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

43 reviews

16th_revolver's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Torture, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

refrejarator's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Incest, and Rape

brittanyboston18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, Incest, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, War, Alcohol, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

alices13thdiary's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

too many names of too many stupid ass men causing too many goddamn problems. there is a reason that the women in this book are superior and it is simply because they aren't men. so fuck

viserys i, maegor i, criston cole, daemon targaryen, jaeherys i, aegon ii, aemond, unwin peake, rogar baratheon, otto hightower, androw farman, blood, cheese,

and more 🥰. 
also srs time, the book is good, but it got docked .75 for being confusing bc of all of the names (and lack of a map) and the other 1.25 for the misogyny, racism, and pedophilia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Genocide, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Slavery

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

4.25

proud to say i read a whole HISTORY BOOK of the TARGARYEN and their silly little dragon fights. 

i really liked it, i enjoyed some parts way more than others but overall this was a great book. the first 50% of the book was absolutely amazing, then the dance started and it was kind of a struggle for me, and the aftermath was just alright. 

don’t know if we’ll ever get a second, or even a third if needed, novel for Aegon lll — Aerys ll (very unlikely) but it does get published i’ll absolutely read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, War, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Body horror, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Slavery, Child death, Infertility, Medical content, and Death of parent

anahisa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative slow-paced

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

2.5

Reads like a history book, which is the intent, and did not work for me. Slow, dull, and lacks the personal nuance I usually gravitate towards. Aside from a few moments, felt like a chore to get through. Happy HBO is taking liberties with its source material! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child death

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Death, War, Sexual violence, and Suicide

orndal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative fast-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

4.0

I still dont give a shit about pyke and the iron islands

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, War, Torture, Murder, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, Slavery, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Abortion, Death of parent, Drug use, Animal death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

verngruning's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, War, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Sexism

aparizo704's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

A cocktail of fantasy, historical fiction, and GRRM’s magnificent creative process (including his allegory of the gardener and the architect in his interview with Dan Jones - I am a gardener myself), greater depths of fandom were achieved after reading Fire & Blood. If, like GRRM, you too enjoy the way popular history gives breath (albeit not always inconsequential) to legends transformed from historical record,  you will no doubt take pleasure in Archmaester Gyldayn’s retelling of Westerosi history, which details events after the rise of Aegon the Conqueror. Given public reception toward HBO’s season finale of Game of Thrones, it’s a shame time machines do not exist. Hindsight being 20/20,  if Fire & Blood were produced as a prequel series, or even interwoven into the GoT adaptation, the finale might have received a much warmer reception than the guests of the Red Wedding.

On an unrelated note, I wonder if we will get Part II of Fire & Blood around or at the same time as we finally receive Winds of Winter…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Sexism, Incest, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Alcoholism