Red Rising Review
Red Rising is a book I've owned for awhile but didn't pick up until very recently. I probably bought it on sale because I've consistently seen it come up on lists of really good sci-fi. Now I see why. The world of Red Rising is in a caste driven future where humanity has expanded to all around our Solar System. The main character is a "Red", basically the lowest caste in the whole class system. He's a helldiver on Mars that mines for minerals required to terraform planets. His caste is being oppressed by the leader caste, the Golds. You can see where this is going, right? I thought I could... and the first quarter of the book was predictable yet interesting. But after that things get really shaken up. So, if I've sold you on my slight info and two thumbs up alone... go buy it now and stop reading. If not, I'm going to drop some spoilers to get you more interested. It turns out that Mars is already terraformed and so are mos...