 
 Red Rising is one of the few novels that actually live up the hype and in some aspects, the hype didn't do it justice. I'm extremely curious to see where Pierce Brown takes Darrow next in the sequel, but I have a feeling that Brown won't let me down. Just when I thought the dystopian genre had lost steam, Red Rising arrived on the scene and left me astounded.