Audiobook Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Let's be real: Pierce Brown's Red Rising is the kind of book you'd shove at a friend after they've had one too many beers and declared, "I need a dystopian epic!" It's got all the right ingredients: a genetically engineered society where Golds rule like spoiled toddlers in designer armor, Reds working themselves to death for a future they'll never see, and a protagonist whose trauma is basically a glittering, blood-soaked neon sign screaming "I'M THE CHOSEN ONE, DAMMIT."
The audiobook? Honestly, it's a mixed bag. Darrow's internal monologue-full of "I live for you" and "I must live for more"-lands with the subtlety of a sledgehammer in audio. You hear every ounce of his righteous fury, every choked-back tear, and it's so earnest you can almost smell the sweat-stained rebellion. But let's be honest: the whole "sacrifice everything to infiltrate the enemy's elite school" plot? It's been done so many times it's practically a franchise. You've seen it in The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner-all wearing slightly different colored capes. Brown's just giving it a fresh coat of "Gold" paint and a side of "I'll become a monster to destroy monsters." Classic.
The humor here isn't in the plot-it's in the audacity of it all. Darrow's mission is basically a high-stakes game of "Who Can Be More Broken While Still Looking Cool?" And the audiobook leans hard into that. The narrator nails Darrow's rage, but the Golds? They sound like they've been auditioning for a Gossip Girl reboot set on Mars. "Oh, Darrow, you do have such potential," they sneer, and you just want to yell, "Yeah, potential to be killed by the next person who says 'potential'!"
What's genuinely fun is how Brown weaponizes the book's own flaws. The "love interest" line-"I live for you"-is so cliché it's almost parody. But the audiobook makes it work because you hear the raw, unfiltered grief behind it. And when Darrow realizes the Reds are literally slaves to a lie? That moment hits harder in audio. You don't just read it-you feel the betrayal in the narrator's voice, like a punch to the gut. It's the kind of moment that makes you think, "Okay, I'll suspend disbelief for this one."
But let's not pretend it's deep. It's exactly what it says on the tin: a high-octane, blood-soaked power fantasy where the underdog gets to play villain for a while. The themes of "power, violence, hope" are explored with the nuance of a sledgehammer, but hey-sometimes you just want a sledgehammer. The audiobook's pacing keeps you hooked, even when the plot twists feel like they were pulled from a Netflix pitch deck. And the ending? Chef's kiss. You're left wanting more, which is exactly the point.
So yeah, Red Rising isn't groundbreaking. But it's a damn good ride. The audiobook makes you feel every desperate heartbeat, every whispered promise of revolution. Just don't expect Shakespeare. Expect a messy, loud, fun mess. And if you're going to spend 12 hours listening to Darrow's internal monologue about becoming a monster? At least the narrator makes it sound like he's got a really good reason. (Spoiler: He does. It's called "survival.")
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