Read on. I think GoT is the worst of the series by a LONG way
IndigoAjah Send a noteboard - 05/09/2009 04:26:25 PM
Yes, I know I'm about 15 years late. Deal with it.
I just finished reading A Game of Thrones, and enjoyed it very very much. It's a very difficult book, but very rewarding. Seeing as everyone will have read it years ago, I won't go into detail but there's a few things I wanted to comment on:
- Jon Snow is awesome. He makes me sad.
- Dany. While her plotline ended up being really good in her last few chapters, what the hell is going on with it? Am I to understand it's still had nothing to do with anything by the end of the fourth book?
- Did I misread it or did Arya go out on a live-or-die cliffhanger with about 100 pages to go? I know she's not dead but if that's right then that's a really weird way of ending her storyarc in this book.
- Sansa. Oh lord, Sansa.
I just finished reading A Game of Thrones, and enjoyed it very very much. It's a very difficult book, but very rewarding. Seeing as everyone will have read it years ago, I won't go into detail but there's a few things I wanted to comment on:
- Jon Snow is awesome. He makes me sad.
- Dany. While her plotline ended up being really good in her last few chapters, what the hell is going on with it? Am I to understand it's still had nothing to do with anything by the end of the fourth book?
- Did I misread it or did Arya go out on a live-or-die cliffhanger with about 100 pages to go? I know she's not dead but if that's right then that's a really weird way of ending her storyarc in this book.
- Sansa. Oh lord, Sansa.
Jon gets more badass. I disliked him in book 1. He's still not my favourite character, but at least he doesn't whine anymore.
Dany's plotline gradually melds with the rest. There's no definite overlap by book 4, but the spoiler chapters for 5 imply that will change soon. But there is interaction, for sure.
Arya's cliff-hanger ending is standard for GRRM. My biggest complaint, though it will be awesome in the TV Series, is his huge abuse of the cliff-hanger. He does it so much that it loses its impact a little. But he learns new tricks by book 3, like slow build up of tension. Which is better, IMO.
Does the Devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?
What difference does it make after all? Anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? What's Earth? All in the mind.
What difference does it make after all? Anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? What's Earth? All in the mind.
So... A Game of Thrones
- 04/09/2009 03:52:25 PM
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Re: Meh. *NM*
- 04/09/2009 03:54:32 PM
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What a scintillating contribution you've made 
- 04/09/2009 03:58:55 PM
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- 04/09/2009 03:58:55 PM
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*NM*
Re: It was an excellent summation of my feelings on the matter!
- 04/09/2009 04:50:15 PM
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I've missed you, Mr Darcy. <3
- 04/09/2009 05:21:05 PM
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Re: I love you, Sir Lucas whose first name I have forgotten. (William?)
- 05/09/2009 12:31:20 PM
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'Game' was good. The rest go downhill fast, though.
- 04/09/2009 04:53:57 PM
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I always like it when people post this.
- 04/09/2009 05:52:50 PM
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Oh alright, so there was a bit of exaggeration. (very slight real spoilers)
- 04/09/2009 06:18:13 PM
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(very slight real spoilers)
- 04/09/2009 06:18:13 PM
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If you keep up the 15-year delay, you may not have to wait to read the fifth book...
- 05/09/2009 01:28:52 AM
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Read on. I think GoT is the worst of the series by a LONG way
- 05/09/2009 04:26:25 PM
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Just to ask.....are the first 3 books essentially a trilogy?
- 05/09/2009 05:47:14 PM
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More or less
- 05/09/2009 06:59:53 PM
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You were that "kind poster!" 
- 06/09/2009 04:09:53 AM
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- 06/09/2009 04:09:53 AM
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A few moments like that, yes.
- 06/09/2009 01:16:06 PM
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Very cool, after Warbreaker, I may give GRRM a shot.....thanks! *NM*
- 06/09/2009 07:37:47 PM
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