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Hey guys, before I start this post I want to say that some of you will have noticed a change in the URL! I just wasn't using this blog, though I had loads of posts half written in my drafts - I just didn't know where to take it. Now I've changed it from Juyey Rambles to Juyey Reads. A place where I can do book reviews, as I do get through quite a lot of books. Haha.
First book I'm going to be reviewing since the name change is A Game of Thrones - A song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.
First book I'm going to be reviewing since the name change is A Game of Thrones - A song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.
For the longest time I've been putting off reading these books as the last books I read that had loads of hype around them, (50 Shades of Grey) I absolutely hated.
Finally I got around to buying the first book on Google earlier in the month.
Finally I got around to buying the first book on Google earlier in the month.
What GoodReads says:
The first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, starring Sean Bean.
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.
The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.
The old gods have no power in the south, Stark’s family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.
I have to first say I haven't seen the show, so this review is based purely off of the book.
I was angry reading it. Angry.
I know it is based in a time when men thought they ruled the world, whilst woman would do anything to please their men but as a woman I just got angry.
Without giving spoilers, I just wanted to slap the woman (and girls) who wanted to do nothing more than "give their man - who they may not be with for many years - a son!"
I know it is based in a time when men thought they ruled the world, whilst woman would do anything to please their men but as a woman I just got angry.
Without giving spoilers, I just wanted to slap the woman (and girls) who wanted to do nothing more than "give their man - who they may not be with for many years - a son!"
A main character ate the raw heart of a horse because of a myth that said that her unborn child could end up basically being stillborn, disabled or... A FEMALE! Oh shock horror. That actual scene did make me want to heave a bit as well.
There was another line where one of the characters mentioned that the people in this area they were currently in, allowed everyone to have an opinion, even woman!
Then a woman was getting raped over the corpses of those in her village, by numerous guys.
It just made me angry and cringe so much reading it, I don't enjoy reading that.
If you've got a weak stomach, avoid these books like the plague because they are graphic.
There was another line where one of the characters mentioned that the people in this area they were currently in, allowed everyone to have an opinion, even woman!
Then a woman was getting raped over the corpses of those in her village, by numerous guys.
It just made me angry and cringe so much reading it, I don't enjoy reading that.
If you've got a weak stomach, avoid these books like the plague because they are graphic.
If you're a woman or have any sort of respect for woman, again avoid, because you will get angry like me at certain scenes. Also I should warn you now, they don't seem to care about how old the females are before "having their way" with them. There is also incest.
Looking at it like that I honestly don't understand how these books got so popular, really makes me worry about people. Saying that though, once you get past the underage sex, incest, violence, animal cruelty and sexism the actual story is interesting, enough that I've bought the next 4 books to carry on reading it.
I honestly don't think this book is worth the hype everyone is throwing around them, but once you get past all the foul themes it's an okay read, but I wouldn't recommend it.
I know this is a bit of a mixed review. I will be reviewing each book as I finish, maybe I'll enjoy them the more I get involved in that world.
Looking at it like that I honestly don't understand how these books got so popular, really makes me worry about people. Saying that though, once you get past the underage sex, incest, violence, animal cruelty and sexism the actual story is interesting, enough that I've bought the next 4 books to carry on reading it.
I honestly don't think this book is worth the hype everyone is throwing around them, but once you get past all the foul themes it's an okay read, but I wouldn't recommend it.
I know this is a bit of a mixed review. I will be reviewing each book as I finish, maybe I'll enjoy them the more I get involved in that world.
Last thing I shall leave you with, do not get attached to the characters.
No one is safe in this world.
xx
No one is safe in this world.
xx
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