viviane_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
sonyaamaa's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Jeeeeeeeeeeesus. Reek was Ramsay?!? That was a twist. We got two new people in Dany’s queens guard, Arstan and Belwas. All those ship names made me groan. I finished this way too fast for my liking, though I get bored of reading Bran’s and Davo’s perspectives. My intrigue is dying and will probably continue its slow death. The flow was overall slow, but I’m excited for the next one! My favourite moment is when I realized Theon was going for Winterfell, and when Sansa saw wildfire in Cersei’s eyes. Whew!
Jeeeeeeeeeeesus. Reek was Ramsay?!? That was a twist. We got two new people in Dany’s queens guard, Arstan and Belwas. All those ship names made me groan. I finished this way too fast for my liking, though I get bored of reading Bran’s and Davo’s perspectives. My intrigue is dying and will probably continue its slow death. The flow was overall slow, but I’m excited for the next one! My favourite moment is when I realized Theon was going for Winterfell, and when Sansa saw wildfire in Cersei’s eyes. Whew!
brennakoko's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. Normally, I don't like books with this many narrators but I was invested enough in all the plot lines that I didn't mind it. I like that we see perspectives from all sides of the war. I found myself rooting for characters on different sides. I feel like that’s not super common. There were definitely times where I felt like I wouldn’t be happy no matter what the outcome. Like when
Spoiler
Stannis was attacking King’s Landing. I don’t like Stannis. I HATE Joffrey. But I really like Tyrion, and I didn’t want the outcome to cause Sansa to get hurt. So I had a pretty hard time deciding what I wanted to happenminty's review against another edition
2.0
I started listening to this on audiobook but it was so dreadfully boring that I stopped entirely when Season 2 of the show started up, opting instead to just watch. But then when the season was over I went back and read the book for real (not via audiobook), which made it go far far faster and I was helped by having just seen much of the story depicted. It's interesting to see how much the show is beginning to deviate from the original story--season 1 was such a direct match for book 1.
silquesoleil's review against another edition
2.0
Read for the 2015 reading challenge: a book you started but never finished
Hooo boy. I'm not sure if I did it right – was I supposed to actually finish reading this book in order to cross this category off? I suppose so.
I suffered. I picked this book up last year, then stopped reading it for the longest time, then picked it up from the beginning again, then stopped reading it when I was halfway through and only picked it up again this month. I still had to work through almost 500 pages and it was work, it felt like work, which took me maybe twenty days including a lot of squirming and whatnot.
I have a special hate relationship developed to this book.
You know, I have read Lord of the Rings so many times as a teen but I was always glad that the movies existed because there were some parts that I found dreary. Clash of Kings is a lot worse.
This book made me squirm with discomfort and groan and close it with anger. I haven't followed the TV series, but I have seen the fan discussions of tumblr about how it's a shame that the women are portrayed far more mysoginist in the show and how people complained that they added unnecessary rape scenes.
Contrary to what George R.R. Martin's infamous „I consider women to be people“ quote led some to believe, he isn't exactly a feminist either. There was so much raping going in this book, holy shit. Most of it was mentioned rather casually, but that didn't make it any less unnecessary, you see.
Most of this book contained vilence and killings and utterly confusing battles including too many ~Lords~ (no I will not try to remember their names, even if you vaguely describe their appearance) too many ships (no I will not write down notes which of the names ships is lined up for whose side, if I have to wrte notes to understand your damn book, you're a bad author), too many ableist terms. And I'm not even speaking about the ones refering to mental illness, but it's rude af to constantly refer to Bran as broken and crippled (which is a slur, btw). Martin makes up flowery word for opiates and menstruation, it couldn't have been so hard to pick non-offensive terms for Bran's disability?
Besides, it's hard to get through a book when there are few characters you sympathize with, instead I get things like Theon Greyjoy's POV, who's a dreadful piece of shit.
Yeah. It will probably a very long time before I consider suffering my way through the next one.
Hooo boy. I'm not sure if I did it right – was I supposed to actually finish reading this book in order to cross this category off? I suppose so.
I suffered. I picked this book up last year, then stopped reading it for the longest time, then picked it up from the beginning again, then stopped reading it when I was halfway through and only picked it up again this month. I still had to work through almost 500 pages and it was work, it felt like work, which took me maybe twenty days including a lot of squirming and whatnot.
I have a special hate relationship developed to this book.
You know, I have read Lord of the Rings so many times as a teen but I was always glad that the movies existed because there were some parts that I found dreary. Clash of Kings is a lot worse.
This book made me squirm with discomfort and groan and close it with anger. I haven't followed the TV series, but I have seen the fan discussions of tumblr about how it's a shame that the women are portrayed far more mysoginist in the show and how people complained that they added unnecessary rape scenes.
Contrary to what George R.R. Martin's infamous „I consider women to be people“ quote led some to believe, he isn't exactly a feminist either. There was so much raping going in this book, holy shit. Most of it was mentioned rather casually, but that didn't make it any less unnecessary, you see.
Most of this book contained vilence and killings and utterly confusing battles including too many ~Lords~ (no I will not try to remember their names, even if you vaguely describe their appearance) too many ships (no I will not write down notes which of the names ships is lined up for whose side, if I have to wrte notes to understand your damn book, you're a bad author), too many ableist terms. And I'm not even speaking about the ones refering to mental illness, but it's rude af to constantly refer to Bran as broken and crippled (which is a slur, btw). Martin makes up flowery word for opiates and menstruation, it couldn't have been so hard to pick non-offensive terms for Bran's disability?
Besides, it's hard to get through a book when there are few characters you sympathize with, instead I get things like Theon Greyjoy's POV, who's a dreadful piece of shit.
Yeah. It will probably a very long time before I consider suffering my way through the next one.
fschmidt2001's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
One of my favorites in the series, you start getting way more obscure foreshadowing in this one!! Plus the introduction of some of my favorite characters - Brienne, the Reeds, Gendry + Hot Pie (ik gendry was in the first one too but still), the Dragonstone Gang, etc. Can't wait to see Arya in the riverlands!!!
Spoiler
I fucking hate Theon so much and every single one of his POV chapters caused psychic damage. Can't wait for his dick to be chopped off. Never noticed how much they foreshadowed him losing his dick until this reread.vanirajkumar's review against another edition
3.0
Tbh would've enjoyed this more if it hadn't taken me 100 years to read!!!
haleysreading's review against another edition
4.0
had a hard time getting through this, but i think that’s more because of my own brain and not the book :,) the last 200 pages are just insane though
anita_mv's review against another edition
4.0
El enemigo al que no se ve es siempre el más temible.
Después de lo que pareció una eternidad, acabé el segundo libro de Canción de hielo y fuego. Al haberlos leído tan seguidos siento que el primer libro, aunque le costó arrancar con la extensa introducción, estuvo muchísimo mejor que este.
A Choque de Reyes le sobra mucha estrategia militar y muchísima intriga política y palaciega, y eso que ambos elementos me encantan en los libros de fantasía. El primer tercio del libro se me hizo terriblemente lento, hasta que casi a la mitad remontó y el final lo devoré. Tyrion sigue siendo mi personaje favorito, pero me mantuve más enganchada con lo que pasaba en el Norte que con los enfrentamientos entre los distintos pretendientes al trono y su epicentro, Desembarco del Rey.
Sin duda leeré el tercer libro cuando vea la segunda temporada de la serie, pero bajaré un poquito las expectativas y me armaré de paciencia con Tormenta de Espadas.
Después de lo que pareció una eternidad, acabé el segundo libro de Canción de hielo y fuego. Al haberlos leído tan seguidos siento que el primer libro, aunque le costó arrancar con la extensa introducción, estuvo muchísimo mejor que este.
A Choque de Reyes le sobra mucha estrategia militar y muchísima intriga política y palaciega, y eso que ambos elementos me encantan en los libros de fantasía. El primer tercio del libro se me hizo terriblemente lento, hasta que casi a la mitad remontó y el final lo devoré. Tyrion sigue siendo mi personaje favorito, pero me mantuve más enganchada con lo que pasaba en el Norte que con los enfrentamientos entre los distintos pretendientes al trono y su epicentro, Desembarco del Rey.
Sin duda leeré el tercer libro cuando vea la segunda temporada de la serie, pero bajaré un poquito las expectativas y me armaré de paciencia con Tormenta de Espadas.
ana_mv's review against another edition
4.0
El enemigo al que no se ve es siempre el más temible.
Después de lo que pareció una eternidad, acabé el segundo libro de Canción de hielo y fuego. Al haberlos leído tan seguidos siento que el primer libro, aunque le costó arrancar con la extensa introducción, estuvo muchísimo mejor que este.
A Choque de Reyes le sobra mucha estrategia militar y muchísima intriga política y palaciega, y eso que ambos elementos me encantan en los libros de fantasía. El primer tercio del libro se me hizo terriblemente lento, hasta que casi a la mitad remontó y el final lo devoré. Tyrion sigue siendo mi personaje favorito, pero me mantuve más enganchada con lo que pasaba en el Norte que con los enfrentamientos entre los distintos pretendientes al trono y su epicentro, Desembarco del Rey.
Sin duda leeré el tercer libro cuando vea la segunda temporada de la serie, pero bajaré un poquito las expectativas y me armaré de paciencia con Tormenta de Espadas.
Después de lo que pareció una eternidad, acabé el segundo libro de Canción de hielo y fuego. Al haberlos leído tan seguidos siento que el primer libro, aunque le costó arrancar con la extensa introducción, estuvo muchísimo mejor que este.
A Choque de Reyes le sobra mucha estrategia militar y muchísima intriga política y palaciega, y eso que ambos elementos me encantan en los libros de fantasía. El primer tercio del libro se me hizo terriblemente lento, hasta que casi a la mitad remontó y el final lo devoré. Tyrion sigue siendo mi personaje favorito, pero me mantuve más enganchada con lo que pasaba en el Norte que con los enfrentamientos entre los distintos pretendientes al trono y su epicentro, Desembarco del Rey.
Sin duda leeré el tercer libro cuando vea la segunda temporada de la serie, pero bajaré un poquito las expectativas y me armaré de paciencia con Tormenta de Espadas.