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A review by carlacbarroso
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
5.0
It got me from start to finish, though the story was told different from what I'm used to. Each chapter is told following a different character, which could be confusing. But is not. The author has a great ability of developing the most different characters, as well as their stories, not letting the reader be lost in its threads. The reader always knows where he stands (even with three threads of story that are, however, linked), with whom he is and what he may expect from that chapter.
So, we have a civil war between the various Houses of the Seven Kingdoms. This line of story is the most developed, not only because of the multiple characters that we follow through the chapters are involved in it but also for giving us the background history of Westeros.
Then we follow the story of Daenerys, the last survivor of the Targaryen House, which unified and reigned the Seven Kingdoms before being over-throned. She has the most interesting chapters and also presents us one of the fantasy components of the story, the dragons.
At last, we have the Wall. Is the less developed thread of story, in my opinion, but you can see it will be of great importance. It also has a fantasy component, presenting us to the Others and their powers.
Being this the first book of a series, I can't help but try to guess what's coming. I think it's curious the series being called A Song of Ice and Fire and the fantasy components of the series being made of this two elements: Ice, as the Others are creatures of the cold, of the Winter; and Fire, of dragons, symbol of the only House able to unify the Seven Kingdoms and, eventually, the only weapon against the Winter that is coming. I can't help thinking that in the end there'll be a battle between Others and Dragons, with the Seven Kingdoms in the middle.
A series to follow. I recommend it to Tolkien lovers. Though they're different from each other, Martin and Tolkien were able to make me want to know more of the worlds they created.
So, we have a civil war between the various Houses of the Seven Kingdoms. This line of story is the most developed, not only because of the multiple characters that we follow through the chapters are involved in it but also for giving us the background history of Westeros.
Then we follow the story of Daenerys, the last survivor of the Targaryen House, which unified and reigned the Seven Kingdoms before being over-throned. She has the most interesting chapters and also presents us one of the fantasy components of the story, the dragons.
At last, we have the Wall. Is the less developed thread of story, in my opinion, but you can see it will be of great importance. It also has a fantasy component, presenting us to the Others and their powers.
Being this the first book of a series, I can't help but try to guess what's coming. I think it's curious the series being called A Song of Ice and Fire and the fantasy components of the series being made of this two elements: Ice, as the Others are creatures of the cold, of the Winter; and Fire, of dragons, symbol of the only House able to unify the Seven Kingdoms and, eventually, the only weapon against the Winter that is coming. I can't help thinking that in the end there'll be a battle between Others and Dragons, with the Seven Kingdoms in the middle.
A series to follow. I recommend it to Tolkien lovers. Though they're different from each other, Martin and Tolkien were able to make me want to know more of the worlds they created.