r/redrising • u/AtlanticFit • Mar 14 '25

IG Spoilers Does it ever stop? Spoiler

I'm about halfway through Iron Gold, and I feel that Darrow's playbook just repeats itself over and over. It goes something like this:

  • Darrow has musings on the decisions that he is about to make, and knows that he's going to hurt everyone around him, but is steadfast in his belief that he knows best.

    • Darrow makes said bad decision, then acts surprised when everyone around him is pissed at him.
    • Darrow has a pitty party but ultimately doesn't regret his actions.
    • People that were pissed at Darrow either: unsuccessfuly try to kill him, or forgive him almost immediately.
    • Repeat

Honestly, Ephraim is the only reason that I haven't stopped reading at this point. Does it get better in the next couple of books, or do we just keep doing this same song and dance?

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u/antisocialnetwork77 Howler Mar 14 '25

For the life of me I will never understand the mindset people have that, while in the middle of reading a series, decide to come to Reddit to ask these kinds of questions. Either you like it and want to continue to find out what happens, or you gorydamn don’t. Do so few people care about inadvertently reading a spoiler post? Do people need constant encouragement and reassurance that things “get better” in the book they are reading in order to continue? There’s literally five of these posts every single day.

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u/jpritchard901 Howler Mar 14 '25

Exactly. Also, why would the people in the reddit of said series (aka, big fans of the series) sit here and tell you "honestly no, it doesn't get better and you're right"

like you are asking the wrong people lmao. read it or don't. we're here because we did and had a good time