TITLE: A
Game of Thrones
SERIES: Song
of Ice and Fire
AUTHOR:
George RR Martin
GENRE: High
Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Adult, Adventure, Epic, War…
PAGES:
798
PUBLISHER:
Gigamesh
FORMAT: Ebook
TIME (to
read it): Almost a month and a half
LANGUAGE:
Spanish
RATING: 4/5
“A
Game of Thrones” is the first book in the epic, world-known fantasy series “A
song of Ice and Fire” written by George R. R. Martin. It was published for the
first time on 1996. However, it wasn’t until 2002 that it arrived to Spain.
Moreover, the series has been all
over the hype since the series “Game of Thrones” was launched by the HBO about
two years ago.
In
a world where seasons last for years, winter is about to make an entry. Along
with him there are coming quite a few changes. Robert Baratheon, king of the
seven houses, asked his good friend Eddard Stark, lord of Invernalia, to be his
new hand. Therefore, Ned left his home, taken his two daughters, and went to
the court. At the court, Ned will be trying to find out what happened to lord
Arryn, the previous hand of the king as well as his brother in law. All odds
seemed to point to the queen and her family, from which Ned isn’t a fan.
On the other hand, Vyserys and
Daenerys Targaryen, the last descendants of the king who was overthrown by
Robert, were planning on taking what was stolen from them back.
Last, but not least, Jon Snow,
Ned’s bastard, go to the wall. There he will find a new family along with
mysterious enemies, which seemed to come out from old tales.
“A
Game of Thrones” was an absorbing book. First, the way it was written made the
book really interesting, as well as, complicated. Each chapter tells what
happens around the character on the title of the chapter in third person. As
each character is in a different setting, the writing makes you travel around
the world of the book.
In addition to that, between
chapters there is usually a jump ahead in time. This makes the story quite
unique, nonetheless incredibly complex. It becomes complex because every time
you start a new chapter it has to tell you what is happening on the chapter,
with the addition of what had happened before.
Furthermore, the plot seems quite
well prepared. What I mean with this is that is possible to see how everything
is going to connect somehow in the future, in a quite epic end (I suppose). It
is incredible how the author can keep track of his own story, when there are so
many twists and turns.
Not forgetting that the
characters develop along with the plot. The kids grow up, showing how the
things that happened to them actually change them. The develop of the feminine
characters such as Daenerys or lady Cathleen is amazing; they turn into amazing
powerful women who stand by themselves.
On
the contrary, I found the book too descriptive at times. Especially since the
world in this series is not such an outstanding world. What I mean is that the
world is quite similar to the real middle age, hence I found those descriptions
useful. My personal belief is that it makes the book feel even longer.
The amount of information in this
book is incredibly huge. There are many different characters along with lots of
different places. There are also fictional animals, events, creatures, status,
etc. All this information really got me lost at first. I really needed to stop
reading and process all the information before starting again.
The last thing I would like to
point out is that the book is full of mature content. There are sex scenes such
as fights, where it can be a bit graphic. It doesn’t mean that the author
recreates himself on this scenes, he just actually describes them as they are.
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