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Post by Joker on Oct 8, 2012 15:34:40 GMT -5
I just absolutely completely LOVE GAME OF THRONES. Like...no qualifications needed. xD I don't find the books particularly depressing either - quite the opposite in that they're pretty exciting most of the time. Honestly, I was so incredibly thrilled when I started the first one because I legitimately didn't know that there were any modern books I could enjoy so much. They also have the added bonus of being so long that you can really get lost in the world for hours and hours at a time. I also love the TV series, which is unusual for me - I usually hate seeing adaptations of any book that I like - but I think they did a great job sticking to the novels (as much as you can with such long and complicated stories).
Oh, and the obligatory favorite character list: Sandor Clegane, Ser Barristan, Bronn, Jaime Lannister, Daenerys, Jon Snow... I think I'll stop there. 0:-)
Really, they easily rank among my top 5 favorite books/series ever.
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Post by Dju on Oct 8, 2012 16:26:55 GMT -5
Dju.... was that post after book 2? :/ Because I haven't finished 3, and those events don't sound familiar. Daggone it. Yep! ^-^
Just went back to check for sure...she still had her Needle, and Yoren was with her as well. She went to the woods alone to do her lady business and maintain Arry's boy identity going on, when she got surprised by wolves. They snarled at her, but paid no more attention to her afterward!
But my book two is in Portuguese, perhaps the person who traduced it took some liberties? XD |
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Post by Draco on Oct 8, 2012 19:52:26 GMT -5
Ok, finished the first season. I have to say it was better then what I expected. The story slowed down at times, but it was still entertaining, not just that boring sort of slowness. The characters are all good, either likable or just plain hate, but they're good characters, not just dull. Now I need to watch season 2....
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Post by Komori on Oct 8, 2012 21:11:58 GMT -5
Dju.... was that post after book 2? :/ Because I haven't finished 3, and those events don't sound familiar. Daggone it. Yep! ^-^
Just went back to check for sure...she still had her Needle, and Yoren was with her as well. She went to the woods alone to do her lady business and maintain Arry's boy identity going on, when she got surprised by wolves. They snarled at her, but paid no more attention to her afterward!
But my book two is in Portuguese, perhaps the person who traduced it took some liberties? XD
Yeah, I remember that event, but Arya never identifies any of the wolves as Nymeria, and I don't even think the wolf was a direwolf, which the books always make sure to make that distinction. I think that has more to hint at possible warg-like powers like Bran or John exhibited?
For characters, can I say that I really liked Theon in book 1 when he was just Robb's smiley, joking friend? Once the author started to actually develop him, I didn't like him anymore. u_u Also, I think the Danys chapters are probably my least favorite. She had some interesting character development in the first half of book 1, and then plateaued to a pretty boring and predictable personality. I like every other character around her, but she herself is surprisingly flat, compared to other characters in the series. Even Catelyn, who's got the same sort of strong regal personality, is more relatable because she goes through a lot more complex emotions and choices. |
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Post by Komori on Dec 16, 2012 5:02:11 GMT -5
Ohmigosh, Mr. Martin, are you just writing 50 Shades of Grey for dudes or something? Because I'm pretty sure I just read a chapter where literally nothing happened but sex.
Seriously. Jon Snow just went into a cave and found his girlfriend exploring it, then they have sex on the cave floor, talk about some folktale, have sex on the cave floor again, and then roll into an icy cave pool where they have sex a third time... which I'm fairly sure is physiologically impossible and would probably have killed them of hypothermia.
End of chapter.
Fffffff. |
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Post by Dju on Dec 16, 2012 10:01:23 GMT -5
Ohmigosh, Mr. Martin, are you just writing 50 Shades of Grey for dudes or something? Because I'm pretty sure I just read a chapter where literally nothing happened but sex.
Seriously. Jon Snow just went into a cave and found his girlfriend exploring it, then they have sex on the cave floor, talk about some folktale, have sex on the cave floor again, and then roll into an icy cave pool where they have sex a third time... which I'm fairly sure is physiologically impossible and would probably have killed them of hypothermia.
End of chapter.
Fffffff. I know, it's annoying. XD Seriously, scenes like this could totally be ignored for the plot. But I guess it's just George's way of showing how Jon grew as a character and changed with time. But really, ew. XD but I can't remember much scenes like this in book4 or 5, so I think you can keep your hopes up!  |
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Post by Komori on Dec 16, 2012 16:44:42 GMT -5
Ohmigosh, Mr. Martin, are you just writing 50 Shades of Grey for dudes or something? Because I'm pretty sure I just read a chapter where literally nothing happened but sex.
Seriously. Jon Snow just went into a cave and found his girlfriend exploring it, then they have sex on the cave floor, talk about some folktale, have sex on the cave floor again, and then roll into an icy cave pool where they have sex a third time... which I'm fairly sure is physiologically impossible and would probably have killed them of hypothermia.
End of chapter.
Fffffff. I know, it's annoying. XD Seriously, scenes like this could totally be ignored for the plot. But I guess it's just George's way of showing how Jon grew as a character and changed with time. But really, ew. XD but I can't remember much scenes like this in book4 or 5, so I think you can keep your hopes up! But if he wanted to show how Jon changed, he could've stopped at Jon's little flashback-reflection thing he had at the beginning of the chapter, where he kept thinking back to all the times he had sex with her. Seriously, he started the chapter with Jon thinking about sex, about three or four times in the past he'd had sex, and then IN the chapter he had sex three more time! Like, if George's point was that Jon had turned into a total hornball, I guess message received. But we already have that character in Theon, so it's getting a little redundant.  |
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