Jumping ahead two years, Golden Son falls squarely on the adult side of things, stripping away almost all of those YA trappings. My big complaint about Red Rising was the tonal difference between Young Adult presentation and very much adult content. But after this jarring start, Golden Son finds its footing and climbs the corpse-strewn mountain of grimdark science fiction. It reads almost as if Brown changed his mind about what would happen in this sequel. So much of what was set up in that previous book either has already happened and been glossed over. The first hundred pages of Golden Son are an abrupt shift of gears from Red Rising. Conspiracies that Darrow must exploit if he is to bring about revolution. But even a Gold is not safe from danger, and conspiracies abound. Find my review of Red Rising here-ĭarrow has infiltrated Gold society, and now rises rapidly through their ranks.
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