Red Rising Character Comparison

Red Rising by Pierce Brown is said to be comparable to books like Ender’s Game and Hunger Games. There is no problem with having an opinion, although I find it very misleading when an author like Pierce Brown advertises someone's vague opinion on the front of his book when there are few similarities to begin with . On the cover of Red Rising, there is a quotation from Scott Sigler which says “Ender, Katniss and now Darrow”. When I read a quotation like that, I feel obligated to think that the characters are similar or that the story line is a mix breed of both for amalgamation of the two. Once I began reading, I felt deceived. My mental image of what the book was supposed to be like, was destroyed. Darrow isn’t as relatable as Ender although
One being that he is uncomfortable when he is placed in an unknown location “ I am a creature of nooks and tunnels and shafts. The mine is my home, and part of me wants to run to safety, run from this alien room of living things”(Brown 31), this is easily related to since we have all been somewhere new and don't feel comfortable. For instance, not many people would feel comfortable going out randomly to a baseball game with their principal. I can guess that the uncomfort stems from not experiencing the situation before. Along with this, Darrow also related to our class on a bigger level. Prior to the drafting of student’s, Darrow must study and train so he is able to compete with the best and be noticed. This is greatly like a classroom, every student studies and tries their best so they are able to get a good mark and then impress a university or college. Although the book made a poor impression on me in the beginning chapters, things soon changed at the end once the hunger game aspect engulfed the book. Team’s placed in an arena to battle it out in an attempt to prove their worth to the hierarchy. It’s a similar plot with a catchy twist. The book implements Olympus which is the home of the greek god’s. This reference made me reminisce of the previous English classes that taught about the god’s and what they are known