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lizshayne 's review for:
A Song of Ice and Fire
by George R.R. Martin
This series has been on my to-read list for over five years, but I jus t never got around to it. With the tv show beginning, however, I knew I had to just sit down a nd read it. After all, I don't watch movies if I haven't read the books (assuming there's a remote chance I'll ever read the things) and I wasn't going to pass up a chance to watch Sean Bean act.
At any rate, I'm glad I finally bit the bullet and read the first book. The novels themselves are well plotted, with reasonably believable characters (I'll forgive the stilted dialogue; nobody's perfect) and, most importantly for me, I gained a much better understanding of how the last decade of fantasy has developed. Martin's emphasis on the humanity of his characters and story, and his obvious debt to the histories of the European nations, England in particular, comes out in this novel and makes me look forward to the rest of the series. And, since the book is well written enough and rarely slides into either purple prose or bad writing, I have no complaints.
Definitely worth picking up, especially with the reward of Sean Bean at the end. How come there aren't any sex scenes with him?
At any rate, I'm glad I finally bit the bullet and read the first book. The novels themselves are well plotted, with reasonably believable characters (I'll forgive the stilted dialogue; nobody's perfect) and, most importantly for me, I gained a much better understanding of how the last decade of fantasy has developed. Martin's emphasis on the humanity of his characters and story, and his obvious debt to the histories of the European nations, England in particular, comes out in this novel and makes me look forward to the rest of the series. And, since the book is well written enough and rarely slides into either purple prose or bad writing, I have no complaints.
Definitely worth picking up, especially with the reward of Sean Bean at the end. How come there aren't any sex scenes with him?