My rating: 9/10
This book really took
a 180 degree turn when compared to Red Rising, but honestly in the best
possible kind of way. The story kicks off about two years after the events of
the first book, with Darrow not quite living up to the glory that he had crafted
for himself in the Game. He is on the verge of being disowned by Nero au Augustus
and sold off, and yet he still has his mission to carry forth. There is also death
hanging over his head due to the blood feud between him and Cassius, from which
he will soon no longer be protected from.
Although some parts of
the story were a little hard to follow, especially with so many new characters introduced
and all of the hi-tec lingo describing a variety of spaceships and gear, the plot
really kept me hooked. The struggle and sacrifices that Darrow had to go
through in Golden Son were all incredibly heart-wrenching and yet at the
same time were able to instill a sense of hope into me.
Generally, it was really
neat to see the world of the Colors on a much larger scale for the first time.
Already in Red Rising, I thought that the lore and worldbuilding was
quite magnificent, and yet even then we only got to see Darrow’s perspective of
the world from the Academy. This book enlarged the world even further, with the
characters visiting a variety of moons and planets. Further, Pierce really has
managed to capture a fiction of humanity that still echoes back to so many
current struggles that we see being played out politically and socially that by
the end of me reading this book, I now genuinely feel like this could be a
realistic view of humanity thousands of years from now.
I do have to say that
overall, I have begun to care a bit less about Darrow and Mustang’s
relationship. They are still quite cute and have gone through a lot together,
but they didn’t seem to have the same chemistry as before. I hope that she will
eventually be able to forgive him for his lying and come back to support his
cause. My favorite part of the book was when Darrow went back to Lykos to see
his mother. That really moved me and I actually had to start crying.
Now I’m incredibly excited
to get to Morning Star and see where the plot will go, since the ending
of this book did leave us on a major cliffhanger, especially politically.
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