A review by essorens
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

This book pissed me off more than the last 500+ page book I read about a bunch of men. This book took rape way too casually for how often the author was obsessed with talking about it. Basically any sex/sexual descriptions with women involved was low key weird and gross. Also I’ll never forgive Tywin for murdering that Inn Keeper. The fact that death mattered more to me than most of the others shows how annoying I found almost every character. I want to know what happens with Jon Snow/zombies/winter etc and kind of want to know what happens after Daenerys breast feeds dragons. Other than that I think Arya is the only likeable character…I guess Tyrion is enjoyable as well…and I could do without 50% of the plot. Damn. Didn’t think I’d hate this book and yet here we are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism