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A review by msklm
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
3.0
I will give Mr. Martin his credit. In this book, he crafted a magnificent world of unimaginably detailed reality for these people. Every character has their unique voice, perspective, and drive (which is largely unknown, for the better). Never once did I feel this book fell out of itself and into some other story I have read in a fit of lacked imagination.
My only critique could be that it did not hold me as a reader as many other books have done. I love books of exceptional lengths, but I need to be able to live in those pages as I do, rather than be consciously aware that every page turn is getting me closer to the end. I believe this was due tot he slow pacing of the story, which needed and deserved the time it took to set up the world and the paradigms of power and war.
As of now, it's very iffy as to whether I will read the rest of the series, but I am glad to have this challenge of a read under my belt.
My only critique could be that it did not hold me as a reader as many other books have done. I love books of exceptional lengths, but I need to be able to live in those pages as I do, rather than be consciously aware that every page turn is getting me closer to the end. I believe this was due tot he slow pacing of the story, which needed and deserved the time it took to set up the world and the paradigms of power and war.
As of now, it's very iffy as to whether I will read the rest of the series, but I am glad to have this challenge of a read under my belt.