Utsob Roy reviewed A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
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5 stars
Awesome as usual.
Paperback, 1009 pages
English language
Published April 3, 2005 by Bantam Books.
4 stars
(43 reviews)
A comet the colour of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk at night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. . .and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.
Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A CLASH OF KINGS …
A comet the colour of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk at night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. . .and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.
Audacious, inventive, brilliantly imagined, A CLASH OF KINGS is a novel of dazzling beauty and boundless enchantment—a tale of pure excitement you will never forget.
Orlion reviewed A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Review of 'A Clash of Kings' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Much like A Game of Thrones with a better (read: more exciting) ending.
JohnnyCache reviewed A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Review of 'A Clash of Kings' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I can't wait to see HBO's take on this. Hopefully it's as good as the first book / TV series translation. This is the most interesting book series I've read in a long time (ever? probably!).
Subjects
- Imaginary places
- Civil war
- Fiction