Red Rising Trilogy Review (Morning Star/Special Edition Review) 

If you'd like to check out the Red Rising special editions they can be found here: www.juniperbooks.com/products/red-rising-jackets-only-set They were sent to me for free but I am of course allowed to say what I really think. I think they pretty dope, but more so for people who like to make their shelf pop. Coupon code: TheGoblin15 for 15% off. Now only works for the WoT and Red Rising covers due to websites hijacking the code

[MILD SPOILER] My favourite part in Morning Star is when Sevro does a backflip with a noose around his neck and hangs himself to prove a point.

Sevro is one of the best side characters in literature. Fight me. AWHOOOO!

"There's not a horrible amount of casualties." Millions of people die in nuclear explosions.

"This is a happy ending" Oh boy, get read for the second trilogy

This shirt is indeed a visual pleasure

Sevro may be a solid candidate to TOP-3 secondary character I have ever read. Love him and his wolf hide coats

Fun fact: Pierce Brown once decided which character dies by pulling a name out of a hat.

While I own and love the books, the audio books, for me, bring a whole other feeling to the series. Tim Gerard Reynolds absolutely owns the entire feeling of Darrow as a character. I swear, that man makes me want to fight someone while driving my dog to the vet when I listen to him reading as angry Darrow.

I just wanna say that Daniel's shirt SLAPS

On your point about the Moon Lords and the ending, Iron Gold and Dark Age REALLY tackles those things and explores them in such phenomenal ways.

I am strongly tempted to start Red Rising after watching this review. The first two books are just standing on a shelf behind me.

He finally came back to his senses

"This is me... remembering the nukes... ok it wasn't that happy of an ending" hahahahahaha

"like Red Wedding things were happening". Just saying Day of Red Doves without any context. You're in for so much more to come😘

This is my favourite trilogy, just so gut-wrenching and epic.

The sound effects during the unboxing are gold!

I just love this video. Finally is he on team Sevro. The specail editions are gorgeous. I’am so sad that the shipping to Denmark is 200$. And as somebody who is studying graphic desing, not owning these makes my cold dead heart hurt.

You've articulated all my feelings about this series so well. Love your emphasis on the vocabulary and naming that Brown does, and the trauma that Darrow faces throughout. Stellar review of a stellar book! A fun note on names: all the Golds are named ___ au ____. Silvers are named ___ ag ____. Coppers are named ___ cu _____. Au, Ag, and Cu are the atomic symbols for gold, silver, and copper respectively. Subtle, but effective.

I have red rising on my 2021 list. Those special editions are fab.

Well I guess I gotta add another series to my TBR.

Your Review of Golden Son got me to finally start this series and now I've read all the books twice! Glad you enjoyed the first trilogy lets just say the next one is "different in tone."

*chef kiss* Man this edition is gorgeous

I want to re-read these now, I love this series so much!

This series is one of my all time favorites! Always on my list!

This series is fantastic

I was waiting for this! Prime, my goodman, PRIME.

*Daniel meets Sevro* Daniel: "Hi, I'm the Goblin" Sevro: *Glares* "Excuse me?"

The beginning monologue of Darrow in this book was absolutely devastating and my favorite start to a book ever. At this point I almost regret reading books 4/5 because they are so dark. Unless book 6 wraps up like book 3, I’m afraid I’m going to hate the whole second era. Are the books good? Yeah, totally 5 stars, but they hurt my feelings 😭. The Red Rising series is easily my second favorite series of all time after the Stormlight Archive- and I’ve read A LOT of books, so that’s saying something.

Ahh, so happy we all convinced you to continue on after red rising 1 ^^ I'm so interested in what you think about the next books

The audiobook of this trilogy is one of the best audio experiences inclusive of audiobooks, podcast, whatever. It’s so good I’ve never read a single red rising book and will only listen to the audio. INSANE PERFORMANCE

My dog's name is Sevro...I love that character so much...reading "Morning Star" I was screaming "Sevro...noooo" and my poor dog was so confused He looked at me like saying "look lady, Im here just sleeping".

Darow in the stone table part still fucks with me to this day. I love it haha. I wish I could see this in live action.

As someone who went to school for graphic design, I enjoyed watching Daniel attempt to articulate why fonts matter so much

I'm not normally a sci-fi fan, and when I read the synopsis of the first book, I thought it was a dystopian, so I bought the whole trilogy. I really enjoyed the first book, but I was NOT prepared for the second and third ones. Holy stinkin' crap balls, I LOVED this trilogy!!!!!! I laughed, I cried, and even over a year after finishing it, it still sticks with me. I read a LOT, so I don't keep many books after finishing them or else I would be on my third or fourth storage unit by now, but this trilogy was a keeper. I'm so glad you stuck with it after the first book, and thrilled that you enjoyed it as much as I did! Great review, and lovely covers by Juniper. ❤️

If Sevro dies we riot.

If you get the chance you should really listen to the audio books. Probably one of the best narrators I have ever heard and it only gets better in the sequels

I love the sound effects Daniel. Your channel is growing so much and the creativity you put into it is a big factor of that. The disheveled goblin hoard shall rise

As a big mma fan i was very impressed with pierce brown’s fight choreo, he described muay thai sequences and a triangle choke perfectly

Good to see ya back Daniel 👍

This is my favorite book series so to see you come around on it is so awesome! I'm glad you ended up enjoying the series and just eait until you see what the next two have in store for you

In general I love content in you channel to be stuff you enjoy to do and it really does seem like it's a lot of fun going through special edition "unboxing". I hope that it's an understood factor though, that Juniper sending you the covers "personally" might result in conflicting motivations from not wanting to burn any bridges. In terms of integrity and since a coupon code is included, it might be worth acknowledging the thin line between review/unboxing/advertisement. I did enjoy all your reviews of the type and looking forward to the next one!

Hell yes istg those covers look smexy, also, that sweater really suits you

I cant thank you enough for turning me on to these! I love the Pros and i get such Titus Andronicus meets a "Hari Seldon moment" in the Foundation vibe.

Fantastic channel and videos, Daniel. I’m a big fan. The Red Rising series was my first foray into Sci-Fi and I am glad for it.

So happy that you love these books! The audiobook narrator is SO good! Almost as good as your shirt ;)

tbh iron gold and dark age have shown me that even without the main conflict there is so much potential for books in this world on different characters. Pre and Post society.

Incredibly satisfying review. The joy in seeing someone experience Red Rising is 👌

Your reviews are always one of my favs. I'm honestly curious how you'd review other genres other than fantasy XD

Daniel makes tier 1 content that I enjoy sober, but there's something transcendent about watching his reviews while drunk. 🤣

Awesome, this series is very high on my TBR. Already own two of these books.

i just put ur vids when i study and ur vid is pretty soothing ig.

I had to watch this twice because I was distracted by how amazing Daniel’s shirt is.... I’ve had this trilogy for a while. Thank you for giving me the motivation to finally read them!

Hey you recommend The Wheel of Time alot, so I gave it a try and I loved it, thanks Daniel! 🙂

Literally finished the Golden Son audiobook on my way home from work. Get home, check RU-vid and ma boi Daniel has the Morning Star review uploaded. Perfect timing!

Daniel making up for no unboxing videos since Covid and I'm here for it

I've read a SFF series before Daniel ?! Huh... I guess there's first time for everything....

This is my favourite book series, I’m so happy you ended up enjoying it! I was worried you might not after your first review of Red Rising haha. Buckle up for the second trilogy... you’re gonna need to be ready

Iron Gold / the continuation trilogy definitely feels different than the first since (this isn’t a spoiler) it’s multi-POV, so the pacing isn’t quite the same, but I do still love it, although I preferred Dark Age to Iron Gold

Currently reading Dark Age 🖤

This is truly one of my all time favorite series. Glad to see you enjoyed it as much as I did. Hope you're ready for another Rollercoaster with Iron Gold. Scary that there is multiple perspectives.

Went and bought the first book today! Awesome review!

I’m going to need those covers, I love this series

Your shirt is literally THE BEST

The Red Rising Saga is together with the Realm of the Elderlings my favourite book series of all time. So glad I came to enjoy this series so much more over book 2 and 3. I still remember watching your Red Rising review when it first came out and afterwards unsubscribing from your channel... And coming back a week later deciding to not be silly😅). And the Moon lords get alot more complicated in the spinoff series.

Thanks Daniel I watched this rivière picked up the book red rising yesterday and haven’t been able to to put it down I cried and it got really good and it was smooth as hell thanks for this amazing review

Our Danny boiii is back!

Not me already ordering the five books then seeing these special editions books 😑

I am so glad you read all of the first 3 books!! I simply love these books and was disappointed when you weren’t impressed with Red Rising. Iron Gold starts a whole different style of narrative and I didn’t love it till my second read. And then OMG Dark Age is a monster !! You are going to enjoy reading that one!

And this is why you're my favorite reviewer

Cannot wait to hear your review of Iron Gold and Dark Age. I NEED to know what you think of them. Please do them soon👍

I enjoyed listening to your thoughts on Morning Star! Just finished the audio book (I am a terribly slow reader) and had to scour the Internet to listen in on other people’s thoughts!

**cries in a veeeeery long TBR**

Last time I was this early, Daniel was still human

So glad you got around to this! And I'm surprised MS was your favorite of the three. Looking forwards to your Iron Gold/Dark Age reviews. Also, do you dabble in audiobooks? Not sure if you've answered this before. Thanks!

I'm currently reading golden son. It took me a bit to get use to the writing style when starting the first book but once I got use to it I'm really enjoying it

Just curious what's your opinion on Roque???...

You mention Pierce Brown stepping up his game, same thing applies to you. This was the most entertaining video I've watched from you to date.

I just finished it, and that happy ending threw me for a loop. Loved it.

Can’t wait for the Dark Age review

I'm really happy you ended up loving the trilogy! When you reviewed Red Rising I was kinda sad (you are right that it's the weakest of the 3 though). It's honestly my favorite sci-fi series so far. And I can't wait to start the second trilogy (waiting for the last book coming out).

Okay, you convinced me. I tried to read Red Rising some time ago and just couldn't go on with it. I finished dnfing it around page 50😬, something I don't do. I see all around that it gets better and tbh it does sound such a good series. Imma give it a try!

The praise of the prose hooked me man. Also an interesting series to look at would be The Book of the New Sun series if you haven’t already.

I found Red Rising during the first month of the quarantine last year and I binged the first 3 books in a month. Hands down my favorite series, definitely want to get my hands on the a physical copies ASAP 👏🏻❤️

Adding these to my TBR immediately.

Oh man, I can't wait to see you react to Iron Gold.

I'm really looking forward your Iron Gold review

the unboxing effects were too good!!

I’m finishing up morning star right now!

I couldn't agree more!!!! I have never really liked a first person book but this changed my whole view on that kind of story telling

This is one of my favorite series. I didn’t love the writing style, but the dynamics of the story overall, the world building, the characters and the drama were gripping and decisive.

You've gotta love that song dude :)

I'm glad you've come around and enjoyed the books. HAIL REAPER!

I’m excited for you to read the next 2 books!

Been waiting for this one

Good to know. I loved Red Rising, but not initially. It took me two tries to get going. With second book. I started and stopped again. I’ll have to continue and finish the series. Thanks!

Sevro is the best, the one thing I didn’t love had to do with a child, I didn’t agree with what info was withheld

Coincidentally, today is the day that we announced the Red Rising board game! stonemaiergames.com/games/red-rising/

Just finished Golden Son. I plan on reading book 3. Glad to hear it gets even better.

My favourite character by far (in probably all of the books I’ve read) is Darrow. He grows so much, and he does what’s necessary. He isn’t afraid of violence or killing and he’s willing to sacrifice the people he loves for the greater good (I hate characters that sacrifice the entire fate of the world for a random character I don’t care about) and he’s just....Darrow is perfection. But in the next trilogy...oh my god will your heart break. It’s like the older brother of the Red Rising trilogy. It’s more political, but IT HURTS SO MUCH. I actually didn’t used to like Mustang, but then I saw her POV in the second trilogy and I absolutely adore her now.