Purple Days

Have you ever wished you could go back? Fix those mistakes that keep you up at night. Maybe chase a love that slipped by. Every time Joffrey Baratheon dies he wakes up at the start of ASoIaF. Every lifetime he learns a bit about himself and about the world. We see him torn down till he has no ego and then built up into the man and king that Westeros needs in its final hour. Can Joffrey Baratheon solo the plot of ASoIF? Purple Days isn't finished yet but we will find out soon.

It has limited re-readability in my mind seeing how insufferable Joffrey is at the beginning. Its fairly long but it stays fresh as the tone and setting shifts during each lifetime. The author does a great job giving life to the less visited parts of Planetos. If you like Louis L'Amour then I think you will really like Purple Days. Its almost as if for a third of the book every time Joffrey wakes up he decides to go live a different Louis L'Amour book. Then the tone shifts again and we get a Legend of Zelda story.

Up until now I find the book to be fantastic, even better than ASoIaF. We will have to see how he wraps it up and it may take another year to do that.