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Una tempesta di spade by George R.R. Martin

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slow-paced

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

4.0

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4.25

A Storm of Selfish, Savvy, Stabby Souls!

My review is split up by the different characters and their arcs!

Tyrion thought he was victorious after a bloody battle, but then Cersei swept in and now his hirelings have betrayed him, and his friends have been scourged and shamed. Not to mention, he is rotting from an attempted assassination he is sure his sweet sister is behind.

Tyrion’s dry wit, humour, and shrewd intelligence makes this series keep a lighter tone amongst such darkness and always keeps me on my toes.

I can’t believe that GRRM managed to make me feel pity for Jamie. JAMIE LANNISTER. That is talent.

Joffrey and Margaery are set to marry on the first day of the new year, also the first day of the new century. The ceremony will herald the dawn of a new era. A new Lannister era where Sansa is merely a scared pawn.

Sansa still frustrates me as a character, yet I loved the court Margaret brings with her, especially her Grandmother, the Queen of Thorns who seems to know more than anyone else dares say.

“The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they claimed it was all theirs. My trees, they said, you can't eat them apples. My stream, you can't fish here. My wood, you're not t' hunt. My earth, my water, my castle, my daughter, keep your hands away or I'll chop 'em off, but maybe if you kneel t' me I'll let you have a sniff. You call us thieves, but at least a thief has t' be brave and clever and quick. A kneeler only has t' kneel."

Arya is only ten years old, a skinny girl on a stolen horse with a dark forest ahead of her and men behind her who would gladly kill her.

Arya is one of my favourite characters - a scrappy, brave girl against the world who would die for her friends? The only thing that makes me go ummm, is her age. I just can’t believe any ten year old would be capable of what she does.

”What do you like to do?"
She scuffed a toe amongst the rushes. "Needlework."
"Very restful, isn't it?"
"Well," said Arya, "not the way I do it."
"No? I have always found it so. Do you work at it every day?"
"I did till I lost Needle. My new one's not as good."

I'm not a lady, Arya wanted to tell her, I'm a wolf.

Bran was taken in by the wildlings - an oathbreaker and the killer of Qhorin Halfhand. But in his heart he was still a man of the Night's Watch, doing the last duty laid on him.

Bran’s story was interesting as he sees the wildings and their community and different way of life. You can’t help but like the people around him, yet Bran must constantly remind himself his loyalties lie beyond The Wall.

Daenerys is strengthening forces in the East as her three dragons, her treasured children, are growing and learning.

Daenerys always suffers from being a girl. She constantly needs to prove herself. She is constantly seen as an object of beauty rather than admired for her absolute intellect, planning, and resilience which she proves over and over.

“A queen must listen to all," she reminded him. "The highborn and the low, the strong and the weak, the noble and the venal. One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found." She had read that in a book.

Overall, volume one of this huge tome is probably my favourite of all the books in Game of Thrones!!!