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Sansa remains the best. Dany grows on you when you remember this is a game of chose your favorite war criminal. RIP to the icon Shae. Girlbossed to close to the sun.

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adventurous emotional medium-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? No

5.0

Insane. I can’t believe I ever put off finishing this book. George R. R. Martin never disappoints. I began reading this book at an inopportune time. University is stressful and took up all my time which took my focus away from enjoying A Storm of Swords. Now that’s it’s summer and I had the time to dedicate to a thorough read I mended my ways and dived head first.

Even after watching Game of Thrones the shock and entertainment value of the events of this book never changes. This has to be my favorite of the series so far. So many terrible things happened in such quick succession I was constantly thrown from storyline to storyline at breakneck pace. In some books that would’ve been a fault but Martin has mastered a cohesive narrative despite all the separate elements happening at once.

I will never recover from the red wedding. Never in a million year. I loved Robb so much, ever since I was introduced to Game of Thrones and then the books. He deserved at least one point of view chapter. I mourn for him but also for the lost potential of his life. I wish we could’ve seen his thoughts and understood him truly.

On the same note I mourn for Catelyn. Not only because who she originally was is lost, but also because the fanbase villainizes her to an obscene degree. She will always be justified in my eyes. Speaking of her, the epilogue had me going absolutely insane with excitement. FINALLY we are introduced to the infamous Lady Stoneheart! The TikTok fanbase promises so much about her so I am excited to see how she plays into the narrative in the future. Like all other A Song of Ice and Fire fans I desperately wish she was a part of the tv series. They hate to see a scorned woman winning. Catelyn deserves her revenge and I will be supporting her the whole way.

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0

the best book I’ve ever read. A masterpiece. I will never forget this story. Out of ASOIAF, this is the best one so far!

“Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.”

“Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”

“Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.” Dany met his stare. “I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogo’s riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.”

I am the blood of the dragon. I must be strong. I must have fire in my eyes when I face them, not tears.

“It hurts so much, she thought. Our children, Ned, all our sweet babes. Rickon, Bran, Arya, Sansa, Robb… Robb… please, Ned, please, make it stop, make it stop hurting… The white tears and the red ones ran together until her face was torn and tattered, the face that Ned had loved. Catelyn Stark raised her hands and watched the blood run down her long fingers, over her wrists, beneath the sleeves of her gown. Slow red worms crawled along her arms and under her clothes. It tickles. That made her laugh until she screamed. “Mad,” someone said, “she’s lost her wits,” and someone else said, “Make an end,” and a hand grabbed her scalp just as she’d done with Jinglebell, and she thought, No, don’t, don’t cut my hair, Ned loves my hair. Then the steel was at her throat, and its bite was red and cold.— Catelyn Stark”

“Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.”
“What . . . what game?”
“The only game. The game of thrones.”

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