A Game of Thrones

[ithildin]

Since several people had good things to say, and since it's going to be a mini series, I ordered 'A Game of Thrones', which arrived yesterday. And I was enjoying it, thinking I might order the second one, until....


My favourite character was killed off. Now I'm kinda meh about the whole thing. Not sure wicked queen [insert dire music] and presumably, the spunky younger daughter posing as a boy to escape the wicked queen/avenge her father (it just seems like the fantasy novel cliched sorta thing that one expects) is going to hold my interest through three more very long books. And from what I understand, the series isn't even finished yet.

So tell me, is it worth plugging away? I'm almost done, so I will at least finish the first one. I'm kind of bummed, since I really did think the series had promise.

at least tell me that there's no posing as a boy!

Comments

[lilliew.livejournal.com]

I loved Eddard alot (I figure you would have liked him too) and was majorly ticked when he died in such a fashion. But the rest of the books are really worth it. One thing I love about this series is that the characters grow and change. Some you love, you will eventually dislike, and some you hated you will begin to like. And there's often new characters that really grow on you.

It's not too cliche on many things and that's another thing I really like. There's alot of mysteries and things that are talked about in their history that sometimes and sometimes do not make sense later, and still may more to be revealed. The whole mess of all that happens in this first book unravels many threads that cause chaos across the continent.

I'd say get it and read it :)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I will at some point, but I have so many other books I need to read, I may wait till the series is finished.

Oh, but you can answer a question for me -- was Lysa responsible for her husband's poisoning? Because he was trying to take Robert away from her? It was something I was wondering last night [g]