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A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

140 reviews

coolhandluke140's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

The book is, fine. I am not one for political intrigue, which features heavily. I have nothing stubbornly opposed to themes in this book, but neither do I enjoy the SA that is in it, nor the starkly (pun intended) young ages of the characters within. I get that it's supposed to be "middle ages" themed, but it seems unnecessary and unrealistic from what we actually know about the medieval ages. 

The actual world building and characters are quite interesting and the writing flows well, and the dialogue is well written. That is this book's saving grace. That and the narrator of this audiobook. He does an excellent job bringing these characters to life. 

I would recommend this book to those not easily put off by tough topics and those who find political intrigue interesting. If those two things aren't for you, I'd pass on this as there are many other fantasy stories that would probably be better for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Slavery, Rape, Alcohol, Violence, War, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Incest, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Pedophilia

The tags are a warning, there are a lot of dark topics. They are not the focus, but they do show up. Descriptions are sometimes detailed, but often vague and brief.

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Misogyny, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Classism, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Gore, Kidnapping, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Drug use, Slavery, Rape, Misogyny, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Xenophobia, Abortion, Vomit, Police brutality, Cannibalism, and War

graysondyed's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

Game of Thrones is, hands down, the best epic fantasy novel. If you like the show, I suggest you read the series as well. Things happen a little differently and the characters are sometimes different than their TV counterparts. For those that haven't read the book: Be ready to hurt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Death, Sexism, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Incest, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

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

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

Minor: Kidnapping

zeppelinnyx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

3.93

Quality of Writing: 8/10
Pacing: 9/10
Plot Development: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Enjoyability: 3/10
Ease of Reading: 7/10
Ending: 8/10

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Content Warnings

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

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

Spoiler

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

Minor: Bullying and Infidelity

moonys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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

5.0

character ranking cause why not:

caitlyn
daenerys 
arya
tyrion
sansa
ned
cersei 
jaime
jon
robb
bran

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Sexism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Child abuse

itsjoenna's review against another edition

I picked up this book at a very, very wrong time. This book is too heavy for me right now, perhaps another time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Ableism and Incest

teapotgoblin's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Rape, Death, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Incest

jesusnoaccent's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest