Game of Thrones Season 8
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The scenery parts was okay for me, however every time I saw italicized paragraphs, which were often songs, I had to skip those.
I tried to read The Silmarillion several times and couldn't get into it.
Well here I am!! I love Tolkien. I think @VeloClone might feel similarly, so I don't think I'm alone. I am, however, cognizant that different people like different things. I am not triggered.
Perhaps you agree with Michael Moorcock's famous critique and can't stand reading about how King Arglebargle reigned for 100 years.
You're not wrong.
The original manuscript for A Feast for Crows got so long that it had to be split into two books, and instead of doing the obvious thing - splitting the book into two parts at the middle, he split them up by character, forcing anyone that wants to read the books chronologically to find an online reading guide to read both books simultaneously the way it should be read. That's the first problem.
The second problem is he's rumored to have written himself into so many corners that he's going to have to Deus ex Machina the hell out of the rest of the series to complete it. Might be why it's taken so long to get to The Winds of Winter - he doesn't know how to fix the mess he's made for himself.
If you read ADWD and AFFC concurrently/chronological order it is much better.
Well here I am!! I love Tolkien. I think @VeloClone might feel similarly, so I don't think I'm alone. I am, however, cognizant that different people like different things. I am not triggered.
Perhaps you agree with Michael Moorcock's famous critique and can't stand reading about how King Arglebargle reigned for 100 years.
Given its time, it was revolutionary, the style was just not for me.
The only times I can read without falling asleep are on the shitter and running on the treadmill.
You can read while running on a treadmill?
I thought it sounded like a good idea until I tried it. After struggling to focus enough to read, my foot then clipped the side of the machine and I almost ended up in a big pile of Cooler.
Reading is hard.
ADWD had really good chapters, especially the northern ones. The Theon chapters describing the conspiracies and distrust between the Boltons/Freys/Manderlies/Umbers with the Ghost of Winterfell murders were great. They were a lot better than the Bolton garbage we got in the show.
Yooooooo you lost me with the not liking Tyrion in Essos storyline... we could throw fists on that one hahah. I wanted Tyrion to see The Old Man of The River in the show so bad. Dorne's storyline in the books isn't great, but far better than the Dorne storyline in the show, and I think there will be characters that have a bigger part to play in the grand scheme of things in the books. Could be wrong though, or we could never find out, who knows!!
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I'm assuming you meant to say "Dorne's storyline in the books isn't great, but far better than the Dorne storyline in the show". And I would agree. Dorne's storyline in the books confused me until Doran laid out his elaborate, long run endgame, then everything made sense. In the show Doran is a pathetic loser, Aryanne doesn't even exist, and the Sand Snakes are the real power of Dorne. It was just really disappointing.
You're correct, I meant far better than the dorne storyline in the show. Yeah, it was a bit all over the place at first but things started to take shape especially, like you said, after Doran laid out his plan.
First 3 were great. The last two were still well written but he started losing the story. And they each were missing real endings.
To be fair Dorne was quite bad in the books as well. Probably a good idea to cut their losses. Enjoyed watching the sand snakes die.
Doran’s end game was terrible in the books too. Wait until everyone who wronged you was already dead, then get revenge. “Fire and blood!”
I was just mad how they wasted Areo Hotah. In the books he easily kills a member of the kingsguard and in the show he said to Jamie something about how when Jamie (one of the top 3-5 fighters in the realm) had his hand it might’ve been a good fight. Then he goes out like a complete ***** without much of a fight.
