NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
Here is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece in the making.
A GAME OF THRONES
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
I wanted to love this book so much, and I thought I would. It actually took me two attempts to read it.
First, I tried it before the TV show came out. It bored me to tears and I quit halfway through. Then, when the TV show came out, I really ended up liking it so I tried the book again. I did manage to get through it, but for the most part, it was a really painful experience.
There were so many chapters where I felt like NOTHING HAPPENED. And there were so many characters who I just didn't give a shit about whatsoever, but I had to read their dreadfully long chapters. And then I would finally get to the chapter of a character I loved, I'd get all excited, and then his/her story would not progress AT ALL.
I do like the overall story of this series, but the books themselves are way too drawn out and have so many unnecessary characters, chapters, and information. I imagine the first three books (I can't comment on the rest since I haven't read past book 3) could have been pushed into one 500-page book that actually might have been interesting.
