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amyvl93 's review for:
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
by George R.R. Martin
Spoilers for A Game of Thrones & A Clash of Kings
It has been almost a year since I read the second installment of the Song of Ice & Fire series, but fortunately the HBO series helped me remember exactly where we left the characters. Joffrey remains King, and Robb Stark also retains a large army in the North. Stannis Baratheon, Joffrey's uncle, apparently ruling alongside Melisandre is also proving difficult and the destruction of Winterfell by Theon Greyjoy suggests yet another contender for the Iron Throne.
After not being as much of a fan of A Clash of Kings this first part of A Storm of Swords had me hooked. Told from the perspectives of Catelyn Stark, Sansa Stark Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Danerys Targareyn, Jon Snow and Ser Davos; in addition to Samwell Tarly on the Wall and Jamie Lannister-freed to try and return Arya and Sansa to the North, as Catelyn believes Bran and Rickon to be dead; the novel is fast paced with plenty of action and the chopping and changing of factions throughout the kingdom.
Tyrion, replaced as the Hand by his father (urgh), remains one of my favourite characters-as does Catelyn who shows that female characters can be both strong and still have weaknesses. Arya also looks poised to develop into a really fantastic character as her story progresses. It was also interesting to sometimes see the youth of the characters involved; Robb falling in love and breaking an integral alliance, Sansa's dreams of a wedding to a handsome knight being stirred again. Whilst there were some aspects of the novel that dragged; some of Arya's travelling and Jamie & Brienne's journey to King's Landing did occasionally overstay their welcome; the majority of the novel was strong. I will admit that Danerys section remains a part that I could perhaps do without-it seemed very slow-burning.
I definitely enjoyed this novel, and the HBO series has made me eager to pick up the other half sharpish.
It has been almost a year since I read the second installment of the Song of Ice & Fire series, but fortunately the HBO series helped me remember exactly where we left the characters. Joffrey remains King, and Robb Stark also retains a large army in the North. Stannis Baratheon, Joffrey's uncle, apparently ruling alongside Melisandre is also proving difficult and the destruction of Winterfell by Theon Greyjoy suggests yet another contender for the Iron Throne.
After not being as much of a fan of A Clash of Kings this first part of A Storm of Swords had me hooked. Told from the perspectives of Catelyn Stark, Sansa Stark Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Danerys Targareyn, Jon Snow and Ser Davos; in addition to Samwell Tarly on the Wall and Jamie Lannister-freed to try and return Arya and Sansa to the North, as Catelyn believes Bran and Rickon to be dead; the novel is fast paced with plenty of action and the chopping and changing of factions throughout the kingdom.
Tyrion, replaced as the Hand by his father (urgh), remains one of my favourite characters-as does Catelyn who shows that female characters can be both strong and still have weaknesses. Arya also looks poised to develop into a really fantastic character as her story progresses. It was also interesting to sometimes see the youth of the characters involved; Robb falling in love and breaking an integral alliance, Sansa's dreams of a wedding to a handsome knight being stirred again. Whilst there were some aspects of the novel that dragged; some of Arya's travelling and Jamie & Brienne's journey to King's Landing did occasionally overstay their welcome; the majority of the novel was strong. I will admit that Danerys section remains a part that I could perhaps do without-it seemed very slow-burning.
I definitely enjoyed this novel, and the HBO series has made me eager to pick up the other half sharpish.