Light Bringer REVIEW & SPOILER DISCUSSION - Pierce Brown  

Does he die?

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Hangar 17B had me in tears

@@arpansaha2111 yes

Same here Lysander is just the worst!

I've been in mourning. I have felt so heavy over Cassius' death. I am so sad.

@@TheMasterMangosame over here. His death hit me way too hard. I don’t think any of the other characters’ deaths would have hit me this hard. Just so devastated and empty

Lysander is banned from Ba Sing Se.

😂 love the reference

Confess!

Confess

That's would be an interesting twist. Or maybe if it had residual effects from being in there

It was said in Lightbringer that the figment in Lyria's head would allow the wielder to control any ship, drone or war machine all at once and give the wielder the powers of a god. I think the 7th book is titled "Red God" because Lyria may have no other choice but to wield another figment in order to save the Republic in a dire situation

My theory was that Darrow was given a figment, because when Lyria first sees him he's in a bed recovering from surgery. Felt like that was glossed over quickly and will be a big reveal moment in Red God when he does in fact become the god

@@jacobrowe5044 maybe. Also, In the scene where Atlas explains to Lysander how he falsely portrayed himself as Helios by stealing his flesh, the book implies that this isn't the first time Atlas has done that

@@jacobrowe5044 This could just be me talking completely out of my ass lol. But, in Dark Age and the beginning of Light Bringer, Darrow mentions Virginia and Pax and longing to reunite with them almost constantly, but I feel like he barely mentioned them the 2nd half of this book. So, if I'm not just completely making that up, I think that very much lends itself to your theory.

I agree I loved exploring the rim as well, and seeing how these planets are terraformed. The descriptions of the environments were so cool sounding!

It will be interesting to see how he does it all especially with the jackal still out and about. I really hope Lysander doesn't come out on top after this or get some type of redemption. I feel like he ruined all his chances to be redeemed and I just want him gone now

@marshmanmedia oh agreed - Lysander doesn't deserve redemption. He's shown he'll use others for his gain so it is time for him to go!

I think I was less upset about Cassius's death because that was the logical conclusion to his arc. He was set up to die throughout the book and dying at the hands of his former ward just makes sense. Demeters Garter though? I think it might be the most abominable thing anyone has done in this series. I was so sure Lysander would come around and be redeemed and be the ultimate hero, but there's no redemption now.

@@loonar7960 When Cassius almost died in MS I remember being mad that he didn't lol And then in IG, I spoiled for myself if that death was real bc I knew there was no way Cassius would get taken out off page. I agree it's logical and makes sense for his arc but I've got a soft spot for Cassius so it hurt my heart and his death and the scenes after made me cry (and the last time I cried while reading was probably 20 years ago when Dobby dies in HP7). All that to say, I agree with you about Demeter's Garter! I too had hope when Lysander enlisted Cassius's help to take out Atlas. I thought that might be a beginning to Lysander turning a corner and hopefully working with them to take out Atalantia. But NO. Goodness. I do love the hint we get with Cicero's reaction to Lysander burning Demeter's Garter though and how it shows there are already seeds of dissent amongst those currently with Lysander. Makes me wonder if he'll be taken down by his own people before Darrow and co get the chance.

The First Law series is pretty good if you haven’t read it, and it’s different enough from RR to make it alright

Same here! They turned into my favorite character

I think my favorite part was the fa fight but the space battle was great too! The relationships really made me love this book though and the team ups

I hated him in Iron gold but he won me over in dark age!

That's a great point! Despite his upbringing and having an advantage from the beginning he has to face failure after failure where darrow already started at the bottom and can only go up

Both are right, pierce brown tweeted on Mars it's an arrow sound on luna its pronounced with orrow like sorrow. Link to the tweet twitter.com/Pierce_Brown/status/1302065957871824896?s=20

It’s D-arrow, like arrow. D-orrow clearly not spelled the same but if you want to sound like you went to the Zoolander school for kids who don’t read good by all means.

Lol get mad at pierce brown not me. He clearly stated both are right. 😂

​@@kieranblubaugh7863Well... his and Brown's American accents would probably back the first vowel in the comparable word 'taro' to be nearly identical to the first vowel in 'sorrow'. So, perhaps think of Darrow spelt as 'Daro' and it's not so far-fetched. Other accents exist which are not reflected in spelling, and ultimately, you still understood the alternate pronunciation, so really what's the problem?

From my audiobook-influenced perspective I feel like it should be D [short a as in cat] rrow with the celtic accent but really it makes sense that it is pronounced differently by different people given how important the distinctions between groups are in the books.