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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
I thought this was supposed to be a sci-fi series and that turned me off. However, I knew that I love the Hobbit, etc. and with great recommendations I read the book. It was very good. I liked the character development and I love that the author has the guts to take out a character that you would not expect. I appreciate the fact that the author allows you to hate a character one minte, feel sorry for them the next and then love them. That happened to me several times. I cannot wait to read the rest.
adventurous
emotional
slow-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
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty solid book liked it alot
Thought it was lengthy and found it lil draggy but that only because I watched the show before I read the books
So mb but still really good book
Thought it was lengthy and found it lil draggy but that only because I watched the show before I read the books
So mb but still really good book
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
WOOOOOOOW, last paragraph gave me chills!!!
This book is out of this world, absurdly well written with vast characters and world building and lore.
A thousand years better than the tv show.
This truly is a song of ice and fire.
This book is out of this world, absurdly well written with vast characters and world building and lore.
A thousand years better than the tv show.
This truly is a song of ice and fire.
I am one of the many that loved the TV show Game of Thrones. I have read this book in the past but it was so long ago I wanted to reread before continuing on with the series. I do love the writing of these books. They are really detailed but it is necessary. I also forgot how young everyone was in the books compared to the show. This is a must read for people who like fantasy and politics.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
It's rough and it's poor in patches, but then again, that's been said frequently – as have the praises for this so-called revision to the epic fantasy tradition, if one is to take publishers' labeling at their word.
Martin chose hard words for his characters in calling them by repetitive epithets. To be honest, I like him when his writing goes rigid and mildly ungainly with stereotypes and otherwise-redundancies – that is the real epic tradition, or what's left of it anyway, not this bourgeois comforter dressed with the occasional prick of a sewing needle left in the warp and weft. Less forgivable are the indelible prints of patriarchal visions buried deep in the mud of Martin's world and the usual de-sensitized dread that they bring: violence comes in many forms, but one is a naturalized disdain for women and sexuality, even within a liberal context of plurality and "representation" – and this world reeks of that naturalization (which should not be the point of an imagination, no matter what fetishists for the "grim" plead).
Still, even a middle-class fantasy can have its solaces, hard as that is to admit sometimes, and this one has the insular vision of late capitalism's allergies and dreads larding its quasi-nostalgic feudal bed with busy brocading. Much work has gone into making the characters and spaces of this world breathe, and it's that work that is worth regarding here, even if only to put down later in favour of the other champions of the modern epic fantasy: Peake, Wolfe, and now, maybe, Jemison.
Martin chose hard words for his characters in calling them by repetitive epithets. To be honest, I like him when his writing goes rigid and mildly ungainly with stereotypes and otherwise-redundancies – that is the real epic tradition, or what's left of it anyway, not this bourgeois comforter dressed with the occasional prick of a sewing needle left in the warp and weft. Less forgivable are the indelible prints of patriarchal visions buried deep in the mud of Martin's world and the usual de-sensitized dread that they bring: violence comes in many forms, but one is a naturalized disdain for women and sexuality, even within a liberal context of plurality and "representation" – and this world reeks of that naturalization (which should not be the point of an imagination, no matter what fetishists for the "grim" plead).
Still, even a middle-class fantasy can have its solaces, hard as that is to admit sometimes, and this one has the insular vision of late capitalism's allergies and dreads larding its quasi-nostalgic feudal bed with busy brocading. Much work has gone into making the characters and spaces of this world breathe, and it's that work that is worth regarding here, even if only to put down later in favour of the other champions of the modern epic fantasy: Peake, Wolfe, and now, maybe, Jemison.
Very good. Exceptional plot, interesting characters. This book more or less feels like 90% build up/setting the stage for later entries in the series but was done very well. The only issue I really have was with one of the story lines. All of the other storylines flow seamlessly with one another yet Daenerys' feels very out of place. Most of the breaks I took while reading would occur when her name was heading the next chapter. I'm expecting more out of her storyline later on but a book will always struggle in areas where attention is diverted from better characters and more interesting plot lines. 8/10