12: Make Your Main Character Worse. Seriously. (Red Rising + Crescent City Hot Takes)
We’re talking Golden Son and why Darrow might be a little too perfect to care about.
Does a main character need flaws to work? Or can being competent and “good” be enough? We get into why something isn’t fully clicking, even when everything else seems to be working.
Ksenia talks Crescent City and tries to convince Paula to read it. Paula pushes back, questions everything, and somehow still ends up convinced.
Ksenia also recommends Between Two Fires: a dark medieval story set during the plague in France, with demons, unsettling moments, and a surprisingly emotional storyline.
If you’ve ever…
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