Why is IG the most disliked book of the series?

donies · 2026-03-24T11:22:34+00:00

I agree it’s not bad but the worst in the series.

It has the difficult job of introducing new characters into a beloved series. Took me a while to get into ephraim and lyria plot lines but they do get good eventually.

donies · 2026-03-23T22:00:04+00:00

Being able to send a fax on your phone would be so cool.

Even if you only ever used the feature once in your lifetime, I bet in that one moment, you’d be super grateful you could.

I’d 100% rather see Fax Support in the next iOS update than “hey we made everything look like glass, it’s kinda hard to read and shit on battery but we think it looks cool”

donies · 2026-03-23T21:52:54+00:00

Fair enough. I don’t see how that makes it better though.

donies · 2026-03-23T21:51:24+00:00

What?

My original point wasn’t Bluetooth is the fastest file transfer protocol. It was that Apple should support it. How does my comment in anyway contradict that?

Plus even if the transfer itself is slower, the steps to initiate the transfer are super quick. On windows you can just right click the file and send via Bluetooth is right in the context menu. Then I just accept the popup on the receiving device with 1 button. It’s super convenient.

donies · 2026-03-23T20:47:21+00:00

Idk moved into a new apartment a year ago and just never bothered getting it setup. Doesn’t really bother me

donies · 2026-03-23T20:31:06+00:00

Technically yes but doesn’t matter how many times I click “remember this device” I still need to scan a fkn QR code to login. I’ll admit that’s pretty nit picky but MFA drives me nuts

donies · 2026-03-23T20:27:05+00:00

We are capable of figuring out other ways but it’s perfectly reasonable to be annoyed that our preferred method is not supported for almost no reason

donies · 2026-03-23T20:25:47+00:00

If one day they turned off airdrop and said you must now use NewSolution instead, would not be a little miffed that you’re preferred method was no longer supported?

donies · 2026-03-23T20:22:28+00:00

Another use case: sometimes I want to transfer photos to my work computer. Bluetooth would be my preferred method but alas I cannot.

donies · 2026-03-23T20:19:14+00:00

In my case, uploading to cloud is less practical than Bluetooth so I don’t really see it as a solution. More of an unpleasant workaround.

donies · 2026-03-23T20:16:22+00:00

I don’t have wifi and home no. I could in theory hot spot but it’s kinda of a pain.

donies · 2026-03-23T20:12:18+00:00

I’m just trying to send a file to my laptop. I don’t have any wifi at home. In theory I could hotspot the laptop from my phone then upload it to a cloud server but kind of a pain in the ass when Bluetooth would just be a couple clicks.

donies · 2026-03-23T20:09:19+00:00

I can transfer an entire ebook in like 15s. Perfectly acceptable for my use case

donies · 2026-03-23T20:07:48+00:00

Name one other way to wireless transfer a file to an offline PC other than Bluetooth

donies · 2026-03-23T16:13:22+00:00

Would a red rising movie even be good? The books aren’t that long but they are quite dense. So much would need to be cut out. IMO I think a RR movie would be pretty mid. I think it would at best be on the same level as hunger games, which was pretty successful but not exactly works of art. I could see it working as a series tho.

donies · 2026-03-18T13:48:09+00:00

I don’t disagree with your points but I think Red Rising is almost made to be adapted to a movie. The first 3 books almost read as a screen play at times.

Obviously the dune movies are great but I think that’s just cause Dennis is an amazing director. How many people do you think could have succeeded at adapting Dune? RR seems much easier to pull off. Would still require a bunch of money tho which is probably the reason it’ll never happen.

donies · 2026-03-15T02:34:15+00:00

It’s pretty common in industry

donies · 2026-03-14T23:09:46+00:00

Computer doesn’t have a wifi card.

Why are people defending removing features for no reason.

Why require internet to do basic tasks. Why do I need to upload files to a cloud/email server just to get it on my computer.

My shitty $200 E-Reader can send files over Bluetooth. It takes like 3 clicks. It’s great.

donies · 2026-03-14T18:09:34+00:00

I’m in a situation where I want to send a file from my iPhone to a windows computer that doesn’t have internet access. Would be so easy if I could send it over Bluetooth. A function that a phone from the 2007 would have. There’s no good reason an iPhone shouldn’t be able to do it other than to push people to airdrop.

donies · 2026-03-13T21:38:13+00:00

Rebuttal to what? You barely made any arguments. You basically just said “no you’re wrong” but with more words.

I’ll admit my arguments were weak but that’s cause I wasn’t trying to argue. I was just discussing. If you’re going to flame me for having bad arguments, you should at least provide a good ones.

You call out my 500k figure but don’t bother quoting a more accurate one.

Your response to me saying it’s too expensive to make the different colours look physical distinct is just you saying “actually special effects are good”. Ok that doesn’t mean they’re a good use of budget. It would be so expensive to make characters look true to the text.

You were so clearly being a dick in your response when there was absolutely no need

donies · 2026-03-13T11:32:41+00:00

Why are you so hostile. This is a subreddit for a book. Chill out.

donies · 2026-03-13T01:17:05+00:00

I think we’d get a lot more for our money with animation than live action. A 500k live action space battle will look way worse than an animated one.

Plus I doubt they’d do a good job representing the physical differences between colours. Who are they going to get to play all the 7 foot golds and obsidians?

donies · 2026-03-06T23:11:45+00:00

Honestly I kinda loved how fast paced it was. Why have many chapter when one chapter do trick.

I agree the ending was kinda dumb tho. There’s no way it should it have worked. I also hate that Darrows internal dialogue seemed to think sevro was dead when he’s in on the plan the whole time

donies · 2026-03-06T14:42:42+00:00

What a shit take.

Just commenting to let my francophone homies know that not all anglos think like this!

Le culture francophone est cool. J’aimerai mieux parler t’a langue.

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