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A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

16 reviews

geminisoul's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, War, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

specialbread's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so much better than the 2nd book. I was able to read this in a little under a month. The stories behind the book and the character development are very well done.

I was stunned by what went on a little past the middle of the book and how he killed off one of the main characters. I thought something like that would happen, but not in the middle.

This book is very well done, and I don’t know what he could have done to make it more interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, War, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Bullying, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, and Violence

sucordera1'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, War, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest, Religious bigotry, Murder, Body shaming, Confinement, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, and Infidelity

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Incest

Moderate: Sexual assault, Body shaming, Death of parent, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Ableism, Misogyny, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Cannibalism

cepbreed's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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? No

5.0

Insane. I can’t believe I ever put off finishing this book. George R. R. Martin never disappoints. I began reading this book at an inopportune time. University is stressful and took up all my time which took my focus away from enjoying A Storm of Swords. Now that’s it’s summer and I had the time to dedicate to a thorough read I mended my ways and dived head first. 

Even after watching Game of Thrones the shock and entertainment value of the events of this book never changes. This has to be my favorite of the series so far. So many terrible things happened in such quick succession I was constantly thrown from storyline to storyline at breakneck pace. In some books that would’ve been a fault but Martin has mastered a cohesive narrative despite all the separate elements happening at once. 

I will never recover from the red wedding. Never in a million year. I loved Robb so much, ever since I was introduced to Game of Thrones and then the books. He deserved at least one point of view chapter. I mourn for him but also for the lost potential of his life. I wish we could’ve seen his thoughts and understood him truly. 

On the same note I mourn for Catelyn. Not only because who she originally was is lost, but also because the fanbase villainizes her to an obscene degree. She will always be justified in my eyes. Speaking of her, the epilogue had me going absolutely insane with excitement. FINALLY we are introduced to the infamous Lady Stoneheart! The TikTok fanbase promises so much about her so I am excited to see how she plays into the narrative in the future. Like all other A Song of Ice and Fire fans I desperately wish she was a part of the tv series. They hate to see a scorned woman winning. Catelyn deserves her revenge and I will be supporting her the whole way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, War, Death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, Sexual content, Incest, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Rape

Minor: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

samflowerv6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0

the best book I’ve ever read. A masterpiece. I will never forget this story. Out of ASOIAF, this is the best one so far!

“Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.”

“Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”

“Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.” Dany met his stare. “I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogo’s riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.”

I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not tears.
 

“It hurts so much, she thought. Our children, Ned, all our sweet babes. Rickon, Bran, Arya, Sansa, Robb… Robb… please, Ned, please, make it stop, make it stop hurting… The white tears and the red ones ran together until her face was torn and tattered, the face that Ned had loved. Catelyn Stark raised her hands and watched the blood run down her long fingers, over her wrists, beneath the sleeves of her gown. Slow red worms crawled along her arms and under her clothes. It tickles. That made her laugh until she screamed. “Mad,” someone said, “she’s lost her wits,” and someone else said, “Make an end,” and a hand grabbed her scalp just as she’d done with Jinglebell, and she thought, No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair. Then the steel was at her throat, and its bite was red and cold.— Catelyn Stark”

“Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.”
“What . . . what game?”
“The only game. The game of thrones.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Incest, Bullying, Infertility, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Murder, Child death, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

kkalicky94's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Grief, Rape, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual content, and War

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