Author: George R. R. Martin
Type: Audiobook
Narrator: Roy Dotrice
Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction
Series:Yes, A Song of Ice and Fire #3
Pages: 39 CDs, 47.5 hours
Copyright: 2012
Publisher: Random House Audio
Rating: 5 out of 5
Summary: from Good Reads.
Here is the third volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. And as opposing forces maneuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords...
Feelings:
I again listened to the audiobook of this George R. R. Martin book. I enjoy the reading of the book and think it also gives me a little more self control than I would have if I was reading the book. I don't want to miss work because I'm reading. I'm already tempted sometimes and that is without "A Song of Fire and Ice" to tempt me.
In a series like this it is difficult to write a review without giving away what happened in previous books or some hint of what will happen in this book. The next book is going to be so different. The changes that in character, growth, were amazing. I went from liking some characters to disliking them and visa versa.
My partner who has already read the books likes to ask what happened in the story recently. I found myself telling him, almost every time he asked, "people died" or "more people died."
On of my favorite parts of George R. R. Martin's writing is that he is able to surprise me, yet once it happens I can't imagine it any other way. The inevitability of an occurrence without it being so obvious that I guess exactly what is going to happen.
I highly recommend this series. I can't wait to start the next. Still deciding if I want to listen to it or try reading it.
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