I've FINALLY finished George RR Martin's Game of Thrones, the first book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. The length of time it took me to read this in no way reflects on the book's merit. It was absolutely excellent, I highly recommend it. He writes the most wonderful characters, each chapter deals with one of them, and slowly they are all drawn together into one interwoven story. He is a master at unexpected twists and turns in the plot, you're left stunned at some of the events and revelations.
At times I found the cruelty and violence very real and graphic, so this may be a bit much for the more tender-hearted.
These are long books and I'm going to have a break before the next one, but I will definitely be reading more. I want to watch the first TV series now, I've been waiting to finish the book, it will be interesting to see if the characters are how I've imagined them.
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