A Clash of Kings By George R.R. Martin - Restarting January 1st 2019

[Raghad]

chapters 21-25
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i don't get how Renly thought his brother will let him have the throne. has he met his brother? and now he attacked him.
Cately saying ' is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman?' about Brienne pisses me off and disappoint me that Catelyn thinks that with all the shit she is in. Brienne became a knight in this world. that must have been very hard. i think she is the only female knight we know.

caster sleep with his daughters and have only baby girls and kill the boys. okay. why they don't just kill him. he is old and they are a lot .and now Jon will try and help Gilly and get himself in trouble

Asha literally has taken an axe for a husband. but that is her little brother. why did she do that with him. so much incest in those chapters.

Pycelle backstabbed everyone. even Aerys.
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[Ashleigh]

Chapters 41-45

(view spoiler)[As disgusting as it is, I'm loving the fact that someone threw dung at Joffrey and got him in the face with it. Take that, you shitbag!

Qhorin Halfhand sounds badass!

Oh Varys' story about how he became an eunuch was awful. This series truly is full of horror and despair!

It's crazy how everyone thinks Tyrion is the worst Lannister of all, and he's actually the most kindhearted one of them all.

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[Ashleigh]

Chapters 46-48

(view spoiler)[Oh Theon, how could you?? All to impress your father that clearly doesn't give two shits about you. Robb was your friend, and you've seized his castle and taken his brothers as hostages. Oh and why did you have your men beat Hodor? Hodor, as I've said before, is one of the few good people in this series and he doesn't deserve any harm!

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[Raghad]

chapters 26-30
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some one please kill Gregor Clegane.

why the Qartheen wanted to crown her queen? she has no army or gold. is it because of the dragons? cause the dothraki wanted to pillage the Qartheen.

why cersi always has to have sex with a family member. can't she find a guy not related to her.

i hope she whisper clegane name next.

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[Raghad]

chapters 31-40
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joffery beating sansa and undressing her in front all those people was fucking cruel. no one did anything. she is what 13

Renly is dead. one king down three to go!

jon following his wolf in the night with no one there when he knows there is zombies was stupid.

really weese! at least she realized how stupid it was to waste one of her death wishes on weese.

i don't like Dany that much.

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[Ashleigh]

Chapters 49-55

(view spoiler)[Well Theon, looks like you couldn't even keep the two boys hostage. You done fucked up this time!

Ahh and here is Ygritte. Was Jon right to spare her life? Hmm..

Ser Dontos gives me the creeps. I understand that he's Sansa's only hope of escape at the moment, but he's a tad creepy. And she's still a child! Like 12/13 years old! And he insists on a kiss before she goes back to bed. Dude, stop.

Is Jon Snow a warg too? It seems like he was warging into Ghost in his dream, just like Bran did with Summer.

Oh no. Theon, you haven't, have you?

I love the reveal of Cersei thinking she has Tyrion's 'whore' captive, and then Tyrion going back to his room and it being revealed that they had the wrong woman.

Oh poor Catelyn. This chapter is breaking my heart! Although, I did like the scene between Catelyn and Jaime. It's interesting that Jaime is such a big part of the story, but we've had very few interactions with him over the course of the 2 books.

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[Ashleigh]

Chapters 56-60

(view spoiler)[Did Theon honestly think people were gonna be chill with him murdering two young boys? Really??? But of course, it wasn't actually the princes. It was two young boys that were of similar ages.

I don't really care for Davos' chapters. He's not a character I particularly like or relate to, and the battles aren't my favourite either. Personal preference. I prefer the political backstabbing to the actual fighting. But wildfire though!

I liked the lines that Tyrion and the Hound said in the TV show better than the actual lines in the book. The Hound is all 'fuck this, fuck that, fuck the King, I'm out of here' and Tyrion says something about there being good men knocking on the door of their city, let's go kill them. But this chapter was still gripping and action-packed.

Controversial opinion: I love Cersei. She's such a complex character, usually with all the best dialogue. I love her. I love her showing her true colours to Sansa.

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[Ashleigh]

Chapters 61-65

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Another fighting scene, which you know, I'm not so keen on.

I've said it once and I'll say it again, Ser Dontos creeps me out! I think Sansa should have escaped with the Hound. I think he would have kept her safe.

Arya's so badass, isn't she? I love how she's not frightened to do what it takes to survive.

Oh I bet Sansa is pleased she's free from marrying Joffrey. But she's far from free just yet!

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[Ashleigh]

Chapters 66-69

(view spoiler)[Fucking Theon Greyjoy, man! Fuck him!!! You're gonna get what you deserve now!

Oh, Tyrion's got some nasty facial injuries, hasn't he? Oh dear.

You see, Jon, you probably should have killed Ygritte, then you wouldn't have had to 'deflect' to the Wildlings and then Qhorin would still be alive!!

Ahhh Maester Luwin! RIP! Genius of them to hide in the crypts, but also risky!

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[Tiera]

Ashleigh wrote: "Chapters 61-65 (view spoiler)[



Another fighting scene, which you know, I'm not so keen on.

I've said it once and I'll say it again, Ser Dontos creeps me out! I think Sansa should have escaped with the Hound. ..." (hide spoiler)]


(view spoiler)[ Yes Arya is a Bad A now.. seems so sad she has had to do so much while still so young... but doesn't put up with no crap that's for sure.
And Sansa may be free of Jeof but really that was keeping her safe too so I hope she doesn't end up out of the pot into the fire. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

Tiera wrote: "This wasn't our series read but are we going to go ahead and continue? I'm not planning on starting book 3 for a while at least until yall get caught up I think. I have some other buddy reads I can..."

Are you still wanting to do book 3? I'm eager to jump on it asap after finishing this one.

[Raghad]

finished
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reek is actually ramsay! that was a surprise. theon will have a long painful road ahead of him and i can't say i feel bad for him just yet.

ranley ghost fought with in kingslanding? what?

i want to have a jamie or cersi pov in the next book. that would be very interesting to see.
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[Ashleigh]

@Raghad are you wanting to BR book 3 as well?

[Tiera]

I’m good to start book 3 but I might not be able to start till Monday. I have 3 BRs to do before I start it.

[Ashleigh]

I can set up a thread starting Monday if everyone's happy with that? And then people can just join when they're free :)

[Raghad]

Yes i want to continue. I have a couple of BRs i need to finish first but you guys go ahead and start.

[Tiera]

I'm starting book 3 today over on that thread! See yall there!