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A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

silkemaria's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

lindseyzwilson's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

pattyspages's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

👑 A Game of Thrones 👑 reread
(Featuring the bookmark I bought with it back in 2006 in that tiny bookstore in Hammersmith Broadway) 

Let's get straight to it:
- A super fun read, full of deceit, treachery and betrayal

- Yes, it's epic and expansive but NOT AT ALL a difficult read; the narrative voice and language used is actually quite modern in tone and the chapters are nice and short. 
(Honestly, The Mistborn Series is 'wordier')

- Yes, there are multiple POVs but it's not actually that difficult to figure out who is who as we're constantly provided with context. 

- Sansa Stark is needs her neck wringing 
- Arya is just as badass as I remember her
- Ned Stark, for all his valour and honour is freaking stupid
- Catelyn is actually pretty cruel 

If you've toyed with the idea of reading this one,  don't put it off for worry that it'll be too difficult- it's really not and once you get used to the POVs, you'll not be able to put it down!

szike_01's review against another edition

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

3.75

spaceinvader6k's review against another edition

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4.0

I loved it but one more Dothraki sex scene and I would of killed myself

queenkaiser's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense

5.0

snikkidee's review against another edition

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4.0

July 20, 2016

lillyfarrell's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

devonforest's review against another edition

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5.0

The first hundred pages or so I kept having to refer to the appendix to remember who everyone was and how they were related. But once I got that down, I really enjoyed this! There was a lot of detail, but it still felt fast paced.

pernillesoe96's review against another edition

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5.0

I first read this 2 years ago, but didn't finish it simple because the plot and the language was to complicated for me. This year i started over and finished the book. It was amazing! I am still amazed how George R. R. Martin came up with this Universe. I am looking so much forward to Reading the next book, even though it is even longer