Top 10 Reasons to Read Red Rising 

Red Rising made me into a reader again! I read it, I think in January 2018 after a 5 year long period of not reading, and I've been reading ever since! I just remember that reveal near the beginning of the first book and it took the story into a completely different direction than I'd expected. It was soooooo good.

Saw this from the red rising reddit post. Definitely would recommend it. All 5 (at the minute) books have been impossible to put down and I cannot wait for the last book in the second trilogy. Darrow and sevro are two of the greatest characters ever

You had me at earth is not the focus; mars is.

One thing you didn't mention that stuck out to me was the leadership lessons. This story basically follows Darrow through learning to lead. While I went through the story I kept wondering what leadership experience he has. Darrow makes many leadership mistakes and they have realistic consequences. He learns leadership lessons the hard way and you watch as it slowly begins to build loyalty. The way he handled Tactus' insubordination floored me. I literally had to put the story down and contemplate my own personal leadership for like 30 minutes. This alone is a great reason to read this book.

Red rising feels like home.

I keep seeing this at work and been wanting to pick it up, thanks Dustin 👍

*subscribed* This is my favorite Sci Fi series of all time! It is incredible! Great video! Also, Ender's Game is my favorite single book of all time(I've read it 4 or 5 times) so I love your channel name! Keep up the good work dude.

Saw this from your reddit post. Great job all around here man. I’m no professional but the review, picture, audio, and editing were all done great. Keep it up!

Excellent review, the book sounds awesome! I like the fact that the sci-fi isn't super heavy, that is more up my alley. When I have time, I will try to check this one out!

Hi I m new to this channel and I started reading books just lately, and i found your channel because of your alchemist review. I started whatching your videos like a week ago and I love your content. And thanks to this video Red Rising is going to my book whish list 😁 Hope you have a nice day😁

I couldn't agree more! It's one of my favourite series ever. Soooo good. Favourite characters for me are Darrow, Mustang and Cassius. I'd like to add that the emotional arc is similar to Name of the Wind with its many ups and downs.

I plan on reading this really soon.

I usually don't go for sci-fi but this was amazing and when I was like a hundred pages in I ordered the two following books and am so excited for them. I agree with all ten reasons!

It’s on my Christmas reading list now. Thank you.

you've convinced me to read this. I follow another Booktuber who also loves this series, but i didn't know much about it. I love scifi-i i find i'm a little pickier than I am with other genres, because it can get odd and confusing. I'm specifically intrigued by what you mention about hunger games, divergent, etc. I agree, characters need to die sometimes, and stay dead. I get really irritated with all the resurrections. Aw I cant wait to meet these characters! Since Six of Crows I have set the bar high for more layered character development. Have you read that duology?

Love Red Rising. Love Dragon Army. Love love.

Thank you for the review. I agree, Red Rising is one of the best sci fi books/series ever written. A true masterpiece. And, yes, exactly, the first book just blew my mind - perfect and the best mixture of everythink you can think of when you say sci fi saga. I have just finished reading Dark Age - in my opinion, at times there are "blank spaces" and the story does not have the same pace as the previous books, but we will see how it goes. On the other hand I started to like Victra a bit more and Lysander a bit less:-)

Alright ya sold me, I am reading now. Here’s hoping you learn how to pronounce timbre - it’s “tam” (rhymes with “jam”) ber (as in “it sure is cold in here”) Source: being embarrassed in band class when I couldn’t pronounce it 🤦‍♂️

Such a good book and series!

Blows my mind how young this author is.

One more reason would have sold me.

Please suggest a book similar to Red Rising. I read the book a couple of years of ago, since then I have been searching for getting the same joy but no other book seems to come even close :).

Golden Son blows the 1st book out of the water. One of my favourite series of all time.

Can you suggest some of the best books you have read?

Agreed top 3 best

Red Rising ruined my life. I wish I never read it now. I have no idea what to fucking read after this book. Nothing is good anymore at all.