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Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

42 reviews

mahaamoriim's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful relaxing tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Sexism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Miscarriage, Incest, Violence, Slavery, Animal death, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexism, Body shaming, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Miscarriage, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Kidnapping and Slavery

rllaird's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Great fictional history! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, War, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

trinidad_gondi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Sexual violence, Death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Incest, Blood, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, and War

inlibrisveritas's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

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

4.5

 who knew I'd end up loving a fiction history textbook more than the actual series I'm still waiting to end.
The dragons deserved better though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Gore, and Incest

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

diedaahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Reads like a history-book. Might be confusing because of the many names that are recycled generation after generation (HOTD watchers: your Aegon doesn't exist until about the 65% mark) 

Other than that is the worldbuilding truly something else. The sheer amount of characters, motives, betrayal, political shenanigans and details is nothing short of impressive.

The book stopped being engaging to me after

Rhaenyra and Alicent died, but that might just be my gay ass

I'd recommend this book to readers who like high fantasy + dragons, don't mind telling over showing along with sparse dialogue and enjoy being a fly on the wall listening to the most dysfunctional family in Westeros 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, War, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Colonisation, Confinement, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Toxic relationship

roznn's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Child death, Infertility, Torture, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Racism

hkuhlman7's review against another edition

dark funny informative slow-paced

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

3.5

This book should only be read by: 

1. History nerds who are burnt out from actual history and want something a little spicy. With dragons. And incest.
2. ASOIAF nerds. Like totally-and-utterly-enslaved-by-Westeros-and-George RR Martin-level nerds.

That’s it. If you’re an ASOIAF fan there is a completely reasonable chance this book will bore you and not feel worth your while by the end. If you’re a HOTD fan (at the time of writing, season 1 has aired in full but season 2 hasn’t begun airing) and need to know what happens next, buy this book but just read the Dance portion. Maybe try out the other parts but don’t anticipate being enraptured. 

Martin is an incredible writer, and I imagine this book was particularly fun for him to write. Evidently more-so than Winds. A fictional history book is a compelling concept, but I was only somewhat captivated throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual assault, Abortion, Death, War, and Gore

yuidf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Slavery, War, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Child death, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

kayleejanes's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Torture, Incest, Murder, War, Suicide, and Violence