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Sooooooo intense, I was more than a little heartbroken for a lot of this book, but when it ended, I found myself looking around for the next book (which I don't have) with hope. I can see now why this series is so popular, and I plan to read the other books now, too.
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There's a lot going on in this book so it's not easy to summarize. Robert Baratheon king of the seven kingdoms travels to Winterfell and enlists Ned Stark to be hand of the king. Meanwhile the two remaining taergearyns, whose father was the former king, are teaming up with the dothrakis across the bitter sea to reclaim the throne. I enjoyed this book but it's very dense and it took a really long time to finish it. I definitely want to know what happens to the characters so I am going to continue
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Thoughts to come. So many feelings....
This books is a great start to the series. it sets everything up well, but like some fantasy books I have read, does not leave me turning a page and finding the end of a half complete book. I hate when cliffhangers happen AND there is no story resolution within that book. Game of Thrones delivers on this aspect.
I actually had a little video of myself with all of my **many spoilery feelings** which is as of yet unedited.
I have some issues with the character ...more
This books is a great start to the series. it sets everything up well, but like some fantasy books I have read, does not leave me turning a page and finding the end of a half complete book. I hate when cliffhangers happen AND there is no story resolution within that book. Game of Thrones delivers on this aspect.
I actually had a little video of myself with all of my **many spoilery feelings** which is as of yet unedited.
I have some issues with the character ...more
The reader for the 30+ hour audiobook did an excellent job reading for all the different characters and helping me keep them straight while listening to this book. I have found that I much prefer these sorts of battle-rich fantasy novels in audio format (see also Eragon et seq., which is way worse than this one in terms of overwritten language). Generally, I didn't find the plot of this book particularly original, but at least a few of the characters were interesting enough for me to care what h
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I was introduced to this series by the HBO series based on the books. I honestly never would have picked up this book if it hadn’t been for the HBO series. Fantasy is just not one of my usual genres.
I did enjoy Game of Thrones and mostly enjoyed Martin’s writing, although at times, it did seem a bit simplistic. It is hard for me to truly judge the book because it ties so closely with the t.v. series. They really did an incredible job at converting the book to screen. Maybe even too good of a job ...more
I did enjoy Game of Thrones and mostly enjoyed Martin’s writing, although at times, it did seem a bit simplistic. It is hard for me to truly judge the book because it ties so closely with the t.v. series. They really did an incredible job at converting the book to screen. Maybe even too good of a job ...more
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Dec 20, 2012
Dave
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