After years of wanting to read this series and watch the show like everyone else, I have finally started it. I was supposed to start it back in December, but my little mass market paperback copy made it to intimidating to look at, especially around Christmas. I have to say, I am now a fan. I have the rest of the series in my Amazon cart along with the first 3 seasons on DVD..lol. I may be getting ahead of myself here. This wasn't a full 5 star for me because of all the rape scenes by the Dothraki and the incestuous relationships between brothers and sisters. That knocked a star big time. I was also going to knock a star during the tournament for the King's Hand and when all of the knights were named along with the houses they served and it was to DAMN much. I got bored really quick and lost some interest.
While reading it, even though I have not seen the show, I have seen multiple GIF's on social media through the years and knew the characters and the actors and actresses thanks to Tumblr and the media. So, it made it very easy for me to picture the characters that much better.
I was hooked from the beginning with the direwolves introduction. I love wolves and it gripped me with the pups. Also the GIF of Jon Snow raising his direwolf pup up is my favorite. Ghost is adorable.
I am not going to summarize A Game of Thrones because I can't. It would spoil and it would be ridiculous. I recommend going into it head first, the way I did if you were like me and stayed away from it since the beginning of the show.
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