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Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-In Edition): 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones by Doug Wheatley, George R.R. Martin

62 reviews

robinwritesallthethings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I feel like it’s only fair to say that I have a vaguely antagonistic mindset when it comes to Martin and his books. While I find his straightforward style refreshing, especially in the fantasy genre, I think his subversion of tropes is simplistic, his representation of women dubious, and his slow writing pace absolutely ridiculous. However, his lore is both interesting and impeccable, so I keep coming back despite my misgivings.

I decided to crack this volume open after watching part of the first season of House of the Dragon because I am now admittedly obsessed with Daemon Targaryen. As a history buff and a lore nerd, I highly enjoyed that this was written as a chronicle. Even though all fans of the series know that the Targaryen dynasty ended during Robert’s Rebellion, it’s still fun to go back and see how it all started. It’s also a bit sobering to realize that no one’s ever done anything but fight over the Iron Throne, but if they didn’t, there wouldn’t be much of a story, I suppose.

If you’re interested in the lore of Westeros, this is definitely something you should read. I’m excited to pick up the second one when it comes out, but I assume that will be at least a decade from now, so I have a while to wait.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

Just... so much incest. The family tree might as well be a straight line. Since it's written as a chronicle, though, none of the scenes are graphic in nature. However, there are quite a few ribald rumors and jokes included for posterity.

olivia_russell's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Incest, and Violence

amsu's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I never enjoyed reading a history book more. Despite its lengths I was happily reading along. I would only recommend this book to people that have read the Song of Fire and Ice Books beforehand, since this book is literally a history book of the reign of the Targaryen's. So you have to love the world to enjoy this. 

My favourite part of the book was the reign of Jaehaerys and Alysanne the most intriguing and was deeply gutted by the following Dance of the Dragons,which destroyed all of their achievements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Incest, and Homophobia

yuidf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Slavery, War, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Child death, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

kayleejanes's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Torture, Incest, Murder, War, Suicide, and Violence

imreadden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

narodiangelo's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Violence, and War

arrowdodger's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

As both a history buff and a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire fan, this book was everything I wanted it to be and more! I'm so sad it's done and there isn't more yet! (Said every ASoIaF fan ever.)

I actually listened to this book on audio while at work. I'm not usually an audiobook person, but with the "non-fiction" tilt this takes I actually got a lot out of hearing it narrated. It somehow made it sound like someone was telling me an epic historical tale, whereas plainly reading it may feel like more of a slog through a textbook. The narrator was perfectly suited for the job, too. I really recommend trying it that way if the size and content seems daunting. (Then look at the pictures later.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Toxic relationship, Gore, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

savaha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, Incest, Miscarriage, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexism, Murder, Infidelity, and Death of parent

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Classism, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, Abortion, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture

Minor: Confinement and Medical content