My current favourite book series

2025-08-14 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:40 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: Review and recommendation

In a Short, Ali calls Pierce Brown's Red Rising his favourite book series in recent memory: he read the first trilogy blind in about two weeks, up until 4 a.m., likens it to The Hunger Games meets Game of Thrones, and advises reading the first book without reading anything about it.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Red Rising: Ali's favourite book series in recent memory

★★★ Ali calls Pierce Brown's Red Rising series his favourite series of books in recent memory and absolutely incredible. — 00:00:00
★★★ Ali advises reading the first Red Rising book without reading anything about it, not even the back cover; he went in completely blind and was blown away. — 00:00:00
★★ Ali devoured the first Red Rising trilogy within about two weeks, staying up until about 4 a.m. reading it. — 00:00:00
★★ Ali likens Red Rising to The Hunger Games meets Game of Thrones. — 00:00:29 · Game of Thrones

Mentioned

Central: Red Rising

Also: Game of Thrones · Pierce Brown · The Hunger Games

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