Episode 110 – Red Rising
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Did you ever read a science fiction book and think, “I wish I knew more about these characters’ bathroom usage?” If so, Red Rising by Pierce Brown is the book for you! Children’s librarian Anna (@opinionsbyanna) joined us for this miserable slog through a Martian Hunger Games with no carbs and no bathroom breaks. Listen now to find out into which Hogwarts House each Martian House would be sorted!
Content warning: This book and our discussion of it contains sexual assault, war, and general unpleasantness.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Red Rising Wiki – Caste Pyramid
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Candy Pairing: Anna says Atomic warheads, Kait says generic beef jerky, Renata says vomit flavored Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.
Coming up next: Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers where we read about how Mars needs toilets so you don't have to. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm Kate. And I'm Renata. And for this episode, we read Red Rising by Pierce Brown. |
| 0:24.2 | Joining us to discuss this gory damn disgusting dystopian novel is Anna, Children's Librarian, and |
| 0:31.4 | Dystopia Connoisseur. |
| 0:33.2 | Hello. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi, Anna. |
| 0:34.9 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:36.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:38.1 | And before we get into the discussion of this book, just a heads up, we're trying to be better about warnings. |
| 0:44.5 | And this book definitely contains sexual assault and rape, and we will be discussing those things. |
| 0:50.8 | And maybe sexual slavery, it's hard to tell, which should give you a lot of background |
| 0:59.0 | about this book already. |
| 1:01.0 | Extremely dubious consent to be certain. |
| 1:04.0 | Also, it's just gross. |
| 1:06.0 | It's disgusting. |
| 1:07.0 | It's so gross. |
| 1:08.0 | Aside from like the moral repugnance of rape, but just a lot of disgusting bodily fluids thrown around, literally sometimes. |
| 1:16.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.1 | They're really into peeing in this book. |
| 1:20.9 | I really think Pierce Brown, first of all, I'm very afraid that I'm going to accidentally say Pierce Brosnan. |
| 1:26.8 | And I just want to be clear that Pierce Brosnan would never have anything to do with any of this. |
| 1:33.0 | He's a good, pure gentleman. |
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