Reviews - A Clash of Kings

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A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin

4.29 AVERAGE

scoobydoovitamin's review against another edition

5.0

GEORGEY BOY YOURE CRAZY FOR THIS ONE

chingona_san's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this book! Its way better than the first one (and that one was pretty good); I never wanted to stop reading! And by the way, my e-reader said there were only 800-something pages and apparently there are actually over 1000, so im feeling pretty good right now lol

sean_d's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

and_morgan17's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

abbyjme's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

hmiller15's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

xeni's review against another edition

2.0

I am a bit disappointed by this novel. I had expected more. The last book was all intrigues and danger and plots and fun times, but this one was just war, war, war, killing, war, fighting, war, death, death, death, pain, hurt, loss, more loss, even more loss, and then some more war.

Honestly, this series gets more depressing by the novel. I also want more along the way of plots and thinking... this base fighting is pretty lame. Also, there are a ton of cliffhangers still, that make me want to keep reading, but at the same time they irritate me since I just want the story, and I want it now.

Anyway, the writing style is still good. Martin has a way with characters that bring them to life, even the horrid ones. Or rahter, especially the horrid ones.

I'm hoping that the next book will bring the Stark children back together again... although I suppose in a way that that is a false hope, seeing as how this book ended. Still, there are so many unfair things that are happening to innocents and women and children and those who have no part in the fighting at all. It's really no fun at all to read these books... the only thing that makes it palatable at all is the conieving needed to understand the deeper plots.

Also, what will now happen to this land that has about 10 different people fighting to rule it? Will it ever be brought under one banner again (say, Dany?) or is it all going to fragment, essentially what happened to our Europe? Ah... I do so hope that the next book is better.