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A tale of court intrigues in the land of Seven Kingdoms, a country "blessed by golden summers that go on for years, and cursed by cruel winters that can last a generation". The cold is returning to Winterfell, where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime. A time of conflict has arisen in the Stark family, as they are pulled from the safety of their home into a whirlpool of tradedy, betrayal, assassination plots and counterplots. Each decision and action carries with it the potential for conflict as several prominent families, comprised of lords, ladies, soldiers, sorcerers, assassins and bastards, are pulled together in the most deadly game of all, the game of thrones.… (more)
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The first book in the epic series. It is of a fairly slow pace but what you get for that is a more complete world view and more rounded characters. You can definitely sense the authors familiarity with the brutality of medieval politics, even though the story is based within a fantasy world. It is refreshing to read such a story where the romanticism (as exemplified by Sansa Stark) is met with the hard reality of politics waged via the sword.
The story is told from the perspectives of various characters and this sometimes feels disconnected but if you are patient it is worth persevering. ( )
Começo da saga hobbesiana de intrigas palacianas intensas, com uma pletora de personagens, todos eles bem trabalhados (o livro toma seu tempo - é um cartapacio!), elaborados com toques de fantasia, mas já evocando uma época de ouro há muito passada. O modelo é o medievalismo europeu, onde o pior do ser humano aflora, em uma combinação de necessidade da força bruta (e então a hierarquia do gênero se consolidando em machismo ou cavaleiresco ou selvagem) e monarquismo (no qual a hierarquia do sangue prepara o palco para a desconfiança e a cobiça). Dentro dessa escolha eticamente duvidosa, é bastante impressionante. Especialmente porque, dado um tratamento mais realista dos riscos de morte e mesmo com o desenho de arcos muito planejados (onde as deixas se conectam), o romance lê como imprevisível. Qualquer um poderia morrer. Alguns realmente morrem. ( )
I am seriously displeased with the killing off of one of the characters. That said, I did enjoy this book. Very fast moving, well imagined, and engaging. Off to book 2. ( )
There's honestly nothing I can think of that could improve it in any way. This is a book that made me shout at it, that made me giggle and cry, that made me gasp, that made me tremble and hate and love. It's seamless; I'd say it's unputdownable, except that sometimes I found I desperately needed to put it down because I was overwhelmed with the wonder of it, only to pick it up again half an hour later.
"We should start back," Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. "The wildlings are dead."
Quotations
"The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends", Ser Jorah told her. "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace." He gave a shrug. "They never are."
Bran thought about it. "Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave," his father told him.
The blood of the First Men still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.
A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.
Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.
"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
Let them see that their words can cut you, and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
Last words
The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.
If you are combining a translated copy please check carefully as in some languages this book was split into two volumes. In some languages there is a single volume edition and a split edition - you should only combine the single volume edition with the English edition.
Languages known to have multiple-volumes - French*, German*, Italian*, Portugese, Romanian and Swedish*.
Languages marked by an asterisk also have a single volume edition. This is the single-volume edition "A Game of Thrones". DO not combine with the omnibus edition containing "A Game of Thrones" and " A Clash of Kings".
A tale of court intrigues in the land of Seven Kingdoms, a country "blessed by golden summers that go on for years, and cursed by cruel winters that can last a generation". The cold is returning to Winterfell, where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime. A time of conflict has arisen in the Stark family, as they are pulled from the safety of their home into a whirlpool of tradedy, betrayal, assassination plots and counterplots. Each decision and action carries with it the potential for conflict as several prominent families, comprised of lords, ladies, soldiers, sorcerers, assassins and bastards, are pulled together in the most deadly game of all, the game of thrones.
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Long suffering Starks, betrayal is always near, beware Lannisters.
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The story is told from the perspectives of various characters and this sometimes feels disconnected but if you are patient it is worth persevering. (