06-13-2007, 08:53 AM
Finally broke down and read this one.
I was trying to wait so that the break between this one and the next wasn't so long, but it's glistening red cover and promise of treachery and carnage proved irresistable.
As I feared I had forgotten almost everything except the Lannisters and the Starks. Fortunately the book focused on just a few characters so I was able to piecemeal the forgotten bits from the narrative.
George's writing is still fantastic. The book is very long but never boring. Every chapter is filled with conspiracy, tragedy and usually a massacre or two.
I did have a problem with the story.
All the 'good guys' are now dead or hiding. There's really no one to root for (except for maybe Brienne) but in this 'Game of Thrones' there's no one I really want to see win. And the 'Hanging Lady' at the end was a real downer.
OK George - publish the next one so we can see what's happening on the other side of the ocean. Dragons....mmmmmmmm!
I was trying to wait so that the break between this one and the next wasn't so long, but it's glistening red cover and promise of treachery and carnage proved irresistable.
As I feared I had forgotten almost everything except the Lannisters and the Starks. Fortunately the book focused on just a few characters so I was able to piecemeal the forgotten bits from the narrative.
George's writing is still fantastic. The book is very long but never boring. Every chapter is filled with conspiracy, tragedy and usually a massacre or two.
I did have a problem with the story.
All the 'good guys' are now dead or hiding. There's really no one to root for (except for maybe Brienne) but in this 'Game of Thrones' there's no one I really want to see win. And the 'Hanging Lady' at the end was a real downer.
OK George - publish the next one so we can see what's happening on the other side of the ocean. Dragons....mmmmmmmm!
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