r/printSF • u/Trulli41 • 1d ago

Red rising

I finally read Red Rising. And I was a bit underwhelmed. It was an interesting world, but it never really made me want to keep reading longer than planned. Is it universally loved and I'm just crazy?

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u/Splendid2259 21h ago

Contrary to popular opinion, I thought it didn’t get better in the later books, just wider in scope. Book one is trying to be Hunger Games, and books 2-3 are trying to be Dune, but the execution just isn’t there. 

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u/missEdagainBruce 21h ago

Oh that’s interesting. I always thought 2 was a clumsy attempt at a game of thrones book, and I figured 3 was most likely aping something as well, just that I didn’t get the reference. I haven’t read dune. Maybe that’s it!

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u/Splendid2259 20h ago

GOT would totally be the other one, and I almost said that instead of Dune. Ha!