What is game of thrones book about

Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. I do, however, believe that the complex and sprawling world that Martin created is somehow quite accessible to many fantasy readers.

A Game of Thrones is an absolutely stunning beginning to an incomplete legendary fantasy series. But I doubt I need to; practically every fantasy reader these days knows about the existence of A Game of Thrones.

The worldwide fame of this series speaks for itself already; quality stays. I recommend this novel with all my heart to every epic fantasy reader. The intricacies of the plot, characterizations, and world-building are worth your utmost attention; the maximum depth of them can only be achieved by reading the book, nowhere else. This edition is beautiful; each chapter begins with a black and white illustration done by highly praised artists in the industry.

But this is also the main problem of this edition. Not to mention that a lot of the colored artworks are placed on the wrong page.

Because of all these, I think it would be best if a complete newcomer to the series read the text-only edition. Pictures are taken from her Twitter account and official website. You can order the book from: Blackwells Free International shipping You can find this and the rest of my reviews at Novel Notions I also have a Booktube channel Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing!

View all 47 comments. Jan 17, Sean Barrs rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , love-and-romance , 5-star-reads. Okay so I read it again. Plus, it gives me chance to share this review once more and tell my personal reading journey to any followers I might have picked up since Original Review A Game of Thrones changed my life. Prior to reading it I had no interest in books whatsoever. I was on course to be a forensic psychologist; however, I began reading this wonderful s Okay so I read it again.

I was on course to be a forensic psychologist; however, I began reading this wonderful series. Suffice to say, it threw me of course ever so slightly: I am now studying a degree in English Literature. One day I'd like to teach it. A Game of Thrones kindled a fire within me that erupted into a love of books. I began to read other novels across the genres.

I then went onto other fantasy novels and historical fiction, which distracted me from my degree work. I found myself reading Tolkien and Ken Follet when I should have been doing my degree prep.

I then went onto classic authors such as Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Books became my life. I now spend countless hours reading literature of all varieties from Austen to Shakespeare, from Phillip Pullman to Sherlock Holmes. Indeed, I find myself immersed in the plots, sympathising with characters and becoming engrossed in book after book.

A Game of Thrones is not the best fantasy novel that has been written nor is it my all time favourite novel or series, but, it will always be something special to me because it was the first book that turned me into a reader; thus, I'll read it once a year, every year, to honour it. View all 40 comments. May 05, M rated it did not like it Recommends it for: no one. Recommended to M by: a stupid internet search I shouldn't have trusted. Shelves: read-as-much-as-i-plan-to , reviewed.

I am on page , and although it pains me to put a book down unfinished, it is simply time for me to quit. It isn't perfect in the beginning it's pretty flawed, actually , but you think "That's okay, the premise is good! It will improve! The characterization is painfully, painfully flat.

I'm tempted to go through the text and count the number of times Jon Snow is referred to as a bastard. I get it! His mother is not his father's wife! He is a bastard! Please, god, can we move on now? Cue self-inflicted eye-stabbing. The kicker: Jon Snow is probably the deepest character in the book.

And exactly like Grey's Anatomy, there comes a moment often when a character married to two people at once and pregnant with some other dude's baby decides to throw herself off a bridge, and then survives, but is left in a coma that can only be cured by the medicine her dead best friend left in her nightstand when you just can't take one more bit of drama just for the sake of it. Plus, I totally cheated and looked up what happens in the sequels, and the plot only gets more convoluted and depressing.

I would like to know what you've been smoking, because it apparently gives you the power to turn crap into gold. And thus I'm back to the beginning and hating and loving people all over again! And the dumbass King ruins it all by having a wicked witch for a wife, but if not then it would just be some other wickedness to get the party started.

There are so many characters I love in these books and the wolves of course. And all who kill wolves can have their head on a pike! His f And thus I'm back to the beginning and hating and loving people all over again! His fur was white, where the rest of the litter was grey. His eyes were as red as the blood of the ragged man who had died that morning. Bran thought it curious that this pup alone would have opened his eyes while the others were still blind.

Jon turned. Tyrion Lannister was sitting on the ledge above the door to the Great Hall, looking for all the world like a gargoyle. The dwarf grinned down at him. Why aren't you at the feast? Might I have a closer look at your wolf? He pushed himself off the ledge into empty air. Jon gasped, then watched with awe as Tyrion Lannister spun around in a tight ball, landed lightly on his hands, then vaulted backward onto his legs, And he does this: "One word," Tyrion said, "and I will hit you again.

Tyrion hit him again. Now both cheeks flamed Oh if he only killed him off right then. And his mother for that matter but I digress. All the sadness that came and a bit of revenge to come later on In other parts of the world. I love Dany and Khal Drogo so much. Once again, love nothing in these books!

And the Mother of Dragons. I still have the other books to read. The only thing I don't like is the killing of the wolves and horses and the rapes, but we know those things are going to happen. And I will not like anyone again on the shows or in the books because every time I do they get killed! So, I'm just going to pretend I can't stand them all : I love the book and the characters. I hope to see some good revenge in some of the other books and I hope some certain lady takes most all of them out.

I'm not saying any names in case I jinx it View all 42 comments. Jun 20, J. Sutton rated it it was amazing. Each chapter is well-crafted. Definitely nothing that one could really classify as a surprise.

In fact, it distracted me for a while that the two were so remarkably similar scenes, dialogue, action all seemed to match. When there was a small conflict with the series, I found myself noting the difference. This often had to do with the age of the characters they are younger in the book or the description of a few of the characters such as Tyrion.

In the end, however, I was swept up in this epic story! I liked the pace produced by the shifting perspectives. The one drawback to this approach for me came at the end. View all 17 comments. Shelves: fantasy , own , political-thrillers , , book-a-book-club , series. I have finally done it!

I have joined in on the fun that is A Game of Thrones. It is and I managed to make it all the way here without reading a page or watching a minute of the show. Now, it is the nature of the internet to keep me from being completely in the dark on this one, but I think I did a pretty good job of avoiding hearing or seeing too much about it. Is this a great fantasy book?

It really is quite good. The plot and the characters are well thought out. Comparing it to other fan I have finally done it! Comparing it to other fantasy books I have read, it is right up there or better. Yeah, but since this has been taking the world by storm it must have blown your socks off!?

Um, no, not really. How about mainstream interest? So many people say they are not fantasy fans but they love this series. In fact, it isn't even really "fun" fantasy - it is dark with lots of politics and plotting. Some of my Goodreads friends said that historical fiction fans get a kick out of it, too, and it is loosely based on the War of the Roses. Do I want to watch the show now? Yeah, I think I will check it out. Sex and violence? I have seen some people wary of this book because of sex and violence.

Internet spoilers, SNL skits, etc. However, compared to other fantasy novels, it is pretty normal. In fact, the depiction of sex is pretty tame. Violence is maybe a little more intense, but nothing that made me feel the book was too extremely brutal.

Perhaps these things get amped up in future books? One thing that seemed to leak through the internet and my friends talking about the book was to not get too attached to a character because they will probably die. So far, only one death was kind of shocking to me. I expect the death count and the shock value to go up as the books progress. I think that covers the main points. View all 79 comments. Jun 15, Jesse rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: anyone who likes anything epic and historical.

Recommended to Jesse by: William. Shelves: fantasy , jesse-s-all-time-favorite-authors. I usually read a book once and its quite well locked into my brain. As much as I've enjoyed many books I've read, they just don't require a second read for me. I read them, now its time to move on. I loved this book and its characters so much, and crave the world and narrative so much that I couldn't wait for Martin to get the newest installment out.

So I started rereading the first book I've ever reread. Let me just say that I didn't find ANY of the characters boring. Even the characters that I would find an anoying personality type, are deeply engrosing in this tale. And those types of characters number just 2 for me in this book. There are so many characters, with such a broad range of personalities that there is someone to match everyones likes. Yet even the characters I initially found myself repulsed by, grow and change and are just as fascinating as those that I admire and empathize with.

Normally I dislike when an author has too many characters and jumps from character to character from one chapter to the next, not so in this book. Martin's ability to tell a story and hook you on it, is so great that I started to look forward to these jumps to different characters.

With this many characters you really are provided with a great narrow and broad picture of the currents of this world and narrative. Its like watching individual storms all over the globe, all adding up to the global weather system. Which leads me to my next point, his pacing. I've read my share of epic fantasy series. Both these authors have good parts, and bad parts to their books.

There are momments in their books where I stop and think, "That was the coolest thing event I've ever read". Yet there are way more parts in both author's works where I was thinking "when are we going to get to the next awsome and exciting event?

I came to expect this in any book, particularly epic fantasy. Martin broke that mold for me. I kept waiting for a momment where part of my mind would start, metaphorically, tapping its foot in bordom thinking, " are we there yet? It never happened. Each chapter would grab me, and by the time the chapter ended I was groaning at having to leave behind this story thread because I was wrapped up in its narrative path. Then I'm instantly swept up by the events of the next chapters story thread.

Finally there is the commitment by the author to this narrative. Many stories have jeopardy but you kind of know that in the end, the main character can't die, there are more books to come. Don't ever count on that in "A Game of Thrones". In this book and in subsequent ones in the series, I literally threw down the book and got up in shock. It gives me confidence in Martin and his own level of commitment to telling me the best and most real story possible, complete with unfair and tragic events happening to good AND bad people though in the case of the bad people I suppose it would be "fair and happy" when negative things happen to them..

Ok, thats it, I can't believe how much I wrote here. Hope this gets some folks to read this book. Cause once you read the first, you'll be hooked. I also found it interesting how much more the tension in the book was increased for me because I knew certain great momments were coming in the book, and the tension that created for me was most enjoyable.

This is quite possibly THE best first book in a fantasy series I've ever read. I can't wait to re-read book 2 now, if only I had more time to read! View all 20 comments. First, because I already knew what happened from the show, second because I guess you just cannot rush through this book that fast, and third because I dreaded all the horrible things and painful deaths that were going to happen. Maybe I would have read this novel faster if I hadn't known everything already?

Because A Game of Thrones is very close to the first season of the show, only with more detail. So GRRM is a great storyteller, but also a cruel one.

You just never know what is going to happen next and you really fear for all the characters you love. This whole series is just so big. And awesome. And I really don't know where this is all going to go and how it will end but well Hoping for many dead Lannisters. View 2 comments. Oct 23, mark monday rated it it was amazing Shelves: alpha-team , fantasy-modern.

Tyrion, you are the tops! View all 60 comments. Reading this makes me super interested in the TV show and i've heard so many people telling me to watch it that as soon as I have the time which might not be for a while lol I will definitely be looking into that! At this point i'm too exhausted to even consider reading the sequels; i'm giving myself a break after reading this hahaha. Also sidenote- the audiobook is great.

You can find the entire series on audiobook on Scribd. I really can't review this, the story is way to complicated to even begin to do that. View all 18 comments. So glad I reread this! I loved it even more this time and it just reaffirmed that this is my favorite series.

It was first published on August 1, At the beginning of the story, Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark executes a deserter from the Night's Watch, who has betrayed his vows and fled from the Wall. On the way back, his children adopt six direwolf pups, the animal of his sigil. There are three male and two female direwolf pups, as well as an albino runt, which aligns with his three trueborn sons, two trueborn daughters, and one bastard son.

Ned is reluctant, but agrees to go when he learns that Arryn's widow Lysa believes Queen Cersei Lannister and her family poisoned Arryn. Shortly thereafter, Ned's son Bran inadvertently discovers Cersei having sex with her twin brother Jaime Lannister, who throws Bran from the tower to conceal their affair.

Mar 04, C. How is one supposed to review a book like this?! Of course, they survived. I'm sure it'll pass. But he's so awesome I guess he'll die soon. Maybe she'll show up? I like Arya. She's driven. She has psycho children. She's seriously messed up. But she's very smart and cunning.

Sometimes happy. I'm psychotic like that, but seriously, this book is more psychotic. Or cake. Just give me cake. Also comfort because I'm not a happy poppet right now. I totally get why people love these books and hate the author.

View all 34 comments. This book was raw, gritty, barbaric and downright crass at times This was an ancient, epic adventure that consumed my thoughts. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around everything that took place and who everyone is.

This book had an extremely robust cast of characters and a complex, multifaceted storyline. Don't get too attached to anyone This book was raw, gritty, barbaric and downright crass at times Don't get too attached to anyone either, as Martin has no qualms about killing off a few characters, even those that seem critical.

Today's Top Stories. How to Eat Like Chris Hemsworth. Getty Images. Bantam amazon. Spectra Books amazon. As the reader progresses through the book, they follow the politics of the Iron Throne- a metaphor representing the complete and utter control a King possesses in a feudal government system.

Furthermore, the reader tracks 8 character perspectives, which are alternated through passing chapters. As the King rides north to Winterfell to meet with his trusted vassal, and friend, Eddard "Ned" Stark, he strikes up an agreement to anoint Eddard as the hand of the king. Reluctant, Ned follows the King back to the South, but as the plot continues to unfold, Eddard learns of a secret unbeknownst to the King and some of his most trusted advisers. I initially picked this book up after finishing J.