Kim in Appalachia Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I just started reading this book. I heard of it because of the HBO series, but I have not seen the series (and now that I've been reading the book I don't think I want to :tongue_smilie:) But I'm loving this book. I'm only 200 pages into it, which is not a lot, but I'm so hooked. I got it from the library, which could be an issue because I don't think I can finish it in 2 weeks. I know there's a waiting list. I think they will let me renew it once, but I'm so busy, I don't know if I can get through the whole thing. I may have to buy a copy. :001_smile: I waited all summer for this book. I had more time in the summer. I read some ok books this summer, but this is what I' would have preferred to read. Anyone else here amazed by these books. They are well written. I can't fly through a page like I normally do. I have to go slowly to catch everything and keep everyone straight. All through my busy day my mind is stuck in that place. I want to be there. I just wanted to see if anyone was as taken with these books. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Just wait 'til you finish Book 5 and the world has become so complex you have NO idea what's going on AND there's no chance of tying up any story lines for YEARS. ;) I hope you're taking notes as you read... On Every Single Character, event, hint of history or mythology... It all comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I have it on hold, too. I think dh might start buying them, he has been reading them for a few years. The mini-series depicts a richly created world with deep characters. Knowing that the book is almost always better than the movie (dh assures me it is), I'm really looking forward to reading them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm reading this right now. I saw the HBO series and loved it. The book is great, and you're right, definitely not one you can fly through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) I am reading the books, I am on book five. I am trying to read it as slowly as possible. I hate to think when the next one will be out. I love how his characters evolve, they are not flat and predictable. IMO Tyrion makes the series worth watching but there is quite a lot of nakie time and TeA Edited September 21, 2011 by Sis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm saving it :D. It's on my Nook and I plan on enjoying it at the beach in a couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm listening to them on CD. The narrator is generally good about using different voices, but it's been a little humorous to have siblings with different accents (Cersei and Tirion Lannister - she sounds English, his accent might be Welsh? Catlyn and John Muir Tulley - she sounds English, he has a Scottish brogue). I'm nearly done with the second book and Tirion is my definite favorite. Did you see that the actor who plays Tirion got a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his performance in the HBO series? Also, if you're interested in buying the books, Costco has had them the past several months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 They are awesome! I'm going to re-read everything before reading #5. I haven't seen the show; maybe it'll come on Netflix soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I'm listening to them on CD. The narrator is generally good about using different voices, but it's been a little humorous to have siblings with different accents (Cersei and Tirion Lannister - she sounds English, his accent might be Welsh? Catlyn and John Muir Tulley - she sounds English, he has a Scottish brogue). I'm nearly done with the second book and Tirion is my definite favorite. Did you see that the actor who plays Tirion got a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his performance in the HBO series? Also, if you're interested in buying the books, Costco has had them the past several months. I was so happy to see that, it was well deserved. Tyrion is a great character. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eewaggie99 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I'm sure as others have said, IMHO it goes downhill in book 4 and 5. Enjoy the first three though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda's Mommy Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Amazon has the first 4 books for $19.77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I read the first 3 in college, on a Greyhound trip home from school and back. Read the 4th one when it came out & now I'm re-reading them all before I get the fifth one. :) So hard to put them down!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I'm early into Book 5 now. Never seen the series (will have to check if Netflix has it)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 We've had a ton of stuff we've had to buy lately, books for my pleasure are not on the top of the list. But Christmas is not that far off. :001_smile: I've reread a few sections trying to keep everything and everyone straight. I can tell that it will come back. I love that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 I am reading the books, I am on book five. I am trying to read it as slowly as possible. I hate to think when the next one will be out. I love how his characters evolve, they are not flat and predictable. IMO Tyrion makes the series worth watching but there is quite a lot of nakie time and TeA I can imagine how much "nakie" and TeA there is! It was all the blood that I would rather not watch. There is a lot of blood. Better to read then to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I just started the first one the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I just started the first book as well. My brother has been after me for a long time to read this series, and I finally decided to pick it up to read. What horrible timing I had! The new book was about to be released, and the older, early in the series books were on hold for months at the library. :glare: So I've borrowed the first two from my brother. I'm only a few chapters in, but it's got my attention. I'm already thinking that I'll just have to buy them, because there's no way I'm waiting months for the hold list at the library to run its course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I read the first 4 books....waited YEARS for the 5th one to come out, and made the decision NOT to read the 5th one right now. I'm going to wait until #6 and 7 are done and then I'm going to sit down and read all 7 books in a row. By the time you hit book 3 and 4, you don't even follow all of the characters anymore. You follow half of them in 3, then the other half in 4, so you go through entire books without seeing some of the characters. (Because there are so many and the plot so complex.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I love a good story but can be really bothered and disturbed by violence in books. Is this a book that you think someone bothered by violence can read? I've heard that they can be a bit rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I'm early into Book 5 now. Never seen the series (will have to check if Netflix has it)! I don't think it is even on DVD yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I love a good story but can be really bothered and disturbed by violence in books. Is this a book that you think someone bothered by violence can read? I've heard that they can be a bit rough. What do you think is past your threshold? What books have previously troubled you? I do think it is very violent, but less violent than books I stopped reading because of violence. (like Sword of Truth series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I can imagine how much "nakie" and TeA there is! It was all the blood that I would rather not watch. There is a lot of blood. Better to read then to see. I was getting a bit annoyed about the amount nudity. I realize some scenes take place inside brothels but a lot of it seems really unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I wish I would have never started reading the books because there will never be an ending :( I was less than impressed with book 4 because it only followed some of the characters, and I haven't even bothered with 5 for the same reason. I'm going to follow Garga's lead and not read any more until the series is complete (so... never :P ) I had no idea there was a tv series! Probably wouldn't have ever watched it, but I should have at least known about it :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Just wait 'til you finish Book 5 and the world has become so complex you have NO idea what's going on AND there's no chance of tying up any story lines for YEARS. ;) I hope you're taking notes as you read... On Every Single Character, event, hint of history or mythology... It all comes back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Definitely don't read these books if you are bothered by violence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 I love a good story but can be really bothered and disturbed by violence in books. Is this a book that you think someone bothered by violence can read? I've heard that they can be a bit rough. The violence is appropriate for the setting, but it is violent. It depends what you can handle. I can tolerate more in books. I still picture it all, but it's not as vivid. And with books you can read something and not dwell on it, but with tv or movies they can let the camera focus on the scene in order to emphasize it, KWIM? Same goes with all of the s*x. You can read it and not linger there, where as the camera always does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I love a good story but can be really bothered and disturbed by violence in books. Is this a book that you think someone bothered by violence can read? I've heard that they can be a bit rough. Entrails are spilled, a seven year old boy is pushed off a castle tower, a baby is graphically killed after a battle-all of that happens within the first third of the first book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I love a good story but can be really bothered and disturbed by violence in books. Is this a book that you think someone bothered by violence can read? I've heard that they can be a bit rough. There are regular battles - the realm is in a regular state of shifting control. It's rather medieval in setting with a side of magic. This means not just the battle, but dealing also dealing with the losers after the battle. There is also teA - consensual and non (as is the case with arranged marriages sometimes). Also, in the first book (i'm only on the second), a girl is married off at 13. I'd been watching the TV series (on HBO) before I started the books, so I had no idea she was supposed to be that young. The scenes during her "honeymoon" period will be upsetting to some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 There are regular battles - the realm is in a regular state of shifting control. It's rather medieval in setting with a side of magic. This means not just the battle, but dealing also dealing with the losers after the battle. There is also teA - consensual and non (as is the case with arranged marriages sometimes). Also, in the first book (i'm only on the second), a girl is married off at 13. I'd been watching the TV series (on HBO) before I started the books, so I had no idea she was supposed to be that young. The scenes during her "honeymoon" period will be upsetting to some. :iagree: I didn't even finish reading the book. It was too upsetting to me. It seemed a bit too full of rape and murder of children in graphic detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 There are regular battles - the realm is in a regular state of shifting control. It's rather medieval in setting with a side of magic. This means not just the battle, but dealing also dealing with the losers after the battle. There is also teA - consensual and non (as is the case with arranged marriages sometimes). Also, in the first book (i'm only on the second), a girl is married off at 13. I'd been watching the TV series (on HBO) before I started the books, so I had no idea she was supposed to be that young. The scenes during her "honeymoon" period will be upsetting to some. There is another young girl married (she is Sansa Stark's age..which was supposed to be 13/14 right?) in book 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I read the first 4 books....waited YEARS for the 5th one to come out, and made the decision NOT to read the 5th one right now. I'm going to wait until #6 and 7 are done and then I'm going to sit down and read all 7 books in a row. By the time you hit book 3 and 4, you don't even follow all of the characters anymore. You follow half of them in 3, then the other half in 4, so you go through entire books without seeing some of the characters. (Because there are so many and the plot so complex.) Ugh. this is one reason why I stopped reading Jordan's Wheel of Time, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 There is another young girl married (she is Sansa Stark's age..which was supposed to be 13/14 right?) in book 5 Probably there abouts. She has her first cycle near the end of book 2. There's also the treatment she received at Joffrey's hand (but never directly from him because a king doesn't hit women/girls). My initial example was Daneres (sp) marrying Kal Drogo. I keep forgetting she's supposed to only be 13-14 in this second book as she's trying to gather a navy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Ugh. this is one reason why I stopped reading Jordan's Wheel of Time, GASP! Say it ain't so! When the final book is released next fall I've already planned that I'm going to the midnight release. I've never, ever done that for anything, and don't plan on ever doing it again. But I HAVE to have that book the second it's available. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShutterBug Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Loved the book, loved the HBO series (with the exception of the nudity/s*x that wasn't in the book and served no purpose to the story). If you're thinking of watching the series, wait until you finish the book :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I read the first 4 books....waited YEARS for the 5th one to come out, and made the decision NOT to read the 5th one right now. I downloaded the 5th book to my Kindle the second that I could and devoured it in a couple of days. And now....I....wait....for years....again.:glare: There is another young girl married (she is Sansa Stark's age..which was supposed to be 13/14 right?) in book 5 Yes, shudders, that whole scenario was pretty disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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