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jaceyAnother weighty tome from George R R Martin and well worth reading. I'm having the rather strange experience of having seen Season Two and Season Three of Game of Thrones before reading the book, so my reading of it is coloured by the characters on TV. Some things have changed, some things have not. It's also confusing that the TV version takes events in a slightly different order to the book, so some things from the second book are in the third season and vice versa. I'm losing track of whether an event is book or telly. That doesn't spoil the enjoyment, though.
So this is the book in which Tyrion shows his mettle as Hand of the King (acting), saves Kings Landing and gets no credit for it. It's the book in which Sansa is tormented by Joffrey. It's the book in which Arya journeys with Gendry and Hot Pie, in which Jon Snow goes north of the wall, in which Danni wanders with dragons, in which Theon Greyjoy shows his true colours, in which Jaime Lannister spends a lot of time imprisoned by Rob Stark, The King of the North, and in which Joffrey Baratheon shows why it's a bad idea for brothers and sisters to have children together. New viewpoint characters are introduced, such as Davos, the Onion Knight. It's a book of kings and battles, of treachery, bravery and cowardice and the occasional good deed, which rarely goes unpunished.
I'm enjoying both book and telly immensely. GRRM picks you up by the scruff of the neck and doesn't let you go until the last page. Even then you want to move straight on to the next book. Which I have already... watch this space.
Highly recommended.
So this is the book in which Tyrion shows his mettle as Hand of the King (acting), saves Kings Landing and gets no credit for it. It's the book in which Sansa is tormented by Joffrey. It's the book in which Arya journeys with Gendry and Hot Pie, in which Jon Snow goes north of the wall, in which Danni wanders with dragons, in which Theon Greyjoy shows his true colours, in which Jaime Lannister spends a lot of time imprisoned by Rob Stark, The King of the North, and in which Joffrey Baratheon shows why it's a bad idea for brothers and sisters to have children together. New viewpoint characters are introduced, such as Davos, the Onion Knight. It's a book of kings and battles, of treachery, bravery and cowardice and the occasional good deed, which rarely goes unpunished.
I'm enjoying both book and telly immensely. GRRM picks you up by the scruff of the neck and doesn't let you go until the last page. Even then you want to move straight on to the next book. Which I have already... watch this space.
Highly recommended.
