) and I am very pleased an eagerly awaiting the next book in the series. I gotta say I like the character development a lot; the "bad guys" aren't just "bad", as you get to know them more you realise they have their reasons for acting as they do, and I'm even beginning to like characters I hated at first. 
not to mention that there are probably no good guys at all. some are considerably less bloodthirsty or idiotic than others, but they all have questionable morals to a degree. i think martin is dangerously on the verge of making arya too good, though. her list of "people i hate" makes too much sense (it'd be more interesting if she learned how sansa inadvertently helped betraying her father, and if she started hating her for it), and the three deaths she got to choose while in harrenhal is nowhere near as frightening as some i would expect other, tougher characters would have picked. imagine individuals easily tempted by revenge in such a situation: catelyn, lysa, stannis...Northern Lights said:
i agree. compared to martin's schemes, all of elayne's pains to get houses from andor behind her sound really petty.
terria said:i just stumbled across this thread, never seen it before, and oooh i love it :hotjump:
@the pratchetts: just bought monstrous regiments, and i'm a bit scared because of the reviews i've read, most of which were pretty hmmm mean. but the rest of the discworld stuff was so amazing that i'm pretty sure he won't fail me. science of disworld rocks!
anyway, every pratchett must go out and make himself a gaiman by buying neverwhere. big one
Which I think adds to make it believable; after all Arya is still a very young child, although she's done and seen a lot. Catelyn, Lysa and Stannis have the adult perspective while I think Arya acts much like a child in her choice of deaths; she just wants to beat the crap out of the people who are annoying her at present and somewhat fails to see the bigger picture.rahvin said:
terria said:
Liked it quite a lot...only problem was when all the women started bopping up, that was a bit...well, something. Jackrum is a very good character. Really fascinating and weird, fantastic ending too...can't wait to read American Gods again. Problem being that my friend is thinking of borrowing it too...damn, better be quick.
the last continent = rincewind + the wizardsTheFourthHorseman said:
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i gave the whole series to my dad to read (as a birthday present, and of course in italian since he doesn't speak english) and he fell in love with it as well. it's actually one of the things that unite us the most, to the point of being so much more than just "a series" for us: we've spent some of the darkest days of past summer (they were gloomy because of me, i was feeling particularly unwell) trying to find solace by discussing asoiaf.Strider said:and I forced (with threats when necessary) to read it almost every human being I know, and almost everyone now call me every day to thank me
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