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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

George R.R. Martin

Start date: July 3, 2013

Finish date: July 31, 2013

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Apr 03, 2015 Trisha rated it liked it · review of another edition

"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."

I'd started this one a year ago, almost to the month, and stopped after being half way done. It's a daunting book, with a cast of characters that is massive and intertwined. I found that it's a book I need to devour quickly, in just a few sittings, getting through as many pages uninterrupted as possible. Because to put it down is to start losing all the connections and intricacies of the relationships, the sly wor ...more

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Mar 31, 2013 Michael rated it really liked it

Shelves: this-years-books

First and foremost it not original, it follows a bleak version of fantasy that been around for a very long time." A war of the Roses" where magic at this point in the book magic may, or may not be nothing more then stories.
Now that does not mean I did not enjoy. I did enjoy and will recommend it to people who have only watched the show.
I like the world that Mr Martin, has written and the charterers that he has set up for a long story. And I am not about to stop reading till the end. Sometime it ...more

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Apr 07, 2013 FlowerFairy rated it it was amazing

Audiobook. Revisiting old friends.

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May 10, 2012 Trisha rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

The novel was pretty good, but it read a little slow only because I had already watched the first season on DVD. I liked the series, so I was interested in reading the novel and was a little surprised that the novel and the show were almost identical, I mean right down to the dialogue. On one hand, its great that they stayed so faithful to the story, but on the other it made reading it a little boring because I already knew what was going to happen. Also, it is very easy to get bogged down by al ...more

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