Red Rising: an explosive dystopian sci-fi novel (#1 New York Times bestselling Red Rising series book 1)

Incomprehensible. The writing is soo woolly that I thought I must be coming down with early onset dementia. I was left guessing for much of the book about character motivation. The set pieces were poorly written. The upper-class characters - meant to be the elite, spoke a posh dialect that would be archaic in a modern book, not just one set 300 years ahead.

At the beginning of the book I couldn't see where the story was going, honest I don't think the author knew where it was going either. Eventually the story stumbles into Lord of the Flies/Hunger Games and from that point it is actually pretty good although the ending felt a bit anti-climactic.

I liked the fresh story-line that merged good sci-fi with a socio-political background. Best of all, the action is engaging and the book's flow is fluid. I liked that the protagonist was not flawless and infallible, which made his journey to success in this installment extremely addictive to read. In summary, I loved the mature writing and solid sci-fi aspects. I'm buying the 2nd installment as I write this.