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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
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
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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L'histoire des Targaryens qui commence 300 ans avant le début du trône de fer. Tout commence avec l'arrivée d'Aegon le conquérant et de ses deux épouses, et soeurs, en Westeros, avec leurs formidables dragons. Puis, Aegon se met en tête de conquérir les sept royaumes pour les unifier sous sa couronne. On a, bien sûr, aussi des problèmes de succession et, cerise sur le gâteau, des affrontements de dragons.
J'avais commencé à visionner la série "House of the dragon (La maison des dragons)" et comme je trouvais que la série promettait beaucoup, mais ne livrait pas la marchandise (à ce moment-là), j'ai décidé de me mettre à lire le livre.
Le livre est très intéressant, car l'on suit les différents successeurs sur le trône, les problèmes de succession et les conflits résultants, incluant des combats de dragons.
Par contre, le choix de l'auteur de raconter avec le style d'un historien de l'époque diminue beaucoup l'émotion à la lecture. Le livre, malgré tout, nous emporte surtout quand on arrive au conflit entre les deux reines et à leur guerre avec des dragons.
Les dragons deviennent aussi des personnages à part entière de l'histoire. Ah ! le colossal Balerion, la formidable Vhagar et la courageuse Meleys, entre autres.
J'ai beaucoup aimé, malgré la déception due au style.
L'histoire des Targaryens qui commence 300 ans avant le début du trône de fer. Tout commence avec l'arrivée d'Aegon le conquérant et de ses deux épouses, et soeurs, en Westeros, avec leurs formidables dragons. Puis, Aegon se met en tête de conquérir les sept royaumes pour les unifier sous sa couronne. On a, bien sûr, aussi des problèmes de succession et, cerise sur le gâteau, des affrontements de dragons.
J'avais commencé à visionner la série "House of the dragon (La maison des dragons)" et comme je trouvais que la série promettait beaucoup, mais ne livrait pas la marchandise (à ce moment-là), j'ai décidé de me mettre à lire le livre.
Le livre est très intéressant, car l'on suit les différents successeurs sur le trône, les problèmes de succession et les conflits résultants, incluant des combats de dragons.
Par contre, le choix de l'auteur de raconter avec le style d'un historien de l'époque diminue beaucoup l'émotion à la lecture. Le livre, malgré tout, nous emporte surtout quand on arrive au conflit entre les deux reines et à leur guerre avec des dragons.
Les dragons deviennent aussi des personnages à part entière de l'histoire. Ah ! le colossal Balerion, la formidable Vhagar et la courageuse Meleys, entre autres.
J'ai beaucoup aimé, malgré la déception due au style.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅”
Set centuries before Game of Thrones, ‘Fire and Blood’ is a pseudo-scholarly account detailing the history and ascendancy of the Targaryen’s in Westeros, from Aegon the Conquerer up until the infamous civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, which nearly tore their dynasty apart.
As a disclaimer, I LOVE ‘Game of Thrones’. However, on learning that this book was written in the context of a ‘history book’ rather than an actual story, I wasn’t that enthused to buy it. But after watching House of the Dragon and refusing to wait 2 years to find out what happens, I gave it a go and I’m so glad I did.
Despite being written as a history book, which I could easily see becoming quite dry, it was the exact opposite. It was completely engaging, and a masterpiece of how to build a fantasy world. Some of the characters in these histories have become my favourites in the GoT universe too, and unequivocally supports some of the references about the Targaryen’s in GoT- there’s a famous quote saying “𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘢𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.” George RR Martin has provided incredible, fully fleshed drama which lives up to that statement, with a breadth of characters that keeps the coin flipping and provides some fantastic tales. The writing is captivating and at times poetic, and generally didn’t feel like a 700 page book.
The only thing holding it back from a 5⭐️ rating was the fact it was probably a few chapters too long- I was completely invested in the story up until the end of the Dance of the Dragons, but the last few chapters just didn’t interest me as much in terms of the story, and seemed a little tacked on at the end.
Set centuries before Game of Thrones, ‘Fire and Blood’ is a pseudo-scholarly account detailing the history and ascendancy of the Targaryen’s in Westeros, from Aegon the Conquerer up until the infamous civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, which nearly tore their dynasty apart.
As a disclaimer, I LOVE ‘Game of Thrones’. However, on learning that this book was written in the context of a ‘history book’ rather than an actual story, I wasn’t that enthused to buy it. But after watching House of the Dragon and refusing to wait 2 years to find out what happens, I gave it a go and I’m so glad I did.
Despite being written as a history book, which I could easily see becoming quite dry, it was the exact opposite. It was completely engaging, and a masterpiece of how to build a fantasy world. Some of the characters in these histories have become my favourites in the GoT universe too, and unequivocally supports some of the references about the Targaryen’s in GoT- there’s a famous quote saying “𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘢𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.” George RR Martin has provided incredible, fully fleshed drama which lives up to that statement, with a breadth of characters that keeps the coin flipping and provides some fantastic tales. The writing is captivating and at times poetic, and generally didn’t feel like a 700 page book.
The only thing holding it back from a 5⭐️ rating was the fact it was probably a few chapters too long- I was completely invested in the story up until the end of the Dance of the Dragons, but the last few chapters just didn’t interest me as much in terms of the story, and seemed a little tacked on at the end.
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes