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He knows he underestimated and overlooked, but uses it to his advantage- ensuring his success in his new role in King’s Landing. Tyrion really gets to shine in Clash of Kings. We get to see the true genius of the Imp. If you’re going to embark on the quest that is listening to ASOIAF you should already know that it’s a long and complicated story, but totally worth it once you’ve waded through a bit of muck. I’ll be honest though, it’s part of the history of the characters in the story. All the stuff about Houses and banners probably took up a good 100 pages and seemed there mostly as fillers. “Broken Bran” came up all too frequently along with other phrases to describe surroundings. Martin has also fallen into the trap of repeatedly using the same phrase to describe things. There is a fine line between using sex to add depth/horror to a story and using it just to fulfil a dirty old man’s fantasy. I didn’t need this shoved down my throat again and again in the form of rape and abuse. I found that disturbing because it’s already been established that women are worth pretty much nothing in Westeros, that they’re toys for men to use.

There is so much more sexual abuse and rape in this audiobook as well. Personally it didn’t really bother me, but I know it was an issue for a lot of people, mostly because it seems like Martin is trying to shock his readers/listeners by being as gruesome as possible and the story doesn’t really need that. The plot rolls along at a sluggish pace which Martin attempts to revive by sticking in scenes of increasingly graphic violence.

Good job Martin, that’s exactly what the story was missing.Ī Game of Thrones had so many promises, so many cliff hangers. Martin must have been desperate to bulk out the book because he randomly stuck in a Theon chapter where all that really happens is he gets a blowjob. While we could be hearing about these interesting plots we instead have to listen to other characters doing the most pointless things (like sneaking into whorehouses) which don’t add to the plot in any way. One posing as a boy with the very real possibility of being tortured and killed, then there’s Jon who has ventured to the other side of the wall. The plot and pacing drops off in this audiobook, on the one hand we have some characters in extremely intense situations. We get to see the characters change as events unfold, understanding their reactions and that ultimately, all the characters are motived by one thing: survival of their lineage. The character development is spot on in this audiobook, you see the cause and effect of every characters actions and the tiny ripples they make. Theon: I am a dick that everyone should suck. Sansa: how am I still miraculously alive?ĭaenerys: just give me the iron throne already. Tyrion: Cersei is a bitch and i’m the cleverest in the room. Here’s the characters point of view in one sentence or less.

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There are some really interesting back stories in the book that don’t make it to the series and it just gives you a better understanding of the characters in general.

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I really enjoyed a clash of kings, we hear from 9 different characters perspectives:Įven though there are quite a few characters each one is developed superbly, they each intertwine with each other very intricately, we see how each character reacts to situations and we see how they all have good and bad in them.Ĭlash of Kings also really demonstrates how great it is to listen to the books in conjunction with the TV series. For when rulers clash, all of the land feels the tremors. And the spoils of victory may just go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel…and the coldest hearts. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers.Īgainst a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory may be measured in blood. Robert’s two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King’s Landing. Eddard’s son Robb has declared himself King in the North. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky-a comet the color of blood and flame-six factions struggle for control of a divided land.