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A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin

66 reviews

zhanacox0920's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Because I watched the show, the book was easy to keep up with. If you never saw the show then take your time. Im actually pretty glad that the show stuck to the main idea of the series. There were a couple of small things that were not mentioned in the show that I actually appreciated. 

Overall pretty great writing, world building and amazing character development. I hate almost every character beside Eddard and Jon and Bran. Again, if you never seen the show, TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THE STORY.  I would say write a summery after each chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Misogyny, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Incest, Classism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

rthr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and War

marlisenicole's review

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

emo_hobbit's review

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Violence, Blood, Torture, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Incest, War, and Death

moriahleigh's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, War, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, and Incest

triangular_pascal's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Loved this more than I expected to - I'm hooked! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Incest, War, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, and Sexism

jdromsky's review against another edition

It was just sooo similar to the show that I wasn’t getting anything new in the story to inspire me to keep going (which is definitely more a commentary on the diligence and attention to detailed paid to the story by the show than anything else.). On the whole not a bad book but just too similar for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Sexual violence, Infidelity, War, Incest, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, and Rape

My only other comment would be there is some questionable language describing characters with disabilities or otherwise. And language used to talk about women made me slightly uncomfortable (this coming from a female identifying person).

rmd's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion and Incest

vayalanay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

cepbreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

After I finished Game of Thrones I had a conversation with my dad. I told him I loved the series so much and was considering reading the books because I was just that desperate for more content. He very matter of factly told me that reading the books was just "too nerdy." For context my dad is a classics professor who consumes books like he needs them to live, aka he's a nerd of all nerds. If he was telling me this then it genuinely would be too far to start reading, yet here I am not heading his warning and transforming into a total nerd. My new reborn nerd self is now the proud owner of the box set of all released books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. 

I think the person I was earlier this year would've hated this book so much. Thanks to Kristin Cashore's Graceling Realm series I've matured as a reader and sincerely become a fantasy fan. The slower pace, world building and detail intense writing is exactly what there is to love in the genre and George R. R. Martin is the master of all of those things. I get bored easily, yet even when reading chapter upon chapter of content I've already seen on the screen my attention is held. My biases created by the show definitely are following me into the reading and I find myself dreading certain POVs (...specifically Dany's I KNOW CONTROVERSIAL OPINION) and hanging onto every word of others (Sansa, I love her!), but this just goes to show how masterful Martin is at creating compelling characters people identify with and are passionate about. I just can't wait to get into the next book and start on Jaime and Brienne's interactions!!

Song: 

• The View Between Villages - Noah Kahan

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, War, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Sexism, Slavery, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death