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Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

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searsanne's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

theevampyre's review against another edition

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dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

carterike's review against another edition

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4.0

A historical account of the Targaryen dynasty from Aegon the Conqueror to Aegon III. The book does a great job at portraying itself as a historical document wrote by a maester in universe. The Dance of the Dragon sections were most interesting to me because of the various perspectives it draws from. Mushroom’s accounts kept this from being a very dry read.

schillingggg's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.75

immornatalie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

stuffhanreads's review against another edition

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5.0

First off, I decided to read Fire & Blood for a pretty simple reason. With the show House of the Dragon starting to release an episode a week, I thought it would be a good idea to get to grips with House Targaryen’s vibrant history.

If I’m being honest I knew nothing about the Targaryens apart from the obvious, meaning Aegon and his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys. As well as more present day with the Mad King Aerys, his son Rhaegar and Robert’s Rebellion. I was very interested in learning though.

I wasn’t disappointed at all, in fact I’m really impressed. Imagine spending so much time thinking up the history of a house in your fictional world, that’s amazing. And for the majority I really enjoyed this book, I’ve seen people say it reads like a history book. But that’s the whole point, it is a history book. A very detailed history book might I add.

In the main story we do hear small clips about the Targaryens of the past but it isn’t much. I was especially interested to learn about Alysanne Targaryen, otherwise known as “Good Queen Alysanne” and her husband King Jaehaerys. I wasn’t disappointed, they brought a level of peace to Westeros that I doubt will ever be seen again, especially with the Lannisters currently in charge in Kings Landing.