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 Review: I bought this book last year because my friend admired it and I was hoping I would like it, too. I wasn't excited to pick it up now and I don't really know why, but I gave this book a solid 3 stars because I wasn't really sure I liked it or not. It was a neutral feeling. 
 This book is a dystopian/sci-fi novel with also a mix of dense high fantasy. While reading it, I was understanding that it was a combination of The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones. My friend said that and I agree. It's not exactly the same, but the story was along that line. Red Rising is about a boy named, Darrow, who was treated as low as a slave fore being a Red, but because of revenge and vengeance, he decided to turn Gold to destroy them, with the help from the rebels. 
 I was on the verge of being mad at this book because it was boring. I don't believe it was because of the plot, but I'm definitely blaming the writing. I was so bored I swear I was going to DNF this book. I wasn't hooked and I always dropped it after a few pages. I was always distracted by other things easily because I couldn't get myself into it. I was so confused at some parts because of the word choice. The jargons was one other thing, there were no other explanations towards each of them and I was utterly bewildered. Of course, I got to understand bloodydamn and glorydamn, but the author should have clarified the combination of these words he created to use in the book. 
 Furthermore, I thought of the book being slow-paced, but it wasn't exactly that either. It was in normal speed which was okay to me. There were chunks of plot where everything went on fast. The author jumped from one scene to another, which I found annoying. Yet, I enjoyed the good fighting scenes, it was full of blood and gore, betrayal, vengeance, nasty drama, and an emotional start. I fully adored those parts without doubts because they were actions-filled and it was undeniably entertaining. 
 There were so many characters in this book. Ultimately so many that I couldn't be able analyse. So, I'm only doing this with Darrow. He felt like a neutral character to me. The author tried really hard to make him special. For instance, him surviving the Carving or him ruling a House. Yet he didn't feel special to me. I understood his loss, pain, and revenge. It somehow made me sad, but I couldn't get myself to like him even though he was all excellent and outstanding. 
 Overall: I thought this book was an okay read to me. Although, some parts could be fixed in my brain, I still thought that I couldn't remember the whole plot in order. I did enjoy good fight scenes, but not the writing.