Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

48 reviews

tjsayler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad 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

4.0

I watched the TV series before reading the book and I think it made it easier to keep the characters straight. Otherwise I think all the names and people could be overwhelming to keep track of while understanding the world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

The book is less graphic than the TV show. There are characters you love and ones you love to hate. It is a wild ride in search of justice and peace.

shiningpalm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

cinderackerman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lucakocsis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and War

maras_readings's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism and Fatphobia

talayz's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

ronanmcd's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Loved it. It reads like the box set it would become. You can't put it down. The Wars of the Roses in a fantastical world with mythic beasts. Perfect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

timreadstoday's review against another edition

I just can’t bring myself to read this book. I’ve tried multiple times but I just can’t do it. The explicit content overwhelms the intrigue and mystery and story the author is trying to build. The cockroaches onwejelm the cake, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

akane_readsyt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Kidnapping

onyxisalive's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed reading this, however- I recognise that without watching the show I might not have liked it as much. The reasoning for this is, that a lot of the plot lines (/things that are being set up) aren’t given any relief until later on (much later) due to this, I think without knowing what was going to develop my view of this book would be lower. This is because a lot of the issues I may have (like the misogyny, trope based characters) I know get resolved/taken apart later. This allowed me to be patient with the book and just enjoy it. 
I had a lot of fun just comparing the book to the show and figuring out what it is has been changed and why, it meant that at no point was I bored. Mainly because I was reading for the details. Caitlyn stark is much more interesting in the book

in the show her treatment of Jon isn’t too bad, it can come across as rudeness due to grief, a one off thing. Here though it is very clear she is abusive. One of my favourite scenes here was when Caitlyn was going up the vale with the Stone girl (who due to also being a ‘bastard’) reminded her of Jon and you can really see the complicated feeling there

 
The writing was solid throughout. At no point did the descriptions start to feel too long like in books like a little life. 
All in all, solid read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Bullying and Infidelity