It’s a bank holiday (three day weekend) in the UK, so Red Rising is available to everybody who requests it from Netgalley to review. (Click here.) And although I’m a Yank (from the US) I figured everybody applied to me too.
I’m hoping it does, because I’ve been wanting to read this book for a while now! There’s a twitter conversation going on too. Tweet #RedRisingBook to join in. Let me know if you plan to read it too.
Description from Goodreads:
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow– and Reds like him– are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’ s overlords struggle for power.
He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’ s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
Personal news: My Dad’s been in the hospital for 21 days now. The dialysis is helping with his kidneys and they’ve put him on a pill for his heart. He has fluid in his lungs so they’ve put him on a C-PAP machine at night, but with all of the drugs he’s been waking up confused, so my mom and I have been staying at the hospital the past couple of nights.
I’m sorry I’m a bit behind on reading everyone else’s blogs, but I get them all delivered to my email, because I think that’s the best way I can show my support for the blogs I like, so I won’t miss anything.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Red Rising sounds like an interesting read. I might have to add it to my to-read pile. Thanks for sharing.
I hope everything goes smoothly with your family. I know how hard it is to see a loved one on dialysis. Good luck with everything, and I’m looking forward to reading more of your posts.
It looked good to me too, so I was glad they were letting all reviewers read it this weekend.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
I am looking forward to reading Red Rising for awhile now, I should really get on that (I bought it on sale months ago!)
Thinking of you and your family too. I really hope things start to get better for your dad soon ❤
Thank you so much! Me too!!
I’ve been wanting to read Red Rising too, so I was happy to see it on Netgalley. I just started it, but it’s good so far!
RED RISING IS THE MOST AMAZING BOOK EVER! *hyperventilates quietly* I’m unbelievably excited for Golden Son! I read Red Rising…woah, probably this time last year, so I spent a lot of time fangirling on my own too. Now I even own a paperback and ohhhh it’s just super awesome. I hope you like it!
Sorry to hear about your dad, but glad things are helping. 😐
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I’m a quarter of the way through now and I’m really enjoying it. It was rather low on my to be read list because it was getting mixed reviews. At least I don’t have to wait so long for the sequel. Thank you.
I hope you end up getting the book…although I didn’t like it…It wasn’t my genre, but I hope you do. ^_^
I’m about a quarter of the way through and I’m liking it so far. Thanks.
Oh wait, sorry, you got the book! Silly me! I remember loving the beginning though. 🙂 Enjoy then!
No worries. 🙂 You never have to worry about saying something wrong with me. I misspeak all the time.
Enjoy Red Rising! It sounds wonderful; I can’t wait to read it and read your review 😀 I’m sorry about your dad, my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
It’s good so far. I’m still only at 21% but that isn’t the book’s fault. Thank you! We need all we can get right now.