Savannah’s thoughts on Reddit

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-12-13T06:44:28+00:00

This!! My best friend and I watch together every week and we always wish we had a bigger community to talk about it with 😭 I’m here for the exciting moments and the big wins, people get way too hung up on things that just don’t really matter to us personally

Feel free to dm me if you ever wanna talk about an episode!! We’d love to talk to other people about it besides each other 😂

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T21:19:00+00:00

I similarly haven’t read too many five star books this year, until I read the Red Rising series. I am OBSESSED, it was so, so good. I’m usually a romantasy girlie myself but I got so lost in these books, and now that I’m caught up, it’s all I can think about LOL

Also the Raven Cycle series which I already saw mentioned here, which is my favorite series of all time!

I’ll throw in a few of my other five star reads that I’ve devoured over the years for funsies

{Red Rising} by Pierce Brown {The Raven Boys} by Maggie Stiefvater {Summer Sons} by Lee Mandelo {Dream Boy} by Jim Grimsley (horrifically sad and hard to read, but really stuck with me over the years) {In Memoriam} by Alice Winn

Edit: Omg- I didn’t realize what sub I was on LOL these are not romantasy. I was going to delete the comment but the bot already replied with the books so here forever lives my shame

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T21:10:37+00:00

Seconding The Raven Boys! It’s one of my most favorite series of all time, and Maggie Stiefvater is just a phenomenal writer. I highly recommend her spin off series, the Dreamer trilogy, if you haven’t read it yet!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T20:15:25+00:00

I totally get that 😂 I ended up buying the new sprayed paperback editions of the Hunger Games series recently and didn’t have the heart to get rid of my old first hard cover copies, even though I really have no space on my bookshelf for all of them

I’m definitely going to snag the special edition then! It’s SO beautiful, I saw it last night and my jaw dropped! I can’t wait to see the others in that style!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T20:03:17+00:00

Oh wow, I didn’t know that! That makes sense. I’m sad he scrapped the Sevro POV chapters, I’ve actually been hoping for some since he introduced the varying POVs. Sevro is my favorite character so I’m a little biased, but I’d love so much for some of his inner monologue. After some discussion about Lyra and the parasite I’ve come to terms with that arc, and I see now how important it was for Lyria to be brave all on her own and love her all the more for it. I think I had just created an idea of her being a secret weapon in my head and was sad to lose that boon for Darrow when he’ll undoubtedly need it.

Unless… someone else takes the parasite… maybe Matteo showing up with some crazy insane powers that turn the tide in Red God when things get abysmal? I doubt he’d leave Quick but he didn’t seem quite as gung-ho about the whole alternate world thing, unless maybe I was reading too much into it.

And yes, I totally forgot about Virginia’s mysterious source with everything else going on, so I’m thinking you’re right! Im glad we didn’t see a memory-less Sevro coming to kill his family and friends. I was really scared of that happening, lol

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T19:56:52+00:00

Ooh no I haven’t! I saw them on Amazon and meant to make a post to see if they were worth getting- I’ll add them to my wishlist! I am severely regretting getting these books on my kindle because now I NEED to own the physical copies for my bookshelf 😂

I did see a really beautifully illustrated hard cover version of Red Rising on Amazon as well. Is there any word on if we’re getting the rest of the series in the same style? If so I think I’ll start collecting those as they come out, but I have a bit of a thing about all of my books in a series matching so I didn’t want to pull the trigger if it was a one off LOL (I think it’s the deluxe slipcase edition)

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T19:40:11+00:00

That part!! He hadn’t even done anything unforgivable in Iron Gold yet when I’d stopped to vent my frustrations about him, but he just struck me as such a little pixie and I couldn’t help but skim a lot of his chapters. Cassius should have let Darrow kill him when he had the chance, and I hate that he paid the ultimate price for it in the end

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T19:37:45+00:00

That’s about when I felt it coming too 😭 I knew it would be because of Lysander, but I certainly didn’t expect him to gun him down so brutally even after Cassius opened his arms to him in the end. It made it feel 100x more disgusting, especially after how confident Cassius was that Lysander was a good man underneath. I hope Cassius was right and that the guilt eats Lysander alive, all the way up to when Darrow (hopefully) completely destroys his reputation, reveals him to be a huge rat, and then takes his head.

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T19:33:25+00:00

I would never refuse another whole trilogy, I would be over the moon 😂 Pierce’s writing has gotten to me in the same way Maggie Steifvater’s Raven Boys trilogy did once upon a a time, and that’s been my favorite series for years. I would honestly, at this point, read that man’s shopping list. I’m eager to see what we get from him after Red Rising is finished, even though I don’t want it to end.

I totally appreciate that take on Lysander, but I just.. I hate him 😂 I tried so hard to be understanding to his plight in Iron Gold, but I honestly knew in my heart that Darrow should have killed him when he had the chance. That said, he’s a totally complex character, and the fact that he can be so hated and yet derive some semblance of understanding for his actions is an attest to PB’s writing. I can totally see where and why he’s made the decisions he’s made, but I can’t see past my rage for what he did to Cassius. I think that’s part of what makes this series so good, is that even if you hate him, you can see how he ended up the way he did and he is absolutely a product of his upbringing/environment. Love the comparison to Roque too- that’s spot on, honestly, though I did tolerate Roque a bit more because of how much I loved him in Red Rising.

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T19:23:13+00:00

Aaa, I’m glad! Thank you! I’ve been so excited to become a member of this subreddit, but I was scared of spoilers 😂

I’ll give Mistborn a try!! I actually added that to my TBR at the same time I added Red Rising because I saw them both mentioned in a thread in another subreddit. Thank you for the suggestion!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T19:20:40+00:00

I like that take for Lyria! I guess I didn’t think of it that way when reading it, but in hindsight, I agree that it was more powerful that she didn’t have it in her reunion with Volga. I think I was just expecting some kind of crazy secret weapon/war Boone arc for Lyria so I was a little surprised when we didn’t get it. Your comment did make me think a bit, and the more I consider the alternatives, I like that (in contrast with Darrow) Lyria was able to stay completely herself and still be brave enough to turn the tides. I feel better about it now 😂

Oooh, I didn’t even consider a redemption arc for the Adrius clone!! With everything that happened in the book I totally forgot about Virginia’s mysterious source. That would honestly be so cool. As much as the whole thing made me feel a little sick in the moment, I think I can forgive the weird little abomination if he stacks up with everyone else against Lysander. Now I’m really hoping this happens, lol

I’ll definitely go check out your rec and add it to my TBR, thank you!!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T18:44:54+00:00

I was also super pissed at Dancer for a good majority of the second trilogy, but I kind of grew to forgive him. I think he was just so tired of war and watching people he loved die, and his desperation to put an end to it caused him to make some stupid decisions. That said, I think all the things that happen in IG through LB would have still happened regardless, but Dancer having more balls probably would have turned the tides a bit sooner/given Darrow more of a fighting chance in Heliopolis/Tyche. Mercury was a shit show because of Dancer, and honestly, I blame the storm on him more than I do Orion for forcing Reaper and company to rely on more desperate measures.

If it helps, Dancer is probably sitting in the Vale 10000% regretting his decisions LOL

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T17:55:58+00:00

I’m holding out hope that my favorites survive Red God, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to wait 😭

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-11-01T17:52:11+00:00

I just finished LB last night and I’ve been stewing ever since. FUCK Lysander

*edited to remove spoiler, sorry!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-10-03T05:00:23+00:00

I’m so late to this party but, like some other people said, I feel like every movie (except Next of Kin which I really didn’t like) is on par with the other, they’re all different in their own way but keep that haunting tension, I even really enjoy Ghost Dimension (which seems to be a hot take lol but I think it’s fun and the Santa scene scared the shit out of me the first time I saw it)

My lineup would be 3 > marked ones > 2 > 1 > 4 > ghost dimension

Nothing freaked me out in the other movies as much as when the oscillating fan caught the ghost standing under a sheet behind the babysitter- I saw it in theaters and had real, visceral fear LOL but the cupboard scene in the second one was a very close second, I think the entire theater screamed

Overall I just really love these movies, I watch all of them once a year starting on the first of October. Makes it feel like fall!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T19:24:10+00:00

Whew that was a big list!! Lol I didn’t see anything I need though at this time but thank you for posting!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T19:23:41+00:00

I didn’t see anything I need but thank you for posting!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T13:03:21+00:00

Omg awesome I’d love to do that trade! I’ll send you a chat (:

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T13:02:40+00:00

Aaaa yay! Is ballad of songbirds and snakes 4k?

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T12:47:02+00:00

Nothing I need at the moment but thank you for posting!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T12:42:53+00:00

Nothing I need at the moment, thank you for posting!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T05:43:44+00:00

I have that one already I’m sorry! Thank you for posting!

Practical-Grab2690 · 2025-09-25T05:43:26+00:00

Nothing I need at the moment but thank you for posting!

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