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13651326 No.13651326 [Reply] [Original]

>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a finishing blow, the author wrote instead that the character "put all his weight into his sword"

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Martin’s mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that he has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of A Song of Ice and Fire by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Game of Thrones at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "A Song of Ice and Fire" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>> No.13651387

No one cares tho

>> No.13651396

>>13651387
What do you mean?

>> No.13651401

>>13651326
Fucking based

>> No.13651425

What a fat nerd.

>> No.13651459

>>13651396
Sorry, got carried away. What I meant is, obviously he's shit, I'm bored. Carry on.

>> No.13652246

>>13651459
widdle baby is so insecure :c awh come here anon lets pat those burbs out and fit you into some new dipeys

>> No.13652265

>>13651326
based "no!"poster

>> No.13652270

>>13652246
can you imagine if humanity collectively stopped using retardspeak to communicate to their children? we would be like unto gods

>> No.13652277

>>13651326
I enjoyed it, I like political drama and fantasy so it was a good match for me.

>> No.13652282

You need to change Steven king to Sanderson or something like that it would be more fun.

>> No.13652649
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13652649

I liked Cersei’s chapters. I think he did a good job getting inside her head and explaining her motives and making her sympathetic. But not so sympathetic that she was not a villain. She still came off as a horrible. But you could empathize with her which made her feel very realistic.

>> No.13653198

>>13652282
I should have made it Frank Herbert haha

>> No.13653212

>>13652649
I like the series a lot, but in the context of the meme I noticed a lot of repetitive literary crutches. But I think you could say that about any author. Its more of a critique on the meme then George R.R Martin.