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A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire #3.2)
Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin's superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings leave...more
Paperback, 607 pages
Published
2011
by Voyager
(first published 2000)
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This is the ending that book three should have had. The first half, A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow, just wasn't strong enough to stand on its own. But that's okay as the second half more than makes up for it. From the off, there are bodies. Not just secondary characters either, but people we thought were going to be key players in The Game.
A number of characters get built out a lot more as well. Jamie continues his transition to three-dimensions with the start of a conscience. Stannis starts...more
A number of characters get built out a lot more as well. Jamie continues his transition to three-dimensions with the start of a conscience. Stannis starts...more
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AT LAST I SEE THE LIGHT!
Allow me to finally applaud you, George R.R. Martin without apprehension or dissatisfaction, without a hint of weariness or disappointment. Allow me to finally pass beyond the "I want to love it, but I don't" into "I was swept away by fire and ice and I ascend now as a different woman".
My favourite things about this book:
1) Jon Snow's every move (the light of my heart)
2) Jaime's journey to discover morals, honor and true love
Now, I can't tell you what it was about this i...more
Allow me to finally applaud you, George R.R. Martin without apprehension or dissatisfaction, without a hint of weariness or disappointment. Allow me to finally pass beyond the "I want to love it, but I don't" into "I was swept away by fire and ice and I ascend now as a different woman".
My favourite things about this book:
1) Jon Snow's every move (the light of my heart)
2) Jaime's journey to discover morals, honor and true love
Now, I can't tell you what it was about this i...more
Chapeau Mr. Martin, you wrote another brilliant book and I love it as no other book in this series so far. It's almost impossible to give a non-spoilerish review and everything I've said about this series before also counts for this book: great writing, twists and turns, unpredictable, an enormous amount of characters and confusing background stories and it is very very captivating.
What can I say?! You know while reading that something is going to happen, but most of the time you have no idea ho...more
What can I say?! You know while reading that something is going to happen, but most of the time you have no idea ho...more
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My favourite book of the series so far! I will not ruin it for anybody, but this book turned me into an emotional reck in the best and worse possible ways. It gave me moments were I found myself jumping round like a child who actually did get a pony for christmas, moments when I bawled like a baby and finally, moments when I was yelling my head off, threatening to never read another page and swearing like a banshee. This series needs to form part of everyone's life - it is so unpredictable and e...more
I loved and hated this book. Because (view spoiler)
Because there were so few Daenerys chapters, and they were wonderful. I thought she was being a little crappy when she (view spoiler) That was low.
The ending was so epic ! I do not mean the epilogue by that, which was unexpected, but th...more
Because there were so few Daenerys chapters, and they were wonderful. I thought she was being a little crappy when she (view spoiler) That was low.
The ending was so epic ! I do not mean the epilogue by that, which was unexpected, but th...more
I'm pretty thoroughly addicted to 'A Song of Ice and Fire' now, but I wish someone would find George RR Martin a decent editor. Part of the reason the books are so crazily long is the wealth of unnecessary detail. Some of it adds texture, but do we really need to know what Tyrion had for breakfast every day?
One result of the excessive length is that the focus moves so much that you forget key facts or lose interest in plot threads. There were some revelations at the end of this book that would h...more
One result of the excessive length is that the focus moves so much that you forget key facts or lose interest in plot threads. There were some revelations at the end of this book that would h...more
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Como já vai sendo normal, chego ao fim de mais um volume com mais perguntas que respostas.... E este é sem dúvida o melhor até agora. Definitivamente, Martin é um narrador exímio, um tecedor de histórias cujo magnífico trabalho é como uma teia, urdida com enorme mestria (e visível paixão) em que cada plano intriguista, cada gota de amor, cada espadeirada, cada beijo, cada fuga, cada morte...contribui para nos deixar mais enredados e prontos para ser devorados por uma saga com vida própria. Cada...more
A friend warned me that I would eventually get mad while reading this series but it took all the way until this book (the 4th book for all intensive purposes) before I really got upset. There are so many plots to follow and just as many twists and turns to the story - all woven together seamlessley and masterfully I might add - and I've trusted Martin with the directions he takes his characters. He is skilled at making you hate someone and gradually start to like or at least understand them, but...more
Aww what the hell!! I read the book before this and I definitely didn't like it. Not it the 'I-hate-it-it-should-never-should-have-been-written' way, but more like 'wow-but-no-thanx' kinda way. I was pretty sure I was never gonna read anybook in this series again, but here I am. Again, I abide by my words that it should not be read if you want entertainment pure and simple. It'll only give you a head ache. But you see I wanted something mind-strangling so I knew this book wouldn't disappoint. It...more
A Storm of Swords
2. Blood and Gold
by George R.R. Martin
The second part of the third book in the excellent 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series. 'A Game of Thrones' was the excellent, followed by 'A Clash of Kings' which wasn't as good, but still a great read. The bar was high, and the third book smashed it. Grabbing you by the throat, it doesn't let go, and it puts Martin up there with Tolkien.
Set in the harsh world of Westeros, which is kind of a medieval fantasy land, violence, bloodshed and tre...more
2. Blood and Gold
by George R.R. Martin
The second part of the third book in the excellent 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series. 'A Game of Thrones' was the excellent, followed by 'A Clash of Kings' which wasn't as good, but still a great read. The bar was high, and the third book smashed it. Grabbing you by the throat, it doesn't let go, and it puts Martin up there with Tolkien.
Set in the harsh world of Westeros, which is kind of a medieval fantasy land, violence, bloodshed and tre...more
Wow, just wow! Without any doubt the best part of the saga so far! It starts out as slow and dragging as the previous two parts… and then it becomes a real jaw-dropper!
So, where to begin?? There are simply too many terrific characters, storylines and moments in this book!!!
(view spoiler)...more
So, where to begin?? There are simply too many terrific characters, storylines and moments in this book!!!
(view spoiler)...more
I reserve some judgment for this 5th book based upon the outcome of the next one. i was under the impression that this would be the last in the series, and was incredibly frustrated when I found that most if not all of the stories were left unfinished. Again with the sex stuff, Mr. Martin really needs to figure out why he feels the strong urge to include this stuff in there when it really doesn't help to explain a character's motivations, attitudes, behaviors. It's like an old 80s movie with the...more
Oct 05, 2011
Shovelmonkey1
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who've read the rest of the series
Recommended to Shovelmonkey1 by:
books 1-3 demanded that the fourth was read
Do you remember that bit in the Scream movie where Stu Macher (played by Matthew Lillard), turns to all the other film geeks and sets out the now famed set of rules for surviving a horror film and making it into the sequel? (FYI those rules were: Never have sex. Do not drink and never say “i’ll be right back”)
Well someone should be writing a similar set of rules for the characters in the Song of Fire and Ice Series because, oh boy are these guys in trouble. Despite the numerous sellswords, hedge...more
Well someone should be writing a similar set of rules for the characters in the Song of Fire and Ice Series because, oh boy are these guys in trouble. Despite the numerous sellswords, hedge...more
Wow! This one's fraught with betrayal and unexpected lashings. Revenge for some and a promise of the story progressing faster in the next book. I've a lot of hope for the next. This one was definitely action packed.
I loved the closure a lot of the characters got and since I'm avoiding spoilers I cant mention which. Needless, to say my favourite characters remain Jaime and Tyrion. I hope to see them freed from the vicious onslaught that is Cersei. It would be nice for Arya or Sansa to come into t...more
I loved the closure a lot of the characters got and since I'm avoiding spoilers I cant mention which. Needless, to say my favourite characters remain Jaime and Tyrion. I hope to see them freed from the vicious onslaught that is Cersei. It would be nice for Arya or Sansa to come into t...more
This is hands down my favorite of A Song of Ice and Fire I've read so far. There's the Red Wedding, and the Moon Door, and so many other painful and crazy details that made this book the most memorable so far. We started out with many kings, but the crown seems deadly to anyone untrue. But that's exactly why I loved it. Even though our characters face the worst dangers and hurts yet, this is fast paced, exciting, life-changing for many of them and we finally get to see the potential of them all....more
This is by far my favourite book in the series! Although there were certainly some moments when I felt like lobbing it across the room in shock and anger (view spoiler) The action does really pick up and a few little loose ends from previous books are tied up nicely in the final chapters. There are definitely some standout moments throughout the book and the Queen of Thorns has certainly earned her...more
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Este é um livro praticamente perfeito para quem gosta de sentir as emoções à flor da pele. O enredo provoca uma miscelânea de sentimentos impossíveis de reprimir: as reviravoltas levam o leitor a desesperar perante tanta crueldade.
O autor desde o início da saga que revelou que não seria piedoso ao escolher o destino das suas personagens, mesmo das mais importantes, mas é neste volume que este facto toma proporções inimagináveis. Tanto per...more
Este é um livro praticamente perfeito para quem gosta de sentir as emoções à flor da pele. O enredo provoca uma miscelânea de sentimentos impossíveis de reprimir: as reviravoltas levam o leitor a desesperar perante tanta crueldade.
O autor desde o início da saga que revelou que não seria piedoso ao escolher o destino das suas personagens, mesmo das mais importantes, mas é neste volume que este facto toma proporções inimagináveis. Tanto per...more
Well that was fast, didn't think I'd finish this soon.
Anyway I like part 1 better but this does not mean there weren't great moments or it isn't a good book. It quite obviously is, otherwise i wouldn't have read it so fast.
Anyway Jon Snow and Arya are quickly settling themselves in their spot of favourite characters. However bad it seemed they pulled through. Arya has her sword back so i'm very happy.
Things aren't going south for them anymore. (pun intended)
Other than that, I found myself predic...more
Anyway I like part 1 better but this does not mean there weren't great moments or it isn't a good book. It quite obviously is, otherwise i wouldn't have read it so fast.
Anyway Jon Snow and Arya are quickly settling themselves in their spot of favourite characters. However bad it seemed they pulled through. Arya has her sword back so i'm very happy.
Things aren't going south for them anymore. (pun intended)
Other than that, I found myself predic...more
If Part 1: Steel and Snow was lacking somewhat, this more than made up for it. It's difficult to know where to start with a book so full of twists and turns, but so far in the series this has been my favourite. I felt like some things finally started to come together and make sense - things that have been hinted at previously, or obscured, came out into the open. After Steel and Snow, I was almost reluctant to pick up the next volume so soon, knowing how dense they are, but I'm extremely glad I...more
This will be a review of Storm of Swords 1 and 2 as a whole and besides one spoiler that I think people will enjoy Im going to try and be as unspoilery as possible. There are quite a lot of deaths of likable people in this book - two of them characters that have been quite important and that cut down our favourite family quite badly. One excellent death (spoiler) Joffrey yes finally that little weasel gets murdered becos that was the only way for that idiot to go - a natural death would have bee...more
I think I've said this before about this series of books: If you've not read the others then don't bother with this one, if you've read the others then you'll know exactly what the series of books are about and, if you've got this far, you'll probably enjoy this one too.
Essentially there's loads of characters and they all want to kill, usurp, manipulate of shag one another. There's so bloody many of them that any of them could get killed at any time, or nearly get killed and survive, or have sex...more
Essentially there's loads of characters and they all want to kill, usurp, manipulate of shag one another. There's so bloody many of them that any of them could get killed at any time, or nearly get killed and survive, or have sex...more
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The continuation of the Song of Fire and Ice reaches a kind of close. This is the end of the first half of the story, and as such shows a lot more finality than previous parts and, in general, feels like a more typical fantasy book for this conclusiveness.
In this book, there are two new things: Finality and Viewpoints. We're given some new people to see through the eyes of- purely because the little conflict in book one has escalated to a national schism and there are all sorts of inner problem...more
The continuation of the Song of Fire and Ice reaches a kind of close. This is the end of the first half of the story, and as such shows a lot more finality than previous parts and, in general, feels like a more typical fantasy book for this conclusiveness.
In this book, there are two new things: Finality and Viewpoints. We're given some new people to see through the eyes of- purely because the little conflict in book one has escalated to a national schism and there are all sorts of inner problem...more
Oh my bloody hell and fuck...
Dear George,
I have read A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, and A Storm of Swords one after another and in any spare moment over the last couple of months. As a result, I think that this reality is starting to take over. My emotional involvement in the lives of your characters is reaching an unhealthy depth, and your brutality with them is breaking my motherfucking heart. I just finished ASOS a moment ago, and said motherfucking heart is beating some serious drum an...more
Dear George,
I have read A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, and A Storm of Swords one after another and in any spare moment over the last couple of months. As a result, I think that this reality is starting to take over. My emotional involvement in the lives of your characters is reaching an unhealthy depth, and your brutality with them is breaking my motherfucking heart. I just finished ASOS a moment ago, and said motherfucking heart is beating some serious drum an...more
The more I read these books the more I warm to them. Now that I'm past the chronology of the TV show now so I am genuinely surprised by the countless turns these books take. If books one and two are build up this title is definitely the payoff. A few key scenes will cause grown men to weep like the little girls they are.
Unfortunately I suspect this system of heavy character building and stage setting followed by heavy climax will reset again with books four and five paving the way for an incred...more
Unfortunately I suspect this system of heavy character building and stage setting followed by heavy climax will reset again with books four and five paving the way for an incred...more
Put simply: wow.
This was by far one of the most eventful books I can recall reading EVER.
In my book reviews I usually describe a little of what the book is about and then say how I thought it was written etc. In this case, I cannot even begin to describe the plot of this book; for to do so would be to spoil the story.
Like the rest of the Song of Ice & Fire series, this is an immediate continuation of the books that came before it, and in Martin's excellent style, no effort is wasted reintro...more
This was by far one of the most eventful books I can recall reading EVER.
In my book reviews I usually describe a little of what the book is about and then say how I thought it was written etc. In this case, I cannot even begin to describe the plot of this book; for to do so would be to spoil the story.
Like the rest of the Song of Ice & Fire series, this is an immediate continuation of the books that came before it, and in Martin's excellent style, no effort is wasted reintro...more
Bloed en goud is de perfecte titel voor dit tweede deel van Een storm van zwaarden. Het bloed vloeit flink en het goud stroomt goed.
Het eerste deel van Een storm van zwaarden had al een stuk meer tempo dan de strijd der koningen, maar tot mijn grote verrassing bleek dit voor Martin nog maar de opzet te zijn van de razende vaart waarmee het verhaal zichzelf voortzet in dit boek.
De oorlog van de vijf koningen begint langzaam tot een einde te komen, maar de dreiging van de koning-achter-de-muur nee...more
Het eerste deel van Een storm van zwaarden had al een stuk meer tempo dan de strijd der koningen, maar tot mijn grote verrassing bleek dit voor Martin nog maar de opzet te zijn van de razende vaart waarmee het verhaal zichzelf voortzet in dit boek.
De oorlog van de vijf koningen begint langzaam tot een einde te komen, maar de dreiging van de koning-achter-de-muur nee...more
Tämä kirjasarja on addiktiivinen. Puoliso, kodin- ja lastenhoito alkoivat kummasti häiritä lukemiseen keskittymistä. Kun en ollut kirja käsissä, mietin koska taas pääsen lukemaan. Tätä ei meikäläiselle tapahdu usein, viimeksi kaiketi Sormusten herraa tai Pottereita kahlatessa nuorempana. Valtavan upea, mukaansa tempaava ja erinomaisen hienosti kirjoitettu tarina siis.
Henkilöhahmot alkavat syventyä mitä pidemmälle päästään. Kappalejako hahmon näkökulmaa vaihtaen toimii ratkaisuna hyvin, ja tuo h...more
Henkilöhahmot alkavat syventyä mitä pidemmälle päästään. Kappalejako hahmon näkökulmaa vaihtaen toimii ratkaisuna hyvin, ja tuo h...more
Apr 16, 2013
Reynje
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Okay. You know what time it is (besides 9.00 p.m. on a Tuesday night) - ASoIaF gif reaction time!
So, after an extended break after reading A Clash of Kings, it was time to jump into A Storm of Swords.
And everything was good.
.. Even the Davos chapters.
Until..
And though slightly spoiled for part of the story, I was entirely unprepared for the feels.
At first I was all, "This book is DEAD TO ME."
Then my grief became anger.
Then resignation..
And finally determination.
Until.. that en...more
Okay. You know what time it is (besides 9.00 p.m. on a Tuesday night) - ASoIaF gif reaction time!
So, after an extended break after reading A Clash of Kings, it was time to jump into A Storm of Swords.
And everything was good.
.. Even the Davos chapters.
Until..
And though slightly spoiled for part of the story, I was entirely unprepared for the feels.
At first I was all, "This book is DEAD TO ME."
Then my grief became anger.
Then resignation..
And finally determination.
Until.. that en...more
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George R. R. Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten.
Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies,...more
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Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies,...more
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“I am grateful, but...you were well away. Why come back?" A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. "I dreamed of you," he said.”
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