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A review by iam
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The only reason I read this is because my partner felt like reading this to me - and because he censored a lot of the violence and assaults for me. (Plus he did all the voices differently so that was a great experience.)
The age of most of the characters is so distracting to me - these are all children??? At least half of them could have been aged up no problem and it wouldn't have changed anything, and of the other half I still can't justify their age except for one or two. I know GRRM has since admitted the ages did not work out the way he intended, but combined with how the writes about the female characters' bodies... ew.
Like dude why is this character describing her sister by her breasts?? Why are you describing a tween girl by her breasts??
"Blabla it's fantasy" yeah exactly and he chose to make his fantasy setting this way?? That is my issue??
Not saying the characters are not complex or well written - they are written just fine. But, again, not a fan of how most of these are children, and I honestly quickly grew tired of several aspects of the writing style. I do love attention to details, and cool clothes, but I honestly could not have cared less about most of the characters clothings, or food, or breasts.
Also the naming conventions??? I'm sure there are analysis videos out there about how it all makes sense but why is there Kevin, John, Robert, on one hand and then Cersei, Arya, Daenerys, etc??
Plus you can't tell me that every single one of the 29342390482 named side characters that appeared on one (1) page end up being important. And if they are, they should be more memorable (flaming sword monk dude was great for example) and/or not all have such similar names.
Maybe it will be more interesting to me once it starts deviating from the show, but I can also acknowledge that this is just not the kind of epic fantasy I enjoy the most.
The age of most of the characters is so distracting to me - these are all children??? At least half of them could have been aged up no problem and it wouldn't have changed anything, and of the other half I still can't justify their age except for one or two. I know GRRM has since admitted the ages did not work out the way he intended, but combined with how the writes about the female characters' bodies... ew.
Like dude why is this character describing her sister by her breasts?? Why are you describing a tween girl by her breasts??
"Blabla it's fantasy" yeah exactly and he chose to make his fantasy setting this way?? That is my issue??
Not saying the characters are not complex or well written - they are written just fine. But, again, not a fan of how most of these are children, and I honestly quickly grew tired of several aspects of the writing style. I do love attention to details, and cool clothes, but I honestly could not have cared less about most of the characters clothings, or food, or breasts.
Also the naming conventions??? I'm sure there are analysis videos out there about how it all makes sense but why is there Kevin, John, Robert, on one hand and then Cersei, Arya, Daenerys, etc??
Plus you can't tell me that every single one of the 29342390482 named side characters that appeared on one (1) page end up being important. And if they are, they should be more memorable (flaming sword monk dude was great for example) and/or not all have such similar names.
Maybe it will be more interesting to me once it starts deviating from the show, but I can also acknowledge that this is just not the kind of epic fantasy I enjoy the most.