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stalfos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Incest, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Miscarriage
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
lisa00's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, War, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Infertility, Infidelity, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Incest, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Animal death
fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
This was as gory and as majestic as the first season of the Tv adaptation. There's nothing new I can say that hasn't already been said. George RR Martin is a genius and there's a reason this is a masterpiece and a classic ( we don't talk about the 8th season of the adaptation. It doesn't exist.)
I'm ready to see how close the show came to the books.So far, the books seem pretty damn great.
And I'm also pretty sure this would have been 5 stars, if I hadn't taken a whole 3 months hiatus while in the middle of reading it. Lol. I'll do better with the rest of the books.
Graphic: Death, Rape, War, Torture, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship
izzy_15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, and War
minzzi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Having said that, I also think that this book was a bit to long and certainly dragged at parts. There were whole chapters comprised of pages of nothing with one tidbit of important information throw in the middle, all POVs suffered from that problem.
I also found some of the charaters just plain annoying. Calelyn and Ned's poor decision making through out the whole story made me so mad. After a certain point, everything that happens of bad in this book can be traced back their shitty choices. And the more you learn about the other characters and how intelligent they are and how deep their scams go, the poor choices of those two only becomes more obvious and infuriating. Also, I didn't really care for Daenerys, mostly she just made me sad. I'm sure she will be one of the important figures in this series, but it's hard to read her story when all of it is just her being sexualy abused and beaten. News flash, being raped doesn't make anyone stronger or more powerful. And for all the people that said her relationship with Drogo was cute and romantic, please point me to what book you read, because clearly it wasn't this one.
On the other hand, I really liked Tyrion, Arya and Jon, they are my favorites for now. Specially the last two, who have the combination of smarts and stubborness that I like. Bran seems to be in the brink of some kinda of magical awakening and I'm all here for it. And, contrary to most of what I have seen online, I didn't dislike Sansa. Sure she has a lot o character development to make, but she is just a scared child that no one bothered to tell about the dangers of the real world.
When it comes to characters who didn't have a POV, I'm very interested in Varys, he seens to have big plans on the works behind everyone's backs. I also loved to hate the Lannisters, except Joffrey, he is just an asshole.
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body horror, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence
thebibliobibuli's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Gore, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Incest, Slavery, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Animal death, and Alcohol
ran_sophia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Incest, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Minor: Murder, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Genocide
kjm_x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War
annikareads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol
vigil's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery