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A Clash of Kings started off slowly for me. The prologue was extremely long and included more new characters (to add to the cast of hundreds). The events of the previous book have led Stannis Baratheon to plot his quest for the crown.
In the sky, a red comet heralds things to come. Each side uses the sighting of the comet to predict their ascent to the throne. You can be assured that there are way too many kings and that situation can’t last long. There will be blood. There will be war. The ...more
A Clash of Kings started off slowly for me. The prologue was extremely long and included more new characters (to add to the cast of hundreds). The events of the previous book have led Stannis Baratheon to plot his quest for the crown.
In the sky, a red comet heralds things to come. Each side uses the sighting of the comet to predict their ascent to the throne. You can be assured that there are way too many kings and that situation can’t last long. There will be blood. There will be war. The ...more

First and foremost I am glad it didn't take me as long as A Game of Thrones which I had started to read perhaps two years ago if not more and only finished this August.
I adore ASOIAF, I love it. It's hard going, it's a meaty, heavy book which throws you this way and that. This book was a lot of set up, in my opinion, half of it was tying up the loose ends created by the first book. I think GRRM is deliciously evil with his use of cliff hangars on chapters and things happening out of the blue. S ...more
I adore ASOIAF, I love it. It's hard going, it's a meaty, heavy book which throws you this way and that. This book was a lot of set up, in my opinion, half of it was tying up the loose ends created by the first book. I think GRRM is deliciously evil with his use of cliff hangars on chapters and things happening out of the blue. S ...more

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