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A Guerra dos Tronos by George R.R. Martin

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leasasaa's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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

4.5

pw1309's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark

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

4.0

I am not inclined to give books a 4/5 that is a big score for me. But this book is masterful. The way characters talk is gripping and exciting, the politics in this book are unmatched by anything i have ever read, watched or heard only maybe matched by real life absurdity of politics. The only reason i didnt give this book a 5/5 is because of the fact that the HBO series was still good at adapting the material given by the book. I am excited to read the next books and cant imagine the quality will fall off because of the amount of good things i have heard about the books.

jana_banana_'s review against another edition

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2.0

Idk how i even finished it...

eyreickson's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

5.0

phaedraismyusername's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was my first time rereading this series and what stands out the most is how much more dread I felt everytime a character did something that I knew was sealing their fate lol.

While I don't think it's a controversial opinion to say not everything about these books has aged well, for me at least, it's pretty undeniable that GRRM is an expert at the political plotting and the time and places he chooses to reveal or hint at what's going on out of sight. In this one for example picking up on the hints about

Jon Arryns poisoner and who tried to kill Bran, and how they are tied together

was incredibly satisfying to spot the second time around.

I'm looking forward to the next book and hoping with fingers crossed that the Winds of Winter is released before I need to reread them again lol

flamepea's review against another edition

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3.0

2024 review-
2.5 stars
Well my memory is not as accurate as 2019 but progressing more throughout the series I am not interested in super dense fantasy that constantly depicts rape scenes every five seconds for the argument of "realism" I think I am going to stick to well written feminist fantasy. I did enjoy it a lot at the time - you can tell by my latter review and it was a good stepping point into the high fantasy world but I now have found a different place now.

2019 review-
Where to start with this phenomenal book? I know you’ve probably heard it all before but I cannot emphasise how much I was missing out on! I was originally quite intimidated by the series as I heard it was too hard to follow and I’m known to randomly forget things.

But in fact it was quite the opposite, the first few page I was sucked into a magical realm that was impossible to leave. Yes, of course I did get characters confused a few times as there were a few double ups of characters with the same names. I understand that it’s an immensely filled world but I feel like clarifying e.g John the 6th or whatever would’ve clarified things since even with surnames included there was bound to be another. Holy shit I was waiting for Daenery’s rise and I was not disappointed! It was built up and foreshadowed throughout the books perfectly but still left me completely shocked after reading the ending. Can we just talk about George Martin’s writing? There is just something so great about his writing that sweeps anyone away to his fictional world, his writing is so vivid I cannot put it in words. The betrayals, I can only imagine what the next book is going to be like there are so many twists that shocked me and I had to reread if it really happened! All the characters were written so well my favourite characters have to be (so far) Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark and Jon Snow. The only reason I am not rating this five stars as of the naming issues, general confusion occasionally and being a slow written book.