I've read several Fantasy Series (Dark Tower, LOTR, The Dwarves among others) and was wondering if A Game of Thrones might be worth reading; I've heard a lot of things about it but from what I've heard there's a lot of politics etc involved which isnt bad per se, but if there's too much focus on it I'm gone;
Half way through the second book now; there's a lot of political intrigue. Also, the writing is often pretty terrible. Still, I can't put it down. If the series stays this engaging, it's going to be a bigger time sink for me than WoW was.
the show is better then the books the first 4 are pretty intriguing but it really just drags on forever and i think the last book will take another few years but it will prob try to jam alot into 1 book while the show just distracts people with boobs
i like the books and love the characters but the tv show is better
the last book is just a pay check for GRRM with a few spoilers spilled for the reader but nothing amazing
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Anonymous2012-07-23 23:01
I really liked the first four books. I don't usually read fantasy, so the first one was hard to get into, and there were parts of A Dance with Dragons I enjoyed, but I felt like Dany's chapters just dragged pointlessly on and on. Tyrion's chapters were good, and the thing that is a spoiler that happened at the Wall near the end made me really, really mad.
But I still want to read Winds of Winter.
I'm curious to know more about Melisandre.
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Anonymous2012-07-26 21:40
The fat man has spun out of control. That said, I think you would get tons of enjoyment from reading the books (the first few at least). I actually think it's better to watch the series before reading it rather than the other way around. For two reasons:
1. The tv series follows the books extremely closely, but leaves out some parts. It carries no surprises whatsoever to someone who's already read the books. The books will still have new content for a tv veteran though.
2. The cast is so damn huge, and while it may be hard to remember who everyone is on tv, it's a hell of a lot easier to remember faces than it is to remember names and sigils. Especially since the fat man devotes tolkienesque passages to describing every minor lord and banner vaguely present in any scene, often never to be seen again. I think I only grasped around half of the subplots on my first read due to this. Having an idea of the plot and the characters beforehand would help a lot.