[TV/BOOK] *SPOILERS* Game of Thrones Discussion - Page 53

Maybe

I want to see Dany come into the battle w/ Khal whatever his name was and her dragons, destroy those slaving sons of bitches that call themselves the Yunkai, make everything all peaceful and go to Westeros. Somehow I doubt that's how it's going to play out.

Also I did NOT see the Jon thing coming. Holy shit :[ QQ

Also I agree w/ everyone Victarion = bad ass mother fucker.

In my opinion the book is better than AFFC but not as good as book 2 and 3. Overall I enjoyed reading the book, but somehow I was a little bit disappointed in the end.
I was eagerly anticipating the fight for Winterfell between the Boltons and Stannis and the fight for Mereen. Somehow both of that just didn't happen. Don't get me wrong I still had a blast reading the book.

Short summary of the things I liked and didn't like:
Dislikes:
As already mentioned, I was really looking forward to the battle for Winterfell and then the Snowstorm came to ruin the day .
I always loved the Dany parts in the other books, in ADWD they were kind of annoying. Dany turning from a cool charakter to a somehow annoying little girl that falls in love with a guy that has a golden tooth (common... ^^). The scene in the end, when she mounted Drogon was cool though.
I also felt the Tyrion parts weren't that intresting, but I always was looking forward to an encounter between Daenarys and Tyrion. Sadly that never happend.
The fact that John Snow decided to fight against Ramsey just didn't feel right and was implausible for the charakter in my opinion. As for his dead, I somehow expected it.

Likes:
Arya! Still my fav charakter.
The prologue was great and I loved the Melisandre chapter.
The Theon/Reek parts were really intense, especially the first one. After that I really felt pity for a charakter I hated before.
Cerseis march of shame was also a highlight of the book.
Victarion is a baller!
The whole iron bank thing is great, it will be interesting how they change things up in the future.
Davos chapters were a great read and I loved how Manderly was making fun of the Freys.
Aegon landing in Westeros. Can't wait for this story arch in the next book.

I still have a major mancrush on Stannis, but him getting too entangled in the Night's Watch and effectively petitioning them to help him take his throne (though he is the rightful ruler), seems like it could seriously undermine the integrity of the night's watch, and specifically Jon Snow's. Combined with the diplomatic stance toward the Wildlings, I just can't help but feel Jon's going to be in some serious trouble. Also, he can't possibly evade repercussions for straight up decapitating Janos Slynt. I can't wait to see that scene in the show, I hope they change it around and take Slynt to the place where Eddard first dispensed justice on the deserter. Whether it's the wildlings, people in the watch, or the Boltons in the north, Jon Snow is going to make a powerful enemy.

I find myself feeling really bad for Theon/Reek. Even in book 2 when he did all that fucked up shit, I could sorta understand where he was coming from. He knew he was likely to be on the losing side if he sided with his friend Robb. It was loyalty to friends and death or loyalty to family and life. It doesn't seem like he treated the smallfolk well when occupying winterfell, but think about what the Lannisters would have done had they seized winterfell? What did the Boltons do? He wasn't THAT much of a dick to the people of winterfell when he conquered. One interesting thing about Theon that I may have posted here before is that the book mentions that he used to sleep with the Miller's wife when he was ward of the Starks. He kills the Millers boys to pass them off as Bran and Rickon, and I just thought that there's a possibility that the Rickon aged one was actually Theon's biological son. Anyway, I find myself hoping nothing horrible happens to him while he's in captivity.

I've found the Dany chapters really boring in both Book 2 and this book so far. Right now it feels like half of every Dany chapter describes the way her loins froth at the thought and sight of Dario. Just bang and get it over with wtf. She'll probably never cross the Narrow Sea, I think the main story could stand entirely without Dany as a PoV character. There's a supernatural doom brewing to the north which threatens to bring eternal winter with the extinction of humanity. By comparison, a story about a 15 year old girl trying to teach a bunch of savages that slavery and fighting pits are wrong and pining for Dario is not particularly compelling.

Also loled at the fakedeath of Tyrion. I thought GRRM was going to set it up purposefully to where Tyrion is largely irrelevant to the story, but then he learns something that could make him very relevant, and the dies. Drowning though? It was a strange choice.