Martin must have been desperate to bulk out the book because he randomly stuck in a Theon chapter where all that really happens is he gets a blowjob. While we could be hearing about these interesting plots we instead have to listen to other characters doing the most pointless things (like sneaking into whorehouses) which don’t add to the plot in any way. One posing as a boy with the very real possibility of being tortured and killed, then there’s Jon who has ventured to the other side of the wall. The plot and pacing drops off in this audiobook, on the one hand we have some characters in extremely intense situations. We get to see the characters change as events unfold, understanding their reactions and that ultimately, all the characters are motived by one thing: survival of their lineage. The character development is spot on in this audiobook, you see the cause and effect of every characters actions and the tiny ripples they make. Theon: I am a dick that everyone should suck. Sansa: how am I still miraculously alive?ĭaenerys: just give me the iron throne already. Tyrion: Cersei is a bitch and i’m the cleverest in the room. Here’s the characters point of view in one sentence or less.
There are some really interesting back stories in the book that don’t make it to the series and it just gives you a better understanding of the characters in general.
I really enjoyed a clash of kings, we hear from 9 different characters perspectives:Įven though there are quite a few characters each one is developed superbly, they each intertwine with each other very intricately, we see how each character reacts to situations and we see how they all have good and bad in them.Ĭlash of Kings also really demonstrates how great it is to listen to the books in conjunction with the TV series. For when rulers clash, all of the land feels the tremors. And the spoils of victory may just go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel…and the coldest hearts. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers.Īgainst a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory may be measured in blood. Robert’s two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest.
In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King’s Landing.
Eddard’s son Robb has declared himself King in the North. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords.As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky-a comet the color of blood and flame-six factions struggle for control of a divided land. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others-a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world.īut as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms.
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.