OFFICIAL Game of Thrones Thread - Page 9

I think the Reed siblings are two of the most interesting characters in the books. Plus he's going to meet Coldhands and I want to hear about how Howland Reed saved Ned Stark's life.

but yea i just don't know about bran. to give you an idea what ive liked in the books the most so far - the battle of king's landing, i love littlefinger, and i really enjoyed all of jon beyond the wall/jon vs the wildlings at the wall. also brienne and samwell are just AWFUL. seriously-- why?!?! WHY GOD WHY? cersei was so-so, i really liked jaime's perspective.. the whole 'holy shit he killed the king to save the kingdom' revelation especially. tyrion is always great too.

My favorite POVs so far are Jon, Bran, Tyrion, Jaime, and Arya.

I can't stand Sansa and her chapters are generally boring (as an aside, I appreciate Littlefinger but can't stand him), Brienne's chapters are boring, I can't stand Cersei or her chapters. The Iron Islands people are boring (except Euron Crows-Eye is interesting). Dany's chapters were boring to start but get better through the series. Obviously no one likes Sam, but given how his last chapter ended it'll be interesting to see what happens with that.

Jon beyond the wall was great. I liked Sam beyond the wall, and his manipulation of the NW, but after they sailed for Braavos I stopped caring. Littlefinger is a very interesting perv, and Jaime is getting better. I want a Dance with Dragons already!

I'm going to type like an adult for once! I guess.. I don't know, maybe I've aged out of the series to some degree, or maybe it's just how terrible the last book was, but ASOIF has really lost some of its luster to me. What I liked the most was the sense of epicness - the impossibly high Wall, the idea that the NW has existed for thousands of years, and the fact that the whole first book was about the "Game of Thrones" - huge forces moving in opposition to each other that encompassed massive armies. But now.. the books just seemed focus on the individual characters. Which isn't inherently bad, but it is if the characters are fucking boring, which so many of the characters are. Honestly, one of my favorite perspectives was the ship captain.. was that in book 3? The one who served Robert's brother.

No, I agree with that part - my interest in the lower couple kingdoms has waned, because lets face it, the war is mostly over. Now, the major war, the one outlined in the introduction, needs to happen. The Prince that was Promised, etc, needs to show up and fight against the forces of the Cold. That's what I meant by returning to "ASOIAF" instead of the "War over who fathered Joeffry and Tommen and Marcella "Baratheon"". Dany, Jon, and Dragons versus the Others.

The Onion Knight? I thought that was the last book so far (was that 4?). He was cool. Sam's been hit and miss. Some of his stuff is okay. Jaime has become a cool character, and is actually developing, which is nice. I need more Jon and Arya (best character to follow IMO).

Sadly we're not going to see that in this latest book because IIRC it's occures concurrently with the last one, right?

The was the explanation in the afterward, I believe. I just want the last book out so I can have some closure and bail on the series.

Arya and Jon's POVs will both be in book 5 (A Dance with Dragons). The other POVs will be: Varamyr Sixskins (prologue), Dany, Tyrion, Davos Seaworth (The Onion Knight), Bran, Theon Greyjoy/Reek, Asha Greyjoy, Lady Melisandre, and Cersei.