Title:A Game of Thrones
Amanda
Series:A Song of Ice and Fire #1
Author:George R.R. Martin
First published August 6th 1996 by Bantam
835 pages
Source: Chicago Public Library
Our final messages on the topic:
A: Fin
H: Oh dear, and full of hate?
A: Slightly intrigued at the end of course due to the damn dragons. And slightly full of hate.
H: Keep your hate for George not me!!
I finally finished this monstrosity this weekend. I am underwhelmed. I was hoping for a huge payoff in the end that would make me want to keep reading or to understand why everyone goes on with love for this book. I didn’t find it.
If you have read the back and forth between my sister and me (here and here) then you probably won’t be surprised that I agree largely with her review.
In the end of Book #1 I found myself mildly curious about what the future holds for the dragons and for the remaining Starks. I kind of want to want to keep reading just to see if Jamie Lannister gets what he deserves. I really hope he does.
But it is disappointing to me that we can’t have Arya without Sansa or Catelyn without Lysa. And I won’t even get into the rape again, but seriously George, enough already.
2 stars from me!
I trust my sister and seeing her give her last Game Thrones read 5 stars (#3 A Storm of Swords) makes me curious, but at this moment I just don’t care. There are way too many books I am excited to read, and way too many books with kick ass female protagonists for me to be rushing onto Book 2.
For example:
The Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta. You knew I had to push them right?
Graceling trilogy by Kristin Cashore
Fire & Thornes trilogy by Rae Carson
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
And based on reviews Holly and I are about to start His Fair Assassin, which I am really excited about. These have been on great sale on amazon so pick it up and read along with us! Have other and better fantasy suggestions for me? Please share!
Gun In Act One 
More will be revealed, sister!
But will I care enough to find out is the question!
Lol, well I gave up too, death and rape and nothing else.
I love the books, but each girl to her own. The third is a masterpiece, the first is good. The fourth and fifth are martin deciding he can’t write without an editor.
Writing without an editor sounds even more intimidating than these 856 pages!
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7716140-married-with-zombies I just read this book, I picked it up randomly and I really enjoyed it. It was kinda off beat, but I kept giggling at the way they linked marriage counselling messages with the Zombie war.
Ha! I put that on my To Read list a while ago and forgot about it. I’ll have to check the library. Thanks! Have you read Mira Grant’s Newsflesh series? That’s the only zombie reading I’ve ever done and I’m in love with those books.
No I have never heard of it, will have to check it out.
To be honest I think this is the first Zombie book I have read, I may be lying, but I cannot recall any others at present 🙂 There is a second and third book, but our Library doesn’t have them 😦
Bust! My library only has book one of that series too. Let me know if you try Newsflesh-zombies and blogging! Its amazing