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Simple and held back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simple" instead an adjective phrase "Held back".

Simple adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Held back and simple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Held back" instead an adjective "Simple".

Some of these events (particularly concerning Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark) are presumably being held back for subsequent novels, although a simple in-universe explanation is that Yandel is writing for the winner of that war and probably wants to avoid writing anything he wouldn't like.

Source: Literature / The World of Ice & Fire

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