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Morning Star by Pierce Brown
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
๐ Morning Star
๐ Book 3 of the Red Rising Saga
โ๐ป Pierce Brown
โ๏ธ Science Fiction
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โ๐
๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐. ๐๐โ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐โ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ.โ
An absolutely INCREDIBLE conclusion to the Red Rising trilogy!
Overview:
โขDystopian Sci-Fi
โขAction Packed
โขMajor Character Arcs
โขPlot Twists and Turns
โขFound Family
Let me start with this: I have 150 highlights from this book. There is no way I can completely explain my thoughts, but I will try.
This book opens with immediate darkness, both literally and metaphorically, and there is a constant โhow will they get past thisโ vibe, to the point where I was continually stressed.
โ๐๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง. ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐ง. ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ.โ
The evolution of relationships and overall character dynamics in this book is flat out impressive. From the inevitable insecurities to the devout support, it felt so real and raw to watch the arc of these characters.
โ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ, ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ.โ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐๐ง. โ๐๐โ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ค. ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฌ๐โ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐โ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐.โ
This third book felt above and beyond the rest, and I think thatโs due to how he viscerally portrayed the complexity of humanity.
From the overarching themes to the quiet musings, I love how Darrow specifically grew in his perspective and overall stance on life and other people.
โ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ? ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ช๐จ, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐. ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง.โ
I cannot go a single line further without declaring my appreciation for Sevro (also my book MVP).
โ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐โ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ค ๐๐ช ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐.โ
Sevro is at the heart of this Found Family, and it was both excruciating and invigorating to love these characters so much.
No man is formed on an island, so I love how Brown depicted how we sometimes must draw on the strength of the people around us.
โ๐ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐. ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ.โ
I could write so much more, but letโs just say:
Overall, I highly recommend this trilogy to everyone wanting an epic adventure.
โจ Read via Libby โจ
Extra Quotes:
๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃโ๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐โ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง.
๐โ๐ข ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐-๐ค๐-๐ฉ๐๐-๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐-๐ค๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐จ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ.
๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ, ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐.
โ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐.โ