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4.52 AVERAGE

beckmart's review

4.0

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE NOW THAT I AM DONE READING THIS SERIES? This was my default subway reading for months - now I guess I'll get to the backlog of books I've been meaning to get to, sigh...

Overall a good story. The writing got sloppy, especially in the last book. I also got increasingly annoyed at the "one character per chapter" organization and kept wanting to skip ahead to that same character's next chapter to see what happens. Enough delay of gratification already!
adventurous mysterious slow-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: Complicated

It is an amazing world and story. Even if you watched the series, it's cool to read. Just keep in mind the books are not finished yet. 
adventurous challenging 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
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

librarydoc's review

4.0

This is a hard series to rate. I LOVED the first two books, and was quickly connected to Jon Snow, Arya, Ned, and Catelyn. But after book 2, things went downhill for me. The story line DRAGGED on, and there was way too much time devoted to characters with which I could not connect. Book 5 was the worst offender for me, since the majority of it was devoted to Daenerys and her dragon thing. I just want to know what's going on at the wall! I don't care about Dany and the myriad of characters that sort of run together in my head. I sure hope book 6 will focus more on The Others and those dedicating their lives to defending the wall!
challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dnandrews797's review

4.0

These books were a whole journey and took me a lot longer than I thought they would to get through. Overall, George R.R. Weaves a masterful narrative managing to get rich detail and character development into a large cast all without somehow compromising the overarching story taking place in Westeros and beyond. Even the characters I hated I loved to hate and was honestly surprised that Jaime Lannister, my least favourite character, managed to claw his way into one of my favourites of all time. Martin’s writing is incredible and Ill be patiently waiting for the next installment however long that will take.
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark slow-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