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Finished Game a while back. Absolutely loved it. One of the strongest fantasy novels I've ever read. Great characters. Gripping storytelling. Lush locales. Great dialogue. Plenty of action. At the end of Game I'd say Ned, Arya, and Jon were my favorite characters.
And Martin's got balls killing off Ned Stark. Never saw it coming and shocked the hell out of me. One of the best twists/surprises I've read. Masterful.
Now, I'm 675 pages into Clash. I tought the frist 150 (or so) pages were a little slow - always interesting, just a little labored. It could have moved faster. But I'm loving everything that's happeningt now. Jon and Arya are still two of my favorite storylines. Tyrion is also just fantastic.
I'm loving how magic and more fantastical elements are starting to be woven in. Bran's story - the stuff with the "green dreams" is shaping up nicely. Really cool stuff. I just read the part where Theon takes Winterfell. Also, Melisandre is a brilliant character. She's so magnificently, and imaginatively fucked up. Birthing assassin shadows?!! WHAT THE FUCK?!
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 7:53 pm Posts: 3320 Location: Wyoming Gender: Male
durdencommatyler wrote:
Finished Game a while back. Absolutely loved it. One of the strongest fantasy novels I've ever read. Great characters. Gripping storytelling. Lush locales. Great dialogue. Plenty of action. At the end of Game I'd say Ned, Arya, and Jon were my favorite characters.
And Martin's got balls killing off Ned Stark. Never saw it coming and shocked the hell out of me. One of the best twists/surprises I've read. Masterful.
Now, I'm 675 pages into Clash. I tought the frist 150 (or so) pages were a little slow - always interesting, just a little labored. It could have moved faster. But I'm loving everything that's happeningt now. Jon and Arya are still two of my favorite storylines. Tyrion is also just fantastic.
I'm loving how magic and more fantastical elements are starting to be woven in. Bran's story - the stuff with the "green dreams" is shaping up nicely. Really cool stuff. I just read the part where Theon takes Winterfell. Also, Melisandre is a brilliant character. She's so magnificently, and imaginatively fucked up. Birthing assassin shadows?!! WHAT THE FUCK?!
And Martin's got balls killing off Ned Stark. Never saw it coming and shocked the hell out of me. One of the best twists/surprises I've read. Masterful.
I knew as soon as they killed Ned that this was a story where no one was completely safe. It adds such incredible tention to the story. There are scenes that in any other book would be fairly mundane, but here they are electric because at any moment you know any character could die. Wild.
I've read a few more chapters (about 710 pages in). Arya's story is just sick. How fucking awesome is Jaqen H'ghar?! Damn.
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