Chapter 6 is named Icarus. I did a quick Google search and found that Icarus is from Greek mythology. He flew too close to the sun with his wings and perished after he fell from the sky and drowned.
Brown's writing style is much like mine. Where once I described someone's voice sounding like sand over rocks, he describes a smell "like a sunset over a logged forest." I quite like it.
I wonder if Colors breed together. What would happen to a child of a Gold and Gray? Is such a concept even feasible in this Society?
More great word play in chapter 7. Brown compares a city to a being, saying it has a "metal dermis."
Over two years later and Eo is still a symbol for rebellion. Are the Sons behind keeping her legend alive? I feel like in our current society a martyr like that would only last a few months before the dream died out or was forgotten.
Things from the first book, two years ago book time, are brought up like it was yesterday. Two years seems like a long time for these slights to not be forgotten.
Skirnir al fal njir. I Googled this and the only results are from fan pages dedicated to the Red Rising series. It possibly means "the snows all fall." Which I'm having difficulty reading into. Is that referring to the color?
The imagery to start chapter 9 is an example of extraordinary writing. I am right next to Darrow and the Jackel on the street. I feel his pain, smell his vomit, my eyes sting from the smoke.
"The winged girl has become a carrion bird..."
A Gospel quote on page 72. "Vox clamantis in deserto." A voice of one crying in the wilderness.
Darrow has Gold friends now. Ones he trusts, but not enough to tell them the truth. The only reason the Sons know what they do is because they made him.
I had to take a break after chapter 9 ended. When Dio's words to her sister Eo in the beginning of the first book was revealed. I feel betrayed by her. Eo got herself killed on purpose knowing she was pregnant.
What will Darrow do? His mission was to take down the Golds. But, now he is one. Now he has Gold friends. I think if he told Sevro he'd understand.
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Golden Son - Review
Science FictionBook 2 in Pierce Brown's Red Rising series. This science fiction novel, published in 2015, follows Darrow as he transverses Mars high society. He continues with the secret of his lowbirth with the disguise of high higher status. Will the friends he...
