A Game of Thrones
1996 • 694 pages

Ratings1,279

Average rating4.4

15

Writing this review is relatively harder for me because of two main reasons,

i) I've seen the TV series Game Of Thrones Season 1 and,
ii) I've heard about the book a lot

First thing I've noted was the age of the characters - it would have been more believable if the age of the children in the book was similar to that of the TV series. The most brilliant character creation George R. R. Martin did was that of the imp, Tyrion Lannister. The plot is big, to be precise really big - it took 18.9 hours for me to read the whole Divergent Trilogy and 20 hours for this book. The book is packed rich with killing, deception, romance, motherly love, love between siblings and with their pets(if you could consider direwolf as a pet!) The way of narration and certain seens were screaming ‘I'm inspired by The Lord Of The Ring Trilogy'. It also portray the medieval time when men ruled land and women, when women were seen as a part of human which helps to reproduce and to quench men's unquenchable lust.
Finally, I would recommend this book to everyone who likes The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, doesn't matter whether you liked the book or the movie. Considering the violent and intimate seens of the book I give an ‘18+' rating and 7/10 stars. [Note to George R. R. Martin - Waiting 4-6 years for a book is a huge pain in the ass! ;-) ] Peace!

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