maite_moonchild's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

What a ride. The amount of horrible murders gets to you in the end, but overall the story is captivating. 

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inarticulateblog's review

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

2.5


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briochebun's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

4 out of 5 ☆’s.

”Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.”

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If I’m being honest — I’m not quite sure how to approach this review of ”Fire & Blood” since it reads as more of a historical text at times rather than a traditional novel — but I will say that I enjoyed learning more about House Targaryen & I also thoroughly enjoyed the art that accompanied the text!

It was frustrating at times — not getting the truth of the tale — but I do understand that approach from GRRM.

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refrejarator's review against another edition

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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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tashtasher's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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angstifies's review against another edition

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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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orndal's review against another edition

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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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verngruning's review

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0


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albon's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.0


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cookiecatherine's review against another edition

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2.0

picked this up bc i wanted to know what happens next in House of the Dragon. finished it bc i listened on audiobook and had a lot of chores to do lol but i am concerned how this man filled 26 hrs with incest and rape and child rape???

honestly i did like how it was written like a history text with the varying sources open to interpretation. gives it kind of a fun gossipy feel. but there were so many parts where mentions of SA/rape and pedophilia would be inserted that were totally not necessary? i get it's supposed to be the medieval times but woah i did not need to hear about most of the things that happened but also at least the mentions were not graphic

anyway, i'm mostly satisfied that the show stays pretty true to the book. it is pretty impressive that GRRM wrote like a hundred years of political history for his fictional universe lol

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