tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009402552455872569.post8952813135601491608..comments2023-05-29T13:19:10.468+01:00Comments on Weirdmage's Reviews: REVIEW: A GAME OF THRONESWeirdmagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999326013335351617noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009402552455872569.post-71395136679690362812013-09-06T17:46:02.799+01:002013-09-06T17:46:02.799+01:00I'll be catching up with Stephen Deas' boo...I'll be catching up with Stephen Deas' books (I'm two behind), a trilogy by a new to me female author, and reissues of some classics. And have some e-ARCs of some upcoming stuff too. I'll probably be doing quite a bit of Epic Fantasy for the rest of the year, at least.Weirdmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999326013335351617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009402552455872569.post-57565450738521736102013-09-06T17:17:39.078+01:002013-09-06T17:17:39.078+01:00More power to you going back and rereading these. ...More power to you going back and rereading these. I decided before the sixth installment is released (he's actually writing that, right? Maybe he'll be done before he drops dead or something) I will go back and reread starting with book 4 - possibly book 5 depending on where the TV show is whenever he finally does complete it the book.<br /><br />Any sneak peak at what epic fantasy you're going to be reading?Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311913845542508413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009402552455872569.post-19530881489770969342013-09-06T15:58:53.067+01:002013-09-06T15:58:53.067+01:00I actually read all five books already, and plan t...I actually read all five books already, and plan to review one every week. There's some issues I have that I'm going to talk about in a sum-up post once I've done all the reviews.<br /><br />I'm going to be reading some Epic Fantasy pretty soon, and will put the reviews up not long after. Maybe there's a novel or two there that you'll enjoy... :-)Weirdmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999326013335351617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009402552455872569.post-68263152720815708882013-09-06T15:25:57.941+01:002013-09-06T15:25:57.941+01:00I just finished reading this book, well, yesterday...I just finished reading this book, well, yesterday, so I feel that I can finally comment on some of what people are saying about it! I closed it feeling that while it was a good book, it did have problems, many of which you mentioned here. Very little happening for large chunks of time, jumping back and forth to the viewpoints of a large cast of characters slowing down development. But I also felt that many of the characters were archetypes, able to be summed up in a snappy short descriptive phrase that one might find on tvtropes.org, and while there was a large cast and that made for some diversity, I still felt that most of them ended the book no different than they'd started, and where they'd started wasn't exactly as whole complete characters anyway.<br /><br />Still, an enjoyable book, and it did satisfy my craving for some epic fantasy like the kind I used to enjoy in high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com