Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
I have just started reading this book, and I am already enjoying it. This book was recommended to me by both Noah and Gordon.
ReplyDeleteDoes it fulfill it's reputation for named character deaths being constant?
ReplyDeletei would say so. There were two people who died in the prologue, and another on the first page of the story.
ReplyDeleteHow do they have that rate of deaths and still maintain a large cast of characters?
ReplyDeleteHow do you feel about the amount of deaths? Is it balanced? do enough "good" people die?
ReplyDeleteDoes the amount of death take away from or add to the story?
ReplyDeletethe large cast of characters remains because the author adds new characters and then those are the ones that seem to die unless they are important then they last longer.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the balance between good and bad people dying is fine.
I also think that the amount of death adds to the story it creates new paths in which the story can go.
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ReplyDeleteI agree, but do you also feel extremely sad when someone you like gets killed? I think that gets somewhat frustrating towards the middle of the series, but I don't think it's a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteYa, I do get a bit sad, like when bran broke his back. I was starting to like him.
ReplyDeleteOho, so you're at that part are ya?
ReplyDeleteOho, so you're at that part are ya?
ReplyDeleteI am still reading this, and am quite far along. it is still compelling I have not found any dis interesting sections yet.
ReplyDeleteYes I just got to the Daenerys chapter.
ReplyDeleteHave you created love-hate relationships with any of the characters as you've gotten farther into the book. Have you wished for anyone to die but hasn't yet, or lived and you don't want them to??
ReplyDeleteThere aren't any characters that I have wanted to die, yet. Although i'm sure that will come up in the future.
ReplyDeletei'm still enjoying the story i have recently got to a section that is just a bit violent although i did expect that from this book.
ReplyDeleteI have not gotten as far this week as normally do, whenever I read it was kind of hard to focus. but I still got a fair amount read. I am almost halfway through the book and am still getting sucked into the reading.
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ReplyDeleteI am currently halfway through the book I read a lot over break. I like the mix of violence and more slow sections just enough to keep me involved.
ReplyDeleteI have just read though a fight scene involving a bunch of soldiers against an old man with a wooden sword... and the old man won! I think that this was the best fight scene in the book so far.
ReplyDeleteI started to read this yesterday, and it already seems good, at first it seemed a bit dull, but it picked up quickly. it is a little confusing as there are references to things that have not been introduced, but it avoids illogical giant exposition dumps which makes it better.
ReplyDeleteI like the way this book has several subplots, without having any single "A plot" it makes the story world feel more real, and less like it revolves around the main characters.
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