Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
I started reading Game of Thrones, figuring I would eventually make it over to the TV show. Its not an easy read for someone who is used to reading 10-15 minutes at a time. So many interlacing storylines, fabricated names, locations etc. If the author manages to keep all this shit together, I can see why its so popular, but holy shit is it a bitch to follow along with.

Only on page ~80 out of ~700, and they already threw the happiest character out a fucking window, so I have no idea what to expect from it at this point.
Finally finished it.

Really hard to describe this one. It moves at a snails pace, but its not obvious. Absolutely fucking nothing happens for most of the book, but you don't notice. Everyone is an asshole, but you only focus on hating a few. Basically, its written so damn well, I didn't end up caring what was going on, I only wanted to keep reading. Lots of names, and while most of the time the author does a good job of keeping you focused, there are a few times I caught myself having to google a name. Especially with some of the related characters whoms names are spelt so damn similar. Dragons showed up on the last page, literally the last goddamn page, so now I'm going to get sucked into reading the next book in the series. Fuck this guy for stealing my free time.