darkmagician12's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
electrozombie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
masonanddixon's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful art, kinda boring. Like the Domesday Book for nonacademic HBO types.
viivacious's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.75
It was a pretty fun read, very informative, but it could get a little dense and exhausting at times. It was very long, but interesting enough to keep one reading.
leonietjeuh's review against another edition
2.0
Cash grab with pretty pictures. (Are they AI generated?)
Doesn't seem to contain much new information, wanted to learn about the children of the forest, the Doom of Valyria, the Rhoynar, Braavos, and mostly, Asshai by the Shadow. The mysteries surrounding these in AOSIAF are not in any way resolved, explained, or expanded in this book - what we already knew and didn't know is just repeated here.
I've read a lot of Martin's work and am wondering if he actually wrote the text in this book because the writing is awful and doesn't feel like him.
Did I mention the pictures are pretty? Especially Valyria. Valyria is pretty.
Doesn't seem to contain much new information, wanted to learn about the children of the forest, the Doom of Valyria, the Rhoynar, Braavos, and mostly, Asshai by the Shadow. The mysteries surrounding these in AOSIAF are not in any way resolved, explained, or expanded in this book - what we already knew and didn't know is just repeated here.
I've read a lot of Martin's work and am wondering if he actually wrote the text in this book because the writing is awful and doesn't feel like him.
Did I mention the pictures are pretty? Especially Valyria. Valyria is pretty.
grandmoffgavin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
elizanarta's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
panicstation's review against another edition
5.0
Knjiga je vrlo obimna i detaljna, nije laka za citanje, zahteva paznju. Obavezno stivo za zaljubljenike u ovaj svet, ima prelepe slike i detaljne opise poznatog sveta Leda i Vatre.
samerulesapply's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
deuxcl's review against another edition
5.0
Lo mejor de todo, para mí, fueron los capítulos en que de expande el mundo de ASOIAF, esos donde hablan de Essos, Sothoryos y lo que hay más allá de los Huesos. No es que la historia de los Targaryens ni los Andalos no fuesen entretenidas, pero los esfuerzos por ampliar significativamente el ya extenso mundo habitado por estos personajes de fantasía resultan muy convincentes y terminan intrigando aún más.
El mundo creado por GRRMartin convence y es de los pocos que hace creer que podría ser perfectamente complementado por otros autores.
Ah, y el arte que acompaña esas páginas es estupendo.
El mundo creado por GRRMartin convence y es de los pocos que hace creer que podría ser perfectamente complementado por otros autores.
Ah, y el arte que acompaña esas páginas es estupendo.