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Originally Posted by Section8
I agree - I finished Clash of Kings yesterday - I almost gave up about half way through, but stuck with it. The last few chapters, especially the shocker at the end, made it worth it. I will at least attempt Storm of Swords.
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Storm of Swords is an incredible book. I think it's really the best in the series, to be honest. It's actually the longest in terms of pages, but believe me those pages fly by with all the breathtaking action.
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Originally Posted by Section8
I'm having a hard time with Song of Ice and Fire. I love Martin's writing and characters, and it definitely hasn't felt like a chore to read - which is when I usually give up on a book. But I find it a challenge keeping track of the many near-independent plot lines. Half the time, at the start of a chapter, I have to go back a hundred pages to refresh myself on that character.
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I feel you. With any epic series...there is always I think the issue of keeping tracking of a multitude of characters and story lines, but I guess that's why they call it "Epic"! But compared to Steven Erikson's
Malazan Book of the Fallen series (the other sword and sorcery series in my life), the 10 volume series which redefines the word epic in my mind and has books that typically total over at thousand pages...Martin's tightly constructed universe of Westeros is actually a relief.