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A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

42 reviews

onyxisalive's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this. 
This book has changing POV's, but, surprisingly, they are all super engaging and fun to read - I love how much character progression we got to see with this one (especially the female characters), it is really awesome to see them starting to become more independent and mature. 
I really like the characters they picked to be the POV characters. By doing it the way they did it really shows how big the world is - however, there are a few events in the books that I would have liked to see happen, but it makes sense why we did not. 
At certain points the descriptions felt a little long, but it never got so bad that I stopped enjoying reading the book. 

The sack of kings landing felt a lot more weighty in here compared to show which I really liked. The battle of the blackwater was really good, but there were points, in my opinion, that it dragged a little, but was overall very awesome to read.

The characters actions felt very consistent with everything we had seen of them in the book. 

This book, despite all the action felt very character focused, much of the combat happens off screen despite being called a clash of kings. However, as a very character driven person I did not mind this, and as I was already attached to all the characters because of the show I really enjoyed this one. On the other hand, it would have been nice to see some more of the events happen on screen, but I did like that it focused more of the impact of the events on the characters rather than the events themselves, for me, it made it a much more engaging read. 

All in all, I really enjoyed this. Never at any point did this book feel really boring, I was engaged the whole way through. I could see some people struggling with this due to how character focused it is, especially in the middle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Misogyny and Slavery

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meadowdream's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Incest, and Sexual content

cinderackerman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, and War

atalal01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual violence, Genocide, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Grief, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Torture, and Violence

geminisoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Child death, Slavery, Death, and Terminal illness

doubleyou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I enjoyed it. It’s a bit confusing at times and there’s so many characters. Sometimes I wish I could just stay on a single character instead of flipping to one character to another’s pov but this book is more plot driven. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, War, Misogyny, and Rape

awildpreciouslife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Incest

maevesheehan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Child death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Blood, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Violence, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Vomit, and War

elijah__'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Liked it better than the previous book. As for characters, I continue to really like Bran, Arya, and Tyrion, and the character development of Catelyn and Sansa has really made them grow on me. Brienne is an instant new favorite secondary character. However, I have to say that how Lollys is handled is abysmal, gross, and totally unnecessary (one of Shae's comments in particular instantly killed any appreciation I had for Shae's character in a way I don't think was fully intentional by the author.) The plot itself is deeply engaging. Martin is great at twists -- they're not last-minute rug pulls for twists' sake, but subtly foreshadowed in such a way that you either get the dawning realization beforehand, or that moments before make sudden sense after the unexpected happens. Though plot threads are dropped and left for long stretches at a time, they do end up tying together in satisfying ways. I think the slower pacing works quite well here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Gore, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content, Excrement, and Vomit

avazee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, War, Incest, Pedophilia, Cursing, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Death, Child death, Blood, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape and Slavery

Minor: Rape