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A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

13 reviews

river24's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

5/5
This is a beast of a book!
It’s won its place as my favourite book in the series so far (this is the third) because it was so incredibly captivating from start to finish.
The writing is always so detailed and beautiful, I’m in awe of it !! I think it’s my absolute favourite writing style. The world is so rich and plentiful and I love discovering more and more of it.
There were so many twists and turns, every time you thought things would settle down again another twist struck you in the back of the head (in the best way possible)!!
I discovered a new all-time favourite fight scene in this book, it was written perfectly and was very emotive and powerful, too.
One of my favourite characters finally got a POV ! The characters are always so complex and fleshed out, with ever-changing morals and motivations. One of my favourite aspects of this book was the unexpected friendships and unlikely alliances of certain characters, seeing those unique dynamics was incredible.
I also loved learning more world and family history (I’m a big nerd for all aspects of world-building)
Every inch of this story was jam-packed with action and intrigue and I adored it!! It was very hefty (weighing in at almost 1200 pages!) but 100% worth it :))
Some of my favourite quotes were; ‘We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.’ ‘We look up at the same stars and see such different things.’
As a disclaimer, I do want to say that there’s obviously a lot you have to overlook in order to enjoy game of thrones and I completely understand that some people just aren’t able to do that. Please check trigger warnings before you read !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

alerasaul0's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 The saving grace, for me, in this book is the addition of Jaime Lannister as a POV character. GRRM has in interviews said several times how he likes to explore the themes of good and evil within the individual, he does this perfectly with Jaime. You start off thinking I knew it! he is a complete arrogant jerkwad with no redeeming qualities. Then he does some things and he is really quite witty and funny all the things you found so endearing in Tyrion too. Then it happens, you feel for him and you care for him. I can literally pin point the moment he became my favorite character SPOILERS (though out of context spoilers so it is very very minimal) "Sometimes he even wept, until he heard the Mummers laughing. Then he made his heart go dead and prayed for his fever to burn away his tears. Now I know how Tyrion has felt all those times they laughed at him." I would share more of that story but it actually makes me cry it's so sad. I loved him before I even knew about anything else, and you learn a lot from him 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

coea04's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Best book in the whole series, so much action involving the characters and their growth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism and Suicide