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A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin

13 reviews

theyannibannireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

Good book just really fucking slow , like George we don't need to know everyone name title and family line just get to the point  😒
But when we get story oh boy do we get story, every god damn storyline is exciting, dark and page turning 🔥🔥


Can't wait to read the next book shame I'll run out of them soon 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, War, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Slavery, Sexual content, Torture, and Grief

daneyyy'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, and Violence

thedistortionist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and War

joey1914's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and War

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, War, Ableism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, and Slavery

vigil's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Incest, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, War, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, and Slavery

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Violence, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Incest

ocean_the_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

There was more going on with all the characters in this book compared to the last one. There was so much that I don't know where to start. 

Spoiler

I almost threw my book when the Frey's killed Robb and Catelyn. I was very upset because I was rooting for both of them. And I thought the Frey's reasoning for why is completely stupid and ridiculous. 

Jorah's detrayal coming to light wasn't surprising. When he kissed Daenerys and proclaimed his love, I initially thought he was going to eventually sell her to one of the enemy kings, instead of him having been selling her secrets and moves the whole time.

And Petyr kissing Sansa was weird amd gross of him. I'm pretty sure it was purely because Sansa is Cat's child. And then to have Lysa blame Sansa was totally unhinged. Cemented my hate for Lysa. Poor Sansa for going through that after everything she's been through with Joffery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

polina_and's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Incest, Murder, War, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

earlc's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I think I was disposed to not take this book seriously when I started, because it had been five years since I read A Clash of Kings and the television series turned out to be such a catastrophe. I was never a big fan of the show, thinking it fun to see the characters on screen at most and a disappointing adaptation at worst, and even though I knew the books were better I walked into this one with low expectations. To say I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. This was a pretty fantastic book, and though it's been a while since I read the previous two I'm inclined to say A Storm of Swords is the best one thus far. It's been a while since I finished it so I won't have a cohesive or comprehensive review, but here are my lingering thoughts. 
It's a testament to Martin's characterization that I needed no refresher on who each of the main characters were and what they were up to; many of the minor characters (the Reeds, Gendry and Hotpie, Dolorous Ed, etc.) were also warmly remembered. There are a lot of great characters introduced in this book, like Mance, Missandei, and Oberyn, and we get to know others, like Sam and Jamie, better. No character feels redundant, each character is unique, a tremendous achievement with a cast this size. Every single viewpoint character grew and changed in really interesting ways, and Tyrion, Jaime, and Jon's internal struggles were among the most engaging and complex I've read in a fantasy book. Jon's relationship with Ygritte was especially heartrending, and Jamie's with Brienne surprisingly touching. Reading this book proved that "spoilers" are an exaggerated threat to one's enjoyment of a work. I knew (almost) all of the major twists going into this book, and each still surprised, thrilled, and horrified me.

Spoiler

The revelation that Lysa had killed Jon Arryn (the root of all of the Stark's problems in this series) at Littlefinger's request was a genuine surprise, as well as Littlefinger's murder of Lysa, but it was just as impactful as the Red and Purple Weddings, as well as Oberyn's duel, which I already knew about.

Some minor criticisms: I thought Daenerys' chapters were good on their own (along with the world beyond the wall, Essos is fascinates me), but they broke up the flow of the novel. All of the other characters' chapters, to varying degrees, have some impact on another's; Daenerys is in her own story. I normally enjoy Arya's chapters, but she spent a lot of time wandering around the Riverlands and Reach with the Brotherhood, which wasn't always as engaging (Bran's chapters sometimes threatened to be long travelogues, but Myra's telling of the Crannogman's journey was pretty gripping); conversely, her journeys with the Hound felt cut short. Likewise, I thought Davos (one of my all-time favorite characters) didn't get enough attention, and I was surprised when he didn't get his own chapter at the end.
Nevertheless, this is high fantasy done so right. Definitely looking forward to the next two books, though I think I'll take a little more of a vacation; these books are a project.
Listened to the audiobook narrated by Roy Dotrice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion