A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
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A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Simultaneously, Varys Targaryen and his young sister, Daenerys, children of the defeated Mad King, live on the other side of the Narrow Sea, hoping to gather the power to take back the throne that is rightfully theirs. Varys hatches a plan to acquire troops by marrying off his sister to the fierce Khal Drogo, a man who has thousands of men at his fingertips, but is a rough human being who is often seen, like most of his people, as nothing more than a savage.
This series is often compared with The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien, but I can see almost no reason for why people state that the two are similar. To me, they are entirely different. Both stories are excellent, but George RR Martin's tale of the Seven Kingdoms is much more straightforward than Tolkien's. By no means am I saying that JRR Tolkien was not a master at his craft, but rather that there is something about Martin's writing that keeps my nose glued in the book until I have finished.
This book is worth the read. There is often a complaint about how the show has a lot of nudity and sex, but do not let that stop you from reading the novels. The novels, although they do have some inappropriate content, are much more than erotica written by someone who was bored and sexually aroused. This novel is a masterpiece and, as all books, should be given a chance rather than being judged based on its cover.
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His brilliance with laying out the human soul is something else entirely. Martin, unlike any other author I've read, manages to make bad guys relatable and good guys tainted. He forms realistic characters with both a dark and light side, and even as we despise the Lannisters and love the Starks, we can't help reveling a little in the special little quirks of each. We all secretly root for The Hound, we all love the Imp, and Robert drives us all just a little mad. That, I think, is the mark of true mastery. When you have such fine control over your characters that good and evil mingle, you have mastered your trade. After all, isn't that the author's holy grail? To manipulate and mold his reader through words on a page?
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I have a lot of difficulty discussing ASoIaF with people I know in real life, because I have some very strongly held beliefs, theories, and favorite characters that I find a lot of people disagree with or haven't thought about. For example, Sansa is one of my favorite characters, but most of the people I talk to about ASoIaF think she's boring or annoying. This gets really frustrating, because I can understand how someone would think that in the beginning of AGoT, but after that, I really don't see it. Does anyone else have a character they get overly-defensive of, or unpopular opinions?
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I like how the author separates each persons part by chapters. Tyrion is my favourite, he's so intelligent and plays everyone but still has a fragile part which some people can get too, like his dad. I think my least favourite right now is Bran, it may get better but he seems to complain all the time, it doesn't come across that he's an 8 year old, when you are reminded of this, I sort of realize, he's still only a child. I've just ordered the rest of the books. The first one I read on my Kobo, the rest will be paperbacks.
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Sansa bothered me for awhile, but then I thought she really started to mature and I liked her more.alamorn wrote:OP, one correction: Varys is the Master of Whispers in the Red Keep. Viserys is Dany's brother. They have pretty different roles, even though they're names sound similar.
I have a lot of difficulty discussing ASoIaF with people I know in real life, because I have some very strongly held beliefs, theories, and favorite characters that I find a lot of people disagree with or haven't thought about. For example, Sansa is one of my favorite characters, but most of the people I talk to about ASoIaF think she's boring or annoying. This gets really frustrating, because I can understand how someone would think that in the beginning of AGoT, but after that, I really don't see it. Does anyone else have a character they get overly-defensive of, or unpopular opinions?
I really don't find myself having to defend the fact that I like any particular character... except to myself. It really bothers me that I started to like Jaime Lannister. But, the more we learned about his character, the more I liked him. There are just some things I can't get past though.
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