Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin, 973 pages
After seeing how many main characters die in this volume of
the Song of Ice and Fire series, I am starting to wonder if any characters will
make it to the end. It also seems that Martin realized what his readers would want
and actually killed off some of the people we wanted to see die. Sadly I am developing a disconnect between some of the characters as they get added as any that I end of liking seem to die.
The Storm of Swords also marks a turning point in the theme
of the novels as well. The previous books tended to focus on the customary
middle ages. By that I mean sword fights, kings, political weddings etc. This
volume introduces more magic then the previous two and actually uses magic to
kill of some characters. Storm of Swords also starts to bring the different
religions to the forefront. Where people would only go so far as to pray in the
previous books, here we get sacrifices and killings to appease and worship the
new gods.
While the adding of more themes, and more characters, brings
a new outlook on the kingdom and takes it more in the sci-fi designation it
has, I hope we don’t end up completely leaving the middle ages themes behind.
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