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

8 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

dannilmp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-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

3.25

This is not my first time reading the GoT novel set, however with how much actually happens to so many different characters it feels like it may as well be my first time again! There were so many small details that I had forgotten that seemed so important to the overall plot

For me, I feel this is where the series really starts to ramp up, you finally start to see ALL of the players moving onto the field, the swapping between different parts of Westeros and beyond the wall, the magic growing within the remaining Stark family members, it feels as though we are building upto a creshendo about to happen. 

All books have their downsides though, this one for me is the constant P.O.V switching throws me off on occasion, trying to remember the details before reading the next book in the series always seems impossible and the pacing at times feels slow enough that I find myself struggling to keep reading. This was a book I had to read in shorter chucks just to be able to get through 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/injury detail

ellieah456's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• 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

This is quite possibly the best fantasy novel of all time. Not a lot compares. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/injury detail, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, and Incest

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Infertility, and Torture

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

kingcrookback's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

It took me...so long to finally finish this, mostly due to the sheer length. Super excited to finally be able to move on to AFFC (though I probably should take a break in order to avoid burnout). Though I do have some complicated feelings about some of GRRM's writing choices, I ultimately think he created one hell of an interesting sandbox to play in--especially since I like picking things apart and the intertwining POVs and massive world give me a lot to work with. Even when I found certain POVs somewhat dull or grating, I still found their journeys interesting. For example,

Spoiler

it didn't take very long at all for Tyrion to get on my nerves, but his character journey from AGOT up until this point is pretty heartbreaking--slowly coming to the belief that no one will ever love him, no matter what what he does to try and earn it. Even Jaime, the one person in the world he's absolutely sure loves him, Tyrion learns has betrayed him. Devastating.

I am begging GRRM to finish this fucking series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Incest

Moderate: Slavery, Death of parent, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Classism, Alcohol, and Mental illness

river24's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

5/5
This is a beast of a book!
It’s won its place as my favourite book in the series so far (this is the third) because it was so incredibly captivating from start to finish.
The writing is always so detailed and beautiful, I’m in awe of it !! I think it’s my absolute favourite writing style. The world is so rich and plentiful and I love discovering more and more of it.
There were so many twists and turns, every time you thought things would settle down again another twist struck you in the back of the head (in the best way possible)!!
I discovered a new all-time favourite fight scene in this book, it was written perfectly and was very emotive and powerful, too.
One of my favourite characters finally got a POV ! The characters are always so complex and fleshed out, with ever-changing morals and motivations. One of my favourite aspects of this book was the unexpected friendships and unlikely alliances of certain characters, seeing those unique dynamics was incredible.
I also loved learning more world and family history (I’m a big nerd for all aspects of world-building)
Every inch of this story was jam-packed with action and intrigue and I adored it!! It was very hefty (weighing in at almost 1200 pages!) but 100% worth it :))
Some of my favourite quotes were; ‘We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.’ ‘We look up at the same stars and see such different things.’
As a disclaimer, I do want to say that there’s obviously a lot you have to overlook in order to enjoy game of thrones and I completely understand that some people just aren’t able to do that. Please check trigger warnings before you read !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts