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Old 09-14-2011, 01:14 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by beespeckled View Post
I recently finished Dance w/dragons. My first Ebook purchase after having my reader for over a year. Never thought I would purchase an Ebook, but there you have it, George Martin has me sucked into this series. Blatant cheesy cliffhanger marketing that it is, I'm hooked. if he couldn't tell a good story I wouldn't be waiting for book 6.

My thoughts: Yes, he could edit out much and just get on with it! PLEASE! I get the idea of the debauched treacherousness of these characters without having every little nasty detail minutely described. but despite this, he paints a world of multidimensional characters that keeps me coming back.
I give this series a big thumbs up! BUT reader beware...nothing is sacred in these books :P
In the end, Martin does know how to tell a good story but I would agree that one could do without all the incredibly lurid details he provides about all the perversions and psychotic interests of so many of the characters.
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