Aimee's Book Corner: Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones. We’ve all heard of it. You’ve all probably
seen the T.V show (and are patiently awaiting the sixth season). You might be
thinking to yourself ‘hey, I should read the books.” My advice: unless you are
a trained professional, these books can be difficult.
I’ll start at the beginning; the prologue. Word of caution;
you will be confused. Thoroughly and often. I had to reread the prologue twice
before I even slightly understood what was going on, and even then I was still
confused.
Now, if you like slow beginnings and lots of plots that take
thousands of words and a few hundred pages to figure out, you’re going to love
this book. It’s all about setting up the characters, figure out who their
related to, what their motives are, and their end game. You learn to like some
people, and you learn to hate everyone else. You wonder who your friends are,
who you can trust.
I do have to tell you this book is full of contradictions.
You won’t be able to put it down, but this is definitely a book you need
constant breaks for. I found myself constantly putting Game of Thrones down and
then five minutes later I would end up picking it back up and reading ten more
pages.
Being the type of person that can read four books in four
days, taking a week to read a single book is weird. But Game of Thrones
definitely needs more time than an average book. It’s full of complex issues
and diversity that requires you to think hard about a lot of the tiny details.
My rating: ★★★☆☆
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