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Phew. I finished it. Who needs a 1200+ page novel? This cult favorite breaks every rule of the literary fiction/creative writing major/MFA crowd. It's got more characters than an ant hill has ants. A hundred story lines moving forward in a dizzying, incomprehensible maze. Names. Dates. Serial numbers. It's huge. He makes no attempt at creating a beginning, middle and end. He just ends the thing––probably when he couldn't lift the manuscript any more––leaving threads untied, tales unfinished.
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May 24, 2012
Lynai
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it was amazing
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Ah, this book. It’s been a long while since I’ve read the first book of this popular series, but the story is still fresh on my mind as I find it riveting and powerful and riveting, and yes, riveting. This is why it wasn’t hard for me to get back into the story when I read this second installment. I was supposed to read this with friends in the book club but I lagged behind when I gave birth. Still I was able to finish not long after the buddy reading schedule ended because just like the first b
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The second book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, was really good. I am very nervous about how invested I am in some of these characters. With the very shocking death that occurred in the first book, I'm pretty scared about what could happen next. The chapters I enjoy the most are Arya's and Tyrion's. I usually find myself bored with Catelyn's and the introduction of Davos "the onion knight" bored me at first, but I see could get very interesting.
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Fast paced, full of detail and complex characters, these books draw you in. Looking forward to readin the next one in the series.
The TV series and the book diverge a little more here, mainly to keep the TV series simple. Characters that aren't really vital to the plot have been dumped in the TV series and the plot line given over to people you know. Sadly, this makes it really easy to spot which plot lines aren't really going anywhere - and which people you will never see again.
Oh well, it's still an awesome read and you get way more out of the books than the TV series. I can't wait to get ahead of the TV series, though! ...more
Oh well, it's still an awesome read and you get way more out of the books than the TV series. I can't wait to get ahead of the TV series, though! ...more
Great book couldn't put it down
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Mar 13, 2009
BJ Rose
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it was amazing
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Loved it!
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