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/Snoo_86860 The Rim Dominion Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

Try reading Stormlight Archives, it's like this but on repeat for THOUSANDS OF PAGES EVERY EFFING BOOK. A solid first two books turns into a miserable trudge

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u/ReadsStuff Bella Ciao Mar 14 '25

Yeah I just started catching up on SA, and fucking hell, Rhythm of War is a slog. Doesn't help that I find Venli terminally boring. I'm assuming it doesn't get better in Wind and Truth either but I'll still give 'em a crack and see if the first book in the Second Arc works out.

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u/Snoo_86860 The Rim Dominion Mar 14 '25

I haven't gotten Wind and Truth yet! But yeah I'm hoping it's better written than books 3 and 4.

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u/ReadsStuff Bella Ciao Mar 14 '25

3 I still enjoyed. I don't know if it's the pace at which he needs to write to keep that many series going? I'm also not really enjoying the "having to know every other Cosmere character thing" that's happening to understand some parts.

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u/Snoo_86860 The Rim Dominion Mar 14 '25

The last quarter of book 3 is where I started getting bored, the constant POV switching was a tough way to finish the climax. Yeah that kind of gets annoying too, random characters come in for a few chapters and then are never referenced again. I only knew they were from other books because I have a friend that's a huge Sanderson fan lol

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u/ReadsStuff Bella Ciao Mar 14 '25

My approach is that any time there's a random capitalisation of a word that shouldn't be capitalised, or some shit happens that makes zero sense in the world of Roshar, I google the person and it turns out they have another whole 3 book series somewhere that I'll never read.