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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 9:53 pm
(June 7, 2016 at 8:20 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Reading Game of Thrones. As much as I love the vivid imagination and creativity of this whole world George R R Martin built, I do find his books to be quite heavy reading in long stints. Wondering if it's just me.
It's not just you. It takes a minute to be be overwhelmingly invested in 3,000 characters. 
If you're on Book 1, just remember there's a lot of story and characters to set up. It's all downhill mid-book two, and before you know it, you're done with ADWD and pissed off at GRRM like the rest of us. 
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:06 pm
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(June 7, 2016 at 9:53 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: (June 7, 2016 at 8:20 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Reading Game of Thrones. As much as I love the vivid imagination and creativity of this whole world George R R Martin built, I do find his books to be quite heavy reading in long stints. Wondering if it's just me.
It's not just you. It takes a minute to be be overwhelmingly invested in 3,000 characters.
If you're on Book 1, just remember there's a lot of story and characters to set up. It's all downhill mid-book two, and before you know it, you're done with ADWD and pissed off at GRRM like the rest of us.
I read book 1 and half of book 2 ages ago and then fell off haha. I was tempted to skip book 1 this time because of how closely the show follows it (I already know 90% of it and how it ends). But no I decided to read it again just so I can go through them all, and omg it's so much going on.
I also find that with books like this, where there's several different character narratives it alternates between, there's often characters I just don't care about and I lightly groan when I see their name at the start of the chapter.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:18 pm
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You're not gonna like book 4, then. 
It's my favorite of all the books, but most don't like it because it's all plot development with Sam, and Brienne and Dorne and Iron Islands, no Tyrion, Dany, or Jon Snow, with little nuggets of Lannister sprinkled in.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:19 pm
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:22 pm
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(June 7, 2016 at 10:18 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: You're not gonna like book 4, then.
It's my favorite of all the books, but most don't like it because it's all plot development with Sam, and Brienne and Dorne and Iron Islands, no Tyrion, Dany, or Jon Snow, with little nuggets of Lannister sprinkled in.
Is that a Feast for Crows? My old housemate slags that book off so hard, he seriously said I should skip it haha (I won't though, that's silly)
But no Jon, Dany or Tyrion blows. That's like all my favourites, alongside Arya.
I love Arya in the books so far. She's so angsty
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:27 pm
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:31 pm
(June 7, 2016 at 10:22 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: (June 7, 2016 at 10:18 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: You're not gonna like book 4, then.
It's my favorite of all the books, but most don't like it because it's all plot development with Sam, and Brienne and Dorne and Iron Islands, no Tyrion, Dany, or Jon Snow, with little nuggets of Lannister sprinkled in.
Is that a Feast for Crows? My old housemate slags that book off so hard, he seriously said I should skip it haha (I won't though, that's silly)
But no Jon Snow blows, he's one of my favourites (him, Dany, Tyrion and Arya)
I love Arya in the books so far. She's so angsty
Yeah, that's the one.
There's a bunch of tertiary POV characters in AFFC. Lots of different people in Dorne, lots of Iron Islanders. Only 2-3 Arya chapters...
I love it, though, because I am love the backstories and lore, and AFFC is full of it.
There is a lot of Cersei getting drunk and being sassy, though.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 7, 2016 at 10:39 pm
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(June 7, 2016 at 10:31 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I love it, though, because I am love the backstories and lore, and AFFC is full of it.
There is a lot of Cersei getting drunk and being sassy, though.
Oh ok, lore and Cersei sass, that doesn't sound too bad actually. I love it when Cercei reads people, it's amazing.
That whole scene in season 4 of the show where she reminded Pycelle who The Queen was, I gagged.
Also the Dornese are sexy- wtf is this loud police helicopter doing above my house at 3:40 in the morning. God I hate that my house backs onto the ghetto. My goodness-a
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 8, 2016 at 1:00 am
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
June 8, 2016 at 1:01 am
It's 6 AM. Woke up super early.
Just having tea.
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