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# 2026-02-22 08:55:01

> [!danger] Spoiler Alert
> This note contains major spoilers
> for Pierce Brown's "Red Rising Saga".

Continuing to read Red Rising after book one is exhausting.
In storytelling, there is a seldom violated trope
that if a plan is explained on-screen, it _will not_ work.
In a single book of Red Rising,
there are six to a dozen plans explained on-screen.
Even if you weren't aware of the trope before,
you'd very quickly recognize it.
That's six to a dozen times you have to wait entire chapters
for Brown to tell you what you knew very well already.

I'm not a fan of dramatic irony.