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Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
4.0
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Set centuries before Game of Thrones, โFire and Bloodโ is a pseudo-scholarly account detailing the history and ascendancy of the Targaryenโs in Westeros, from Aegon the Conquerer up until the infamous civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, which nearly tore their dynasty apart.
As a disclaimer, I LOVE โGame of Thronesโ. However, on learning that this book was written in the context of a โhistory bookโ rather than an actual story, I wasnโt that enthused to buy it. But after watching House of the Dragon and refusing to wait 2 years to find out what happens, I gave it a go and Iโm so glad I did.
Despite being written as a history book, which I could easily see becoming quite dry, it was the exact opposite. It was completely engaging, and a masterpiece of how to build a fantasy world. Some of the characters in these histories have become my favourites in the GoT universe too, and unequivocally supports some of the references about the Targaryenโs in GoT- thereโs a famous quote saying โ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ George RR Martin has provided incredible, fully fleshed drama which lives up to that statement, with a breadth of characters that keeps the coin flipping and provides some fantastic tales. The writing is captivating and at times poetic, and generally didnโt feel like a 700 page book.
The only thing holding it back from a 5โญ๏ธ rating was the fact it was probably a few chapters too long- I was completely invested in the story up until the end of the Dance of the Dragons, but the last few chapters just didnโt interest me as much in terms of the story, and seemed a little tacked on at the end.
Set centuries before Game of Thrones, โFire and Bloodโ is a pseudo-scholarly account detailing the history and ascendancy of the Targaryenโs in Westeros, from Aegon the Conquerer up until the infamous civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, which nearly tore their dynasty apart.
As a disclaimer, I LOVE โGame of Thronesโ. However, on learning that this book was written in the context of a โhistory bookโ rather than an actual story, I wasnโt that enthused to buy it. But after watching House of the Dragon and refusing to wait 2 years to find out what happens, I gave it a go and Iโm so glad I did.
Despite being written as a history book, which I could easily see becoming quite dry, it was the exact opposite. It was completely engaging, and a masterpiece of how to build a fantasy world. Some of the characters in these histories have become my favourites in the GoT universe too, and unequivocally supports some of the references about the Targaryenโs in GoT- thereโs a famous quote saying โ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ George RR Martin has provided incredible, fully fleshed drama which lives up to that statement, with a breadth of characters that keeps the coin flipping and provides some fantastic tales. The writing is captivating and at times poetic, and generally didnโt feel like a 700 page book.
The only thing holding it back from a 5โญ๏ธ rating was the fact it was probably a few chapters too long- I was completely invested in the story up until the end of the Dance of the Dragons, but the last few chapters just didnโt interest me as much in terms of the story, and seemed a little tacked on at the end.