Was it a slow beginning for you?

[Hashmi]

I love this book best one I've read for a while. The beginning does start off in a weird way but once you get past that it's really cool!! Hate joffrey but starting to hate sansa more!!!

[[deleted user]]

No, it wasn't slow for me because I had a particularly high amount of experience memorizing such things by the time I had started this book because I study religious history and also I had started the Wheel of Time by then, and finished many other epic fantasies, so it wasn't sow or confusing for me in that regard. I could see how it would be, though. The slow part for me was the pace, which took some getting use to after reading things like Goodkind, Jordan and Sanderson, where there's always something happening. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get adjusted. But try and get there, because it is a great book and will be way worth it.

[Connor]

I'm reading it and I don't have trouble with the characters or story line or anything as I am used to reading Fantasy I just wish it would get more interesting as it is pretty boring so far anyway as it is just telling stories of children pretty much. I want to see some action that is more then a wolf biting someone...

[Emma]

I'll admit when I first read the book, I read the first half of the book, then left it for about a year or more... It wasn't until after season 5 finished my best friend said to me, "Lets see if we can read all the books before season 6!" - and we did, I have now read them all and love the series, but I guess it did start off slow and hard to get into for me.

[brooke1994]

Connor wrote: "I'm reading it and I don't have trouble with the characters or story line or anything as I am used to reading Fantasy I just wish it would get more interesting as it is pretty boring so far anyway ..."

Maybe the reason why it seems boring to you is because Game of Thrones is an adult fantasy so it's not going to be completely intriguing all the time, and that's ok. The main thing about Game of Thrones is that unlike other fantasies like The Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter, that help you escape the real world, Game of Thrones is a medieval fantasy that shows the real world for what it is: sex, murder, betrayal and political gains.