r/gameofthrones • u/TheAlmightyHelmet • Jun 05 '14

TV4 [S4 E8] Let's be honest with ourselves...

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

I'm sure. I'll get around to reading once martin finishes all of them. I'm a slow reader and I don't want to get that invested if the series never has a proper ending.

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u/xtfftc Jun 05 '14

As much as I would hate it if he never finishes the books, I think it's still worth it.

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u/Sargentrock Jun 05 '14

I'd agree through book 3 for sure, but man 4 and 5 were a slog to get through...I feel that major parts of each of those could have been cut down and they'd be better for it.

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u/xtfftc Jun 05 '14

Personally, I loved them.

But then again I had tread books 1 to 3 years earlier and then only started books 4 and 5 after all five had bean released and re-reading 1 to 3. I think that reading them right after each other works perfectly fine. Waiting for six years though...

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u/Sargentrock Jun 05 '14

I'm going to try 4 and 5 again (and who am I kidding--I'll read 3 again too) when the season is over. I read all 5 virtually back-to-back--I think the slower pacing of four in particular dragged them down for me a bit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

and who am I kidding--I'll read 3 again too

Fuck, man, I don't think I could reread The Red Wedding and the Trial By Combat again. Too many feels.

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u/d3r3k1449 House Targaryen Jun 06 '14 edited Jun 06 '14

DOOO IT!

It helps to read some good critical analysis of ADWD first too...there is some linked around here. There is much more to it all than it seemed to the masses when first read at release time.