Wednesday, 22 February 2012

A Game of Thrones (Review)

I don't get why people don't like this book. This is epic. Yes, I know that some people might not like this genre of adventure/fiction with kings and princes and lords and dragons and battles and wars. But c'mon! This is called 'A Game of Thrones'. It has Thrones on it's name so, I don't know, but perhaps this will be about kings. Or is it about unicorns and cupcakes? NO! It's about thrones and not those thrones of tghe fairies and unicorns realms. NO! About normal thrones from normal realms with normal kings and queens. 
Now that I got that clear, let's begin the 'review'. First of all: 
-Plot- 
We all know what this is about (I think I made it clear in that paragrphs above) but for those that don't know, here it is: it's impossible to give an overall sinopsis. This book is so complex and so good that it's impossible to tell a sinopsis without spoilers and if I gave a sinopsis, it would take me 19077 characters to write. But let's move on... The plot is... oh! It is... I don't know how to describe! It's so good, so complex, so twisted and dark and funny and real and believable... Oh, I don't know! 
-Characters- 
Oh the characters. They are so real and you can relate to some of them. There are hundreds (no kidding) and hundreds of characters. So many names! I have no idea how the hell George came up with all these names. Because he doesn't say the name of the characters that are alive and that participate in the hole plot. He also tells us the name of ancient kings and the name of the parents of the characters. You don't have to memorize them all. Just the main characters. And there are so many young characters! There is Arya that is 9 years-old, Danaerys is 14 and (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER) she is pregnant from a guy that is like 28 I believe and he is a rude nomad (I know weird) and she was sold to him. There is Bran who is 8 years-old and Joffrey (the king) and he is 12 and so many others. But this is what makes the book so real. In the medieval times in the real world people grew up a lot faster. 14 years old kids were already old enough to get married and get kids. 
NOTE: there are some explicit scenes in this book that may involve minors. And there is incest and stuff like that. So if you get all crazy when there is sex in books, DON'T READ THIS!!! 
-Writing- 
George R.R. Martin's writing is just... amazing. I mean... it's so amazing. This book is written in POV (Point of View) which means that it has no chapters. The story is told by the characters (not in first person) and that is just awesome. When you read this book it feels like you see the story with the eyes of the character. You basically enter the characters mind and live the story. 
He is very descriptive and sometimes (SOMETIMES not ALWAYS) boring. SOMETIMES. I REPEAT: SOMETIMES. But that is exactly what makes it so real and good! 
-What I liked in this book- 
Everything. And when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING. 
-What I disliked in this book 
Nothing and when i say nothing I mean NOTHING.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Hello! (And what's a Book Terminator)

My first post ever. Yay! Happy times! So... hello! I thought I'd do this post because every person that starts a blog or a youtube channel makes a post/video saying hello and then talk abou themselves. That's what I'm gonna do! As you may or may not have noticed I'm a book lover. I love to read I love to see the books I almost have eyegasms just by seeing books. When I see one I feel the urge to read it. Even if it's only the first page, just to know if I like it or not. I might not see that book again but I need to touch it, smell it, read it. I don't know what's wrong with me but whatever. Now, what's a book terminator you may ask. A book terminator is someone that destroys books. Not literally of course but figuratively. I kill them, I destroy them. Just kidding. Now that's my post saying hello and explaining what a book terminator is. Bye... see you next time!

xoxo