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Summary: pleasantly surprised
Review: As many fantasy series trudge through the middle books they get bogged down with "filler" plots and random information. Luckily this book remains lively and full of surprising twists. One of the most enjoyable and unique elements is the humanity of the characters. No one is flawless or bound to some miraculous destiny. A nice change from the other fantasy series.
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Summary: Brilliant !...
Review: Really liked all 3 books - read them back to back ! Great gripping Fantasy with plenty of suprises and you're never quite sure how each chapter is going to end !
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Summary: "Storm"-y Weather
Review: I admit it--I'm hooked. Three books into George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series, and I can't wait for the next one. A word to all publishers, though: You would sell more hardcover copies if you'd consider lowering the price. I had to wait a year until I could spare the [money] for a chunk of paper and cardboard.That aside . . . Martin writes the grittiest fantasy I've read that doesn't turn me off the characters completely. Then again, his characters are human despite their flaws--they strike a chord of recognition, a wish to know them or a prayer that they'll get what they deserve. The situation is also quite realistic--the devastation of war and the intrigues for power are well done, and Martin's quick, to-the-mark prose doesn't hurt at all. Yes, the book is long; yes, it'll take time to get through it (six hours for me). It's also another transitionary book. But with the scope Martin's planning, with as many characters as he has, "Storm" has to be a transition. And it's fantastic. While Catelyn and Robb meet a fate no one could have predicted, Arya becomes as hardened and cruel as the monsters she escaped (I hope this poor child will have someone to ~talk~ to in the end); Jon Snow's time among the wildlings is heartbreaking, but in the end he confronts himself and his place in the world. Joffrey and Stannis take different directions in the success of their reigns. And Daenerys . . . ah, Daenerys. My favorite female character in the series, Dany exhibits a compassion at odds with an ability to use people like no other. If you aren't cheering after the scene in the Place of Punishment, you haven't been paying much attention. I wanted to give this three stars because it's tragic and I honestly felt ready for Prozac when I was finished. Then I tried going to sleep after finishing what has to be the creepiest epilogue in modern fantasy. Do yourself a favor. Before finishing "Storm", make sure it's daylight. And read something else to keep from remembering the book's final page.
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Summary: Unreadable...Beware
Review: I read this because of the glowing reviews. It took me 3 months to get through this garbage mascarading as book. Not because it's 1,000 pages but because of mindnumbingly boring. In hands of a real writer this would have been 500 page book and possible good. As written it isn't even readable. Nothing happens for hundreds of pages. The only thing to keep you turning pages is the thought something must happen. Characters like Eddard Stark are so one sided they are a joke. Everything that happens is forced. Characters are never rational. Most of the scenes are contrived. The whole off with his head thing is so pathetic. Then I am left wondering what third grader edited the book. Does Martin know how to say anything without thirty layers of nonsense surrounding it? Doubtful...No, oops that's he said doubtfully, anxiously, darkly...Oops no, I meant he spit or should I have said. No Martin wouldn't have. His characters don't say. They swear, admit, spit, snort, echo but they do it quietly, bitterly, sourly, softly, respectfully, happily, breathlessly, calmly, and that's only in the first few pages. Imagines the joyfully, tearfully, fitfully wondrous things to come.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: After reading this series George R Martin became my favorite author.this is really an inteligent work,Much better than Brooks,Goodkind,Jordan or lawhead and a lot of authors that only write the same all the time.I really recomend this series
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Summary: A Storm of Swords
Review: Enjoyed it very much. Loved the interplay of characters and attention to detail. Waiting for next book
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Summary: Need something new a refreshing in the Fantasy Genre
Review: Absolutely the best series I have read in the last ten years, I can only remember that far back. Intelligent and plenty of rich and complicated characters, without being so overly congested as to lose the reader. I see plenty of surprises in the future. Buy all three and you won't put them down until all are finished!
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Summary: Best One Yet!
Review: I really enjoyed the first book, A Game of Thrones, and the second one, A Clash of Kings, was even better... then A Storm of Swords topped even that! A great read! Can't wait for the forth book to come out!
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Summary: disappointing sequel
Review: What a disappointing way to continue this great sequel. All of your favorite characters are wiped out. And the occasional spatter of sex takes a raunchy turn. This is the last book of Martin's that I will read.
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Summary: Superior work
Review: My favorite aspect of Ice and Fire is the complexity of its characters. You are allowed to see the humanity of the most dastardly villan, while at the same time, even the most virtuous of characters have elements which, at best could be called weaknesses.
While there is a solid core of the supernateral within the series, obvious in the opening, do not look for it within the first book, it is a captivating political story of a disintegrating kingdom with some of the best battle scenes in literature.
I am EAGERLY awaiting the continuation. I will enjoy the first three again, before reading the forth. My only question is why the hard cover version of the first book was pulled by the publisher.
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