The Molt Has Come For Neil

the molt has come for neil

Happy Cow waiting for a train in Scotland having escaped from a field.

many beautiful women

she has been flattened

This is how I feel describing most of my personal favorite characters.

One thing I love about Red Rising is how often characters, but especially Darrow, just go “I do not want to be here, I do not want to fight, I do not want to break bones and feel blood on my hands. I want to be in peace with the people who love me. But to honor those people/keep them safe I’ll fight.”

Darrow as a protagonist is brutally honest about being scared and lost and sad. He’s a myth, he’s cultivated a reputation of a killer. But all he ever wanted was to be a father and a husband.