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I have to give it five starts because once I was well and truly caught by the story, I couldn't put it down. At first I was taken aback when it seemed that almost all of the protagonists were children, but before long I was completely swept up into their lives. Like most fantasies, there are a host of characters, and the chapters alternate narrators--at the end of each chapter, the viewpoint switches to another character, and their thread of the story is picked up. So you read one chapter to its
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I was nervous about starting this much- lauded series. As yet, the modern fantasy novels that everyone proclaims as 'the best book yet' have failed to impress me: Dan Brown's series, The Twilight Saga, Christopher Paolini's Eragon and Philip Pullman's Dark chronicles. I found them all over- rated and predictable and have not completed any of the above series.
I was pleasantly surprised by this first book, I found it to be original with no central romance no clear 'good' vs 'bad' character and mul ...more
I was pleasantly surprised by this first book, I found it to be original with no central romance no clear 'good' vs 'bad' character and mul ...more
It's hard to know how many stars I would have given this, had I not known all the characters and the plots from the tv-series. Maybe it would have been full 5 stars, and I am still tempted to give it just that. But I won't for two reasons: 1) Robb is not a POV character, and I'd love to get inside his head. 2) So many books, characters, plots, twists and turns are still to happen in future books, so I can't give this book a full five stars already. What if the next book is better?
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This is certainly a new leap for me in the fantasy genre. It's more modern in flavor than The Lord of the Rings but in some ways is more realistic. There is enough spellcasting and mystery to make it mystical, but enough war and intrigue to make it interpersonally interesting. I am curious to see where the rest of the series will go, although be prepared for a lot of reading... this book alone is nearly 700 pages!
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