A Clash of Kings (Song of Ice and Fire, Bk 2)
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Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
Deana B. (ablotial) -
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The second book in a series always has a lot to live up to. And while I'm sure I'm in the minority here, I don't think this book managed it. It was still good, don't get me wrong but it just didn't have the same pull for me as the first book did, so it took me what felt like forever to get through it.
Additionally, there were new characters as narrators (which wasn't actually a bad thing, necessarily) and they didn't rotate in a pattern (some characters got more "airtime" than others... again not necessarily a bad thing if they were just more active) plus I was reading slowly... so sometimes when I got to a chapter I realized "wow, it's been FOREVER since I read about this person" and I couldn't remember what had happened to them before. So I spent a fair amount of time going back to find the last chapter for that person and skimming it to try to remember what was going on. Pretty annoying. But maybe less of a problem had I been reading at a better rate.
There were also a lot more battles in this book. Battle scenes that went on for entire chapters, and I just ... meh. I end up having to read and re-read a paragraph just because battle scenes don't interest me as much so I tune them out. I figure you could write an entire battle scene in a single paragraph (X and Y clans battled, person Z was injured, A and B died, C was captured by D and taken back to camp) and I would be just as happy.
But there were some great moments. Love loved all the scenes with Arya, same as last time. And am really starting to love Jon as well. Hated Theon here, but his chapters really added to the story, I think, especially the whole deal with Bran and Rickon. Smart (though jerk-ish) move on his part, and I think it will really affect the actions of the other Starks.
I'll definitely keep reading this series.
The second book in a series always has a lot to live up to. And while I'm sure I'm in the minority here, I don't think this book managed it. It was still good, don't get me wrong but it just didn't have the same pull for me as the first book did, so it took me what felt like forever to get through it.
Additionally, there were new characters as narrators (which wasn't actually a bad thing, necessarily) and they didn't rotate in a pattern (some characters got more "airtime" than others... again not necessarily a bad thing if they were just more active) plus I was reading slowly... so sometimes when I got to a chapter I realized "wow, it's been FOREVER since I read about this person" and I couldn't remember what had happened to them before. So I spent a fair amount of time going back to find the last chapter for that person and skimming it to try to remember what was going on. Pretty annoying. But maybe less of a problem had I been reading at a better rate.
There were also a lot more battles in this book. Battle scenes that went on for entire chapters, and I just ... meh. I end up having to read and re-read a paragraph just because battle scenes don't interest me as much so I tune them out. I figure you could write an entire battle scene in a single paragraph (X and Y clans battled, person Z was injured, A and B died, C was captured by D and taken back to camp) and I would be just as happy.
But there were some great moments. Love loved all the scenes with Arya, same as last time. And am really starting to love Jon as well. Hated Theon here, but his chapters really added to the story, I think, especially the whole deal with Bran and Rickon. Smart (though jerk-ish) move on his part, and I think it will really affect the actions of the other Starks.
I'll definitely keep reading this series.
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