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Work InformationA Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (2000)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was one of the better books of this series, maybe the best, just because the writing is good and all the plotlines stay pretty interesting. However, I feel like the consequences of this book are part of what made book 4 so frustratingly poor. ( ) I did not finish this. I have read 2-1/2 of the 5 GOT volumes, and I need to move on from Martin right now. I probably will come back, but this was a bit too much, one after another. I will say, that Martin spends a tremendous amount of time on scenes and sets, and yes, there are a lot of characters and plot lines, but it became challenging for me to keep track of what is happening to whom. I don't watch the HBO series, so I just need more time to immerse myself in the work. Ugh, what a slog. I know many people love the series but it just does not work for me. I like a huge sprawling novel but this one is too unweildy. Too many characters and too many plot lines to really keep them straight and once you get to a point of following a story, it's gone for about 6 or 8 chapters and the whole thing is lost. I can't even remotely attempt to keep track of the minor characters and gave up trying in book 1. Plus the violent deaths and general violence and violent sex is more than I can handle. Clearly, I am in the minority because many love it but not really for me.
With the end of A Storm of Swords, Martin is half finished his epic. However, so little has been revealed that we have only begun to glimpse what the true saga really is. It's as if you are peering through a dirty window, cleaning small portions of it -- one square inch at a time -- so more and more of the room beyond is slowly revealed. Each glimpse uncovers a new wonder, but you can never be sure of exactly what you are seeing. Belongs to SeriesIs contained inA Song of Ice and Fire 1-4: A Game of Thrones / Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin ContainsHas the adaptationHas as a supplementHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctions
References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (13)Four contend for power over the Iron Throne and the Land of the Seven Kingdoms; alliances shift, and betrayal is always an option. House Lannister's head, Joffrey, rules uneasily. Joffrey's enemy, Lord Stannis, is disgraced and enthralled. Robb of House Stark still rules the North, implacable in his enmity towards his Lannister foes, even as they hold his sister hostage. And the exiled queen Daenerys, mistress of the world's last three dragons, makes her way across a blood-drenched continent. But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, there appears an army of barbaric wildlings, led by undead Others. The unpredictable violence of a final cataclysm is inevitable; the one certain thing is that many men will die upon many swords. No library descriptions found. |
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