Golden Son by Pierce Brown Gives Me Everything I Wanted In The First Book And More. Wow!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- This episode of Mike's Book Reviews continues his journey into the universe of Pierce Brown’s dystopian science-fiction adventure the Red Rising Saga. This is a no spoiler review for book #2, Golden Son, however there are spoilers for book #1, Red Rising, so use caution if you've not read the story yet.
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The scene with his mother had me crying! I always give props to a book that can get real emotion out of me
Right. Like I said, it was less than a year since I had lost my father so it hit pretty close on the importance of family and going back home.
Same 😭 That was heart breaking
The moment where she's drinking tea and darrow says it's still to hot for him was one of the funniest moments to me, he has done so so much but a mom will still be a mom
So late to the party here but SAME. I cried grown ass man tears during that scene!
Roque man, that one hurt. I was looking forward to more of Fitchner.
I was like what's in the BOX!!!!! That hurt man....
Of course Ender's Game was an influence, he name drops "Wiggin" in the first book!
I have never been more heart broken by an ending. This is as close to a perfect book as I have ever read. I have trust issues after this book.
Tim Gerard Reynolds is on point for Golden Son audiobook. This book is one of those rare middle book successes in trilogies. Ragnar is best girl. 🤣
Ragnar the best.
Yeep
uhh, Ragnar is the best girl? Tha fuck?
Tim Gerard Reynolds is Epic love the audiobooks.
I listened to the audio books a few years ago, and I thought this book was great. The narrator went for it on some of Darrows 'speeches'. I thought the Iron Rain scene was fantastic. I also had to instantly listen to the 3rd book after that ending.
I've heard mixed things on the audiobooks. Apparently it's like a Scottish narrator?
And damn near everything was awesome in this. It's the only one in the trilogy I have no parts of the plot I could do without. Just a perfect chapter in a trilogy.
@@mikesbookreviews I'm sure everyone has their own tastes with narrators...I just remember being pumped at several parts. I'm sure most of that was 100% because of the story itself. Several times I kept driving around, just to keep listening.
@@UNIDiver I can get this. I listen to the Mass Effect soundtrack while reading these and during some of Darrow's speeches over that score I got goosebumps a couple of times.
@@mikesbookreviews Your recent videos have me really wanting to move the 4th in the series to the top of my queue...by the way, just watched the first episode of the Expanse, since you keep trying to strong arm us into watching it.. Had no problem letting it roll right into the second episode 👍
Blew me away. Goose bumps, tears, rage. I had the lot. One of the best books I've read in a long time.
I just finished this book today. I'm so hollow. No appetite. I need Jesus 😭
Ha ha, right?
I finished before bed and I couldn’t even sleep
Just finished this book and came to finally watch without getting spoilers - loved it and thanks for the recommendation
So glad you liked it. That ending kicked my ass.
Im on chapter 15. The story isn't what I thought it would be and I'm loving it.
This one just kept getting better and better.
This SO MUCH needs to be the next Game of Thrones - Style adaptation series... reading this book I could NOT believe how "cinematic" it was in places... the iron rain. Oooooh boy. Also, and I know some GRRM/Rothfuss Fans will not like hearing this, here's an author with the work ethic who actually DESERVES that.
I agree wholeheartedly, but there are important scenes in the final two books that are probably unfilmable due to their brutality. I'm not sure how those sorts of things would be handled.
@@johnneiberger7311 yeah, plus things like obsidians being massive and hulking might be hard to adapt well
@@dr7226 This series would require a fairly high budget but it's all very possible.
TV special effects have advanced massively in the last 10 yrs.
But yeah, the budget would need to be serious. You can't cheap out here or it will look awful.
@johnneiberger7311 Idk man, they showed some gruesome stuff in game of thrones.
You hyped this book up for me and I agree, it is a great book, improving on a lot from Red Rising. Great review as usual Mike
this is my fav book of the trilogy, and that is my fav quote, you chose it perfectly.
Looking at your collection I can tell we have similar taste and I do love this series.
Once you read the Hyperion cantos you feel that Brain Herbert should've been smart and asked Dan Simmons to finish off the Dune series.
I read about 150 pages of Paul of Dune and started to hate my life. I never tried again.
That's would've been interesting.
Great review! I've read all of the Red Rising books and this, imo, was the best of them all, by a smidge.
Also, Ender's Game is my favorite book of all time. I've read it like 4-5 times. Sounds like you have great taste!
As soon as my kid is old enough to have any interest in something like Ender's Game, it's going to be mandatory reading. I'll probably do a "read along" with him. I think it should be required reading for all kids.
@@mikesbookreviews it is absolutely incredible. I think my biggest thing is that Wnder's character was done so well and I can relate to him in a lot of ways. Not to mention how interesting the battle school is and that ending!
@@davids2735 Indeed. I loved EG so much I refused to read the sequels. I didn't want to taint it i.e. the Dune saga.
@@mikesbookreviews I read Ender in Exile and enjoyed it. Then I read Speaker For the Dead and that was pretty boring so I stopped after that. But it never tainted Ender's game for me because Ender's character was always amazing, it was the plot itself that lost quality. I just read Ender's Shadow and it was cool to basically read Ender's Game again but through Bean's perspective. I'm gonna continue with the Shadow series because I hear that is the strongest Ender Universe series.
I love Enders Game. But are the other books Anygood?
Just finished this and it was amazing! Especially the last 100 pages, thanks for recommending it.
I really like these books, I’m just finishing the Dark Age book 5, its good
I've heard. I was going to wait for book 6 to be done so I could just binge another trilogy, but after hearing him talk about Dark Age at the signing, I decided I couldn't wait that long.
I just finished Golden Son. I have no words.
I'm i read this about a kind ago and I wanted to live it.
Did you do a review with spoilers?? I’d love to watch that.
Just finished Golden Son last night. I immediately got the next one. Just an amazing book. So glad I didn't quit after Red Rising. I also am an Ender's Game fanatic.
OMG I just finished this book and I HAD TO COME HERE IMMEDIATELY. Mike that ending… WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!!!????? This is some red wedding crap. I’m so shaken!!! 😢
After reading this book, I had to pause for a couple of months. I just finished Morning Star and I feel better :D
Ragnar and Sevro steal every single scene they're in and I cannot WAIT to see if Ragnar becomes a howler--how many wolf pelts would that giant need?!?
I ran out of stars to give this book, I was blown away.
The brother is Julian.😂 And i wish tactus didn't die nor lorn. Whenever I get close to a character the die.😖😭
Hi Mike, you made me want to read the Red Rising saga so a big thank you for that ! I just finished Golden Son and I can already tell this will be one of my favorite series !
I hope the ending is explained in Morning Star though, because I don't know how they got that info (you'll get what I mean :D )
It’s amazing! 10/10 for me. I really liked it a lot.
I kind of ruined a few books by looking into characters and those pages spoil stuff.
I found a page to help me understand the characters and again they told spoilers.
Red Rising was addicting and i wasn’t into sci-fi until now!
I did spoil some scenes that coulda made red rising amazing to me but i killed it for myself. Anyway Golden Son and its ending was unexpected and sad like the family member scene. Not going to look into Morning Star and just going to write out new characters descriptions on my own because i dont want to spoil it!!
I hope it turns into a movie! Itll be the first series ive read/audiobook before turning into a movie.
Will you ever be doing a review of Iron Gold or Dark Age? Huge fan of your channel.
Thanks! I absolutely will.
Mike's Book Reviews heck yeah! Can not wait!
Darrow was always outsmarting people in the first book because he was always going against young people who while worldly where so cocky and used to getting what they want and he manipulated that to get the upper hand, this book shows how that just cannot work in the real world
These books are Super Good!
Heck yeah. About halfway through Iron Gold right now and I love it.
The first act of this book kinda felt like the God of War sequels where they just strip the protag of powers and has them start all over again with different tools.
now that you read more, I’d like to ask: does the rebellion actually DO anything in this series? or is it more of a background noise with the protagonist doing 99% of the work?
Just finished this up! Feel hollow after the ending, need a few days before book three.
Nice collection you got there. Is it for decor or do you really read books on paper?
Akos M. I wish I made enough money to pay that much for decorations ha ha. I really read from the hardcovers unless I’m reading in bed, then I usually opt to go with the Kindle just because it’s easier to read in the dark without keeping my wife awake.
You will love Hyperion
I’m on Chapter 15 of Morning Star
My jaw hit the floor at the end of the book. 😥
Audiobook is great.
But this book as a whole is tied for one of my favorites. Along with book 3 of ASOIF
you read the same stuff I do. I loved Red Rising Trilogy. Also, Hyperion is nothing like Dune, that is not a relevant analogy. The Hyperion Cantos have a tone that is somewhat similar, with a far tech future. However, plot structure is more varied, no main character with a large cast, completely different tech, different moral and religious focus. In fact, I can't think of anything like Hyperion in sci fi, and I've read all the shit you have. It is closer to Peter F. Hamilton than Frank Herbert, for god's sake.
Sounds like it's a good thing I never took that recommendation then.
Any idea when will book 6 come ? Is it this year ?
He’s writing it right now so probably early next year
@@mikesbookreviews okay thank you very much!
Rohan Sharma Probably some time late next year knowing his release schedule. I’ll wait
Red Rising is a bit YA but it had to start somewhere.
sounds interesting. Not sure if I want to slog through a bad first book to get to this.
Not a bad first book, a good one actually. Just not quite to the level of Ender's game.
People should really stop comparing Red Rising to Ender's Game. Yes it is sci-fi, and the first book has teens in a "school" on Mars, but it is not Ender's Game. Was Ender's Game an influence? Absolutely! Halfway through Red Rising, Darrow drops a nod to Ender saying of The Jackal "So this kid is what? A predestined Alexander? A Caesar? A Genghis? A Wiggin?"
But they're not training to fight a war against aliens to save humanity from extermination. In Red Rising they're training the 1% of the 1% of the Golds to become the future leaders of their caste society by forcing them to relive the collapse of social structure and build their own micro society through war and famine.
So maybe think Ender's Game meets medieval Hunger Games in ancient Greece. Only in Pierce Brown's system, there is no improving one's station in the Society. Their color was essentially built into their DNA with the rise of The Society.
Please can you give me a link to Ender's game?
Thank you
Like, a review? I haven't actually reviewed it yet.
I'm not a big fan of Ender's Game... And I'm definitely not a fan of Hunger Games... I did like Lord of the Flies though.... should I even bother looking into reading this.... by the way I stopped your video at 5 minutes so I wouldn't get any spoilers
Not a fan of Ender's Game? THE HORROR! I mean, I'm not sure. I don't think liking EG is a prerequisite for these books and the first one having the whole capture the flag/competition thing was the only Hunger Games trope. This series is LIGHT YEARS ahead of HG. I say give it a shot if you don't have anything on your TBR list. They're fairly easy reads. Just know that book 1 is mediocre but his writing improves.
@@mikesbookreviews I know....my friend thought it was the end of the world when I told him I wasn't a fan of EG.... and have you seen my TBR list on Goodreads 😲... my library has Red Rising available so I put a hold on it and I'm picking it up tomorrow and see what I think
@@MrTofy1974 I figured your TBR is insane like mine, but I always like to keep some "easy" reads for when you're just exhausted of 700 page fantasy novels.
Read these books!!!!
Do you like agatha Christie books??
I've only read Murder on the Orient Express, but I loved it.
I’m having trouble reading through this. Not attached to the characters at all, to the point I don’t care what happens to them, no honor, stupidity everywhere. The first book at least was fun, this just isn’t.
Sorry to hear that.
Finished this book today and I'm done with this series. Characters are so annoying. The golds who are supposed to be superior in every way are no different from the rest. They seem dumber in fact than the other colors. So emotional. And darrow for fuck sakes keeping The Jackal, Roque and (is it Tactus?) around is one of the dumbest things ever written.
Just finished it… the book was amazing… but do i really want to keep reading the series? And put myself through the misery? 🫠 it was so good but i think the ending destroyed me 😭