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A review by pagesplotsandpints
Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares, Vol. 1 by Pierce Brown, Rik Hoskin
3.0
<b>Read Completed 6/30/24 |</b> a generous 3 stars
<b>Do I need to have read Red Rising before this? Or read this first?</b> I would HIGHLY recommend reading RED RISING and GOLDEN SON before reading this. Yes, this is a prequel, but it's about a character who has some surprising reveals in the main series and those were some amazing, impactful moments. Read this after GOLDEN SON!
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I'm not a graphic novel person at all -- it's just not something I've really connected with -- but I really wanted to try this prequel series for the Red Rising saga because... it's Red Rising. Obviously, Pierce Brown did write this, but in this medium, I was really missing his prose and the dialogue was too choppy for my tastes. I just didn't click for me and I didn't really take a lot from it. The character art was kind of weird? It's seemed really shaded and unfinished. I'm sure that was intentional, but I just didn't love the style.
I did appreciate that we got some visuals with the artwork and I really liked the speech bubbles were color-coordinated to each character's color. I also really liked seeing Fitchner and seeing his backstory.
I was expecting to like this but it just didn't really do anything for me. The only reason I liked it was because it was a part of the Red Rising universe, but the plot and the dialogue seemed really choppy.
<b>Do I need to have read Red Rising before this? Or read this first?</b> I would HIGHLY recommend reading RED RISING and GOLDEN SON before reading this. Yes, this is a prequel, but it's about a character who has some surprising reveals in the main series and those were some amazing, impactful moments. Read this after GOLDEN SON!
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I'm not a graphic novel person at all -- it's just not something I've really connected with -- but I really wanted to try this prequel series for the Red Rising saga because... it's Red Rising. Obviously, Pierce Brown did write this, but in this medium, I was really missing his prose and the dialogue was too choppy for my tastes. I just didn't click for me and I didn't really take a lot from it. The character art was kind of weird? It's seemed really shaded and unfinished. I'm sure that was intentional, but I just didn't love the style.
I did appreciate that we got some visuals with the artwork and I really liked the speech bubbles were color-coordinated to each character's color. I also really liked seeing Fitchner and seeing his backstory.
I was expecting to like this but it just didn't really do anything for me. The only reason I liked it was because it was a part of the Red Rising universe, but the plot and the dialogue seemed really choppy.