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A Game of Thrones, George RR Martin
Jul. 29th, 2004 09:45 amI've finally read A Game of Thrones, the first book in Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice series.
It's a far more brutal read than Dunnett's Game of Kings, which I found very hard at first. Moving from Dunnett's delicious prose to Martin's brutal telling of a country on the brink of war is jarring. The story, however pulls you in despite or because of the terrible things that keep happening to characters you come to care about.
Unlike most Fantasy series, there is no chosen one out to rid the world of the Evil One, or Dark Lord or what have you. In A Game of Thrones, there are a number of characters that are presented as contender to the throne and almost all of them are worthy of the throne.
I thought I was pretty much over with the whole High Fantasy series thing especially after Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time but I think it's safe to say I'm back in the saddle again.
It's a far more brutal read than Dunnett's Game of Kings, which I found very hard at first. Moving from Dunnett's delicious prose to Martin's brutal telling of a country on the brink of war is jarring. The story, however pulls you in despite or because of the terrible things that keep happening to characters you come to care about.
Unlike most Fantasy series, there is no chosen one out to rid the world of the Evil One, or Dark Lord or what have you. In A Game of Thrones, there are a number of characters that are presented as contender to the throne and almost all of them are worthy of the throne.
I thought I was pretty much over with the whole High Fantasy series thing especially after Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time but I think it's safe to say I'm back in the saddle again.
