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I'm proably going to put some fans off here but I REALLY liked the movie. It's about the only movie I can watch over and over again (I never read a book twice and never watch a film twice, unless I have to for some reason). The irony is that when I was 16 I had this boyfriend which I was very much in love with (teenagers, where do I begin)... He had read the books and the movie was coming out by the time we were dating. I was to "cool" and stubborn to let him control what I watch so I denied to watch the film (and didnt even think of touching the book). I thought it was weird, crazy and stupid. I was going to be an artist you know... I hadn't really grown up to be the nerdy me that I am today (and when I think of it, the book/the movie wasnt weird, crazy and stupid. It was me!). A few years later I was in Denmark with my family when the movie appeared on TV (with my current boyfriend, I imagine if that means something?) and oh how I LAUGHED! It's been "our movie" since then I find it kinda funny and ironic. I read like half of the book and loved it few years ago but I didnt finish mainly because I was a slow reader and I had to give it back to the library. I litsened to the radio series though and I really liked it. Weird but cool. I plan to buy the book and the movie, I really like to finish the book so I can compare it to the movie (but I think I would still love the movie though because of my emotions are so attached to it).

I kind of blame the advertising and the whole media attention for ruining the book for me. I thought it was easy to read, fun, smart and interesting, so I bougth it. Everyone was talking about it like it was genius and everybody seemed to like it and there was such a hype about it. So my expectations were really high and I had no idea I was going to read about spiritual stuff and god from the first page! I'm "spiritually open" and I do yoga so I thought this would be a good reading for me, but it just wasn't. It was boring, depressing and I always had this silly feeling when I read it. I feel like they were marketing the book as Chick lit when it should be a self-help or something.

No I havent watched the series yet, I'm saving it because I really want to read it first I'm not gonna give up on this, your reply's are really helping me. I'm all exited now to see how the women grow, I really hope you're right! I think the fantasy genre is really exiting and I plan to read alot more. It's a great excape from the boring reality! And thanks for the compliment PS I thought my relpy to Kell's post would appear just below hers, I think I know how to do this now

Thank you so much, this helped alot! I didn't know about the Egypts, it really sounds interesting so maybe I'll do some google-ing on this to add some history knowledge to my brain Always fun to learn somthing new! But really, thank you.

Hi there! I'm new to this forum and also to the fantasy genre, though I've read about half LOTR the first book (but I own them so I can finish them someday), The Hobbit and like 5 and a half Harry Potter books (I have them all too and I'm going to finish them someday). But that's pretty much it. I've been picking up on a few new intersts (or allowing myself to actually spend some time doing something I like) and one of those things was to pick up on my reading. There's been so much fuzz about the Game of Thrones TV show and I know the book seris A Song of Ice and Fire is cherished and I feel the urge to explore the fantasy genre and this series in particular. I'm so lucky that my older brother owns the whole series so I've borrowed the first book from him. Other than him I know no one who's into this so I'm posting this here because I have literally no one to speak to this about! I'm only on page 70 something but it striked me on almost the first pages how women are treated. Like how Daenerys brother treats her, twisting her nipples and pimping her out (or hoping to at least - I've not yet come so far to know how it turned out). How Ned treats his wife and how if someone dies the rule is that the widow get's the brother (or something, I'm not sure I quite understand this completely). This really makes the book difficult for me to read, but everyone seems to love this series so I feel like I'm the only one who feels this way. (And by everyone I mean by posts I've read on the internet, not by people I know; referring to my loneliness above). I know of course that this is not something that the author is promoting and yes it's a part of the authors cultural setting but still, it annoys me so much! I would really like to know your thoughts on this please! P.S Englis is not my first language so I'm sorry if my spelling or use of words is a bit off. I hope I'm doing OK though!

My bookclub on goodreads.com just picked this book for this month and I finished it in about four days! It's been a long time since a story cought me like that, I fell completely in love! Nice to find out there was a movie, I had no idea. Deffinetly on my to-watch list!