Knights and Viking types, bloody battles, beheadings, you get the picture ? well I would normally have said no thanks but my son said I would like it and I do. True, not too keen on the chopping off of hands and heads but the characters are so well drawn and just when you think you have their measure you find out something else about them that shifts your perception of them again and again. Not one to do mastermind on as there are just too many characters, detailed history and geography, my guess is that the author has written the character and relationship listings as much for himself as for the poor reader.
Just when you think you have the measure of it in pops some magic, giants and even the artic zombies but what an engaging read. The saga I am referring to is “A song of Ice and Fire” and the twists and turns had me hooked quite early on but what is particularly good about this is that each book, or part book, brings something new. I’ve finished the 2nd volume of the 3rd book and can’t wait to see other shocks and surprises there are in store in book four. Who is good but flawed and who is really bad and how that shifts as the tale is told from a different perspective keeps your attention but I try not to invest too much in any of the characters because the goodish guys do not always survive. Having said that, I’m really very firmly in Arya’s camp at the moment and so want her to be reunited with Nymeria.
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