[This review is for both Golden Son and Morning Star. Here you can find the one I wrote for Red Rising. ] Much later than I would have liked, but here’s my thoughts on the Red Rising trilogy. I confirm what I wrote in my review of the first book: "this is one of the most captivating and original sci-fi [stories] I read in a long time. And as all good sci-fi, behind its bio-manipulation and anti-gravity tech façade, it deals with timeless themes such as social justice, revenge, identity, leadership, loyalty." After reading it all, I can add it's a masterfully plotted trilogy that takes real delight in waylaying the reader at every possible turn: it is one of the most unpredictable tales I have ever read and yet none of the plot twists seem forced or far-fetched. The technological and, even more important, sociological cornerstones of the Society universe, laid out in the first book, are built on and explored in the second and third, and the scope of the tale e...
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