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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Whew, I made it. Eight days to read this monstrosity and while I am still excited about the series I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the last one. Mainly due to the pacing of the story. In the middle, things dragged on quite a bit. I also didn’t care that much for the two new character’s p.o.v. that were introduced in this book. One of them, Theon, was quickly added to my list of those-I-want-to-lose-their-head list, and the other I’m kinda ambivalent towards. Mainly I found his chapters rather boring. I read them because I didn’t want to miss anything important, but I would constantly check to see how many pages were left until we got back to someone I really cared about.
Being new to this author and his writing I foolishly thought we had seen the end of the tearing down of this world and might start to see some rebuilding. Oh how very wrong I turned out to be. Martin was no where near done. The world is quite literally, in some cases, totally destroyed and the deaths of favorite and important characters continue to pile up. Because Martin is not a safe author to read, you don’t know where things are going to go next. He kills off, or makes you think he killed off, protagonists left and right no wonder he has to introduce new players, otherwise who is going to tell the tale of this world.
My opinion of many of the characters remains the same. Perhaps I have a smidgen of more respect for Sansa. Arya, Tyrion, Daenerys and Jon continue to be my favorites. I hope for the next book we see some justice for the characters that have been lost. Cersei and Joffrey really need to lose their heads… One other thing that bothered me and brought down the star rating was the out-of-left-field prologue at the beginning of the book. This really slowed down the title for me. I was ready to jump right into the action and had to slog through way to many pages before it started.
Even though much of this book was spent going nowhere or destroying the different lordships the story continued to invade my reality. The work is an excellent study of human nature. I started to see aspects of the different characters in myself and others around me. I am learning from this book. I am learning how much I am like Sansa, wanting to only see the best in others and in life, much to my detriment. I yearn to be as honorable and strong as others. Martin is making me think and forcing me to look at my own life and world with different eyes. I will probably be a bit of a different person when I leave this tale behind. A good story changes who we are, as it should be, we should always take something with us when we finish a story. On to the next book then perhaps a break from this world. I can only live with death and war for so long. I am going to need to be reading some fluff next month or risk ending up paranoid and seeing spies where ever I go…
Being new to this author and his writing I foolishly thought we had seen the end of the tearing down of this world and might start to see some rebuilding. Oh how very wrong I turned out to be. Martin was no where near done. The world is quite literally, in some cases, totally destroyed and the deaths of favorite and important characters continue to pile up. Because Martin is not a safe author to read, you don’t know where things are going to go next. He kills off, or makes you think he killed off, protagonists left and right no wonder he has to introduce new players, otherwise who is going to tell the tale of this world.
My opinion of many of the characters remains the same. Perhaps I have a smidgen of more respect for Sansa. Arya, Tyrion, Daenerys and Jon continue to be my favorites. I hope for the next book we see some justice for the characters that have been lost. Cersei and Joffrey really need to lose their heads… One other thing that bothered me and brought down the star rating was the out-of-left-field prologue at the beginning of the book. This really slowed down the title for me. I was ready to jump right into the action and had to slog through way to many pages before it started.
Even though much of this book was spent going nowhere or destroying the different lordships the story continued to invade my reality. The work is an excellent study of human nature. I started to see aspects of the different characters in myself and others around me. I am learning from this book. I am learning how much I am like Sansa, wanting to only see the best in others and in life, much to my detriment. I yearn to be as honorable and strong as others. Martin is making me think and forcing me to look at my own life and world with different eyes. I will probably be a bit of a different person when I leave this tale behind. A good story changes who we are, as it should be, we should always take something with us when we finish a story. On to the next book then perhaps a break from this world. I can only live with death and war for so long. I am going to need to be reading some fluff next month or risk ending up paranoid and seeing spies where ever I go…
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
An epic saga; the first book was stronger though.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Complicated
gimme more
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not as good at the first one but set up a lot for a storm of swords.
Cóż, ależ niespodzianka. 5 star.
Nie będę mówił zbytnio o książce, ale za to powiem co nie co o serialu. To jest niesamowite jak pewne sceny z serialu pomagają podczas czytania tej książki. Nie mówię tutaj o wiedzy co się stanie, tylko o dodanych scenach. Te pierwsze sezony były naprawdę fantastyczne.
Nie będę mówił zbytnio o książce, ale za to powiem co nie co o serialu. To jest niesamowite jak pewne sceny z serialu pomagają podczas czytania tej książki. Nie mówię tutaj o wiedzy co się stanie, tylko o dodanych scenach. Te pierwsze sezony były naprawdę fantastyczne.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced