A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3, Part 2) - George R.R. Martin

Advantages: An Exellent read, that leaves you craving more, MORE !!
Disadvantages: long time for next book to be released, but its well worth it!!

...(Edited to be a bit less s***e, as the book deserves much better than my paltry attempt, plus I can spell a bit better now!) Now it's not often that a book can make you keep your faith in an author for such a long time. About 4 years, this is the time that separates a Storm of Swords and G.R.R.Martins next book a feast for Crows. Now i'm not usually a very patient person, but I would wait another 4 years if he could produce anything close to the continuing master-piece that is the Song of Ice and Fire series. Not only has he encapsulated a whole world so lavishly detailed into one set of books, he pulls it off with style, sheer ravishing style. The series so far is; A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings A Storm of Swords (One book in the US, split into two in the UK) - Part 1 / Steel and Snow - Part 2 - Blood and Gold... Read review

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Advantages: Engrossing, amazing, ingenious.
Disadvantages: Leaves you craving for more. A big series.

...for one of them anyway. My favourite characters are Arya, Rob, Jon and of course Tyrion. Martin is not afraid from the unusual setting he has decided to write this epic fantasy. In fact it works so well that it adds to the readability to the whole story. Nor is he afraid from a little blood letting from the “good” Houses. There is a magical element within the story but so perfectly woven that it feels real. Death on a rampage no character is safe. With battles, knights and lords this series is indeed that has it all. “-Against the backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood” (Book two, A Song of Ice and Fire) So tell me who will you be rooting for, Cersei, Tyrion, Jon, and Bran or will you be Arya, Little Finger, Jamie or even Gregor.... Read review

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Advantages: Great fantasy for adults, lively characters.
Disadvantages: The wait till the authors finishes writing the next one.

...A Storm of Sword's is George R.R. Martin 3rd instalment in his critically acclaimed saga 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. I am anxiously waiting for the next volume to get published (the author's official site says it's November 2005) so I wanted to get more people interested in Martin's work. I chose to review the 3rd volume because it's the one I read most recently. In short, the book is just great. Really great. But it's definitely not short. In fact it's huge. However at no point in the book did I feel that it was excessively dragged out. I read it in a single breath (one of those month-long breaths, you know) and enjoyed it all the way. In Storm of Swords, nations continue to war each other and a number of kings, queens and other protagonists are killed and as a result the contenders for the Iron Throne get reduced in an alarmingly... Read review

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