GAME OF THRONES

[jenni_blog]

GAME OF THRONES


I finally got the books I ordered and started reading Game of Thrones. I started last weekend and thanks to it being a 3-day holiday, I read the whole first book in the series. So now I am ahead of the TV show. In fact, I'm a third of the way through the second book, and hooked completely.

I'll add my two cents to the pot...it is a wonderful series, full of the most compelling characters I've enjoyed in ages. Of all the great characters, good and bad, I think Arya is my favourite. I identify with her the most of any of them. I love Ned, Tyrion, Robb and Catelyn too. Daenerys is another fascinating character, but she is, of necessity, remote. It's hard to identify with her, but I like her a lot despite that.

I don't want to put down any spoilers since I know what will be coming in the TV show. But I can say that despite the fact we have seen some exciting stuff in the TV series, we haven't seen anything yet by comparison. :)

Comments

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

How could I forget about Jon Snow? Of course I love him too. Littlefinger is not a nice man. Neither is Jaime and I really, REALLY hate Cersei! But I love Tyrion and the more I am reading the more I kind of like Theon. He is a brat but he is always getting kicked. Oh, and I have a feeling I might like Stannis! I love your icon!

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahah I don't like Stannis but I liked the picture and I made that icon years ago. Should make some new ones!

I know most people are loving Tyrion. Ceren told me he is is too much like me and that's the reason I hate him! I hate him with all my heart!

Theon???? SURPRISE!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I have not read enough yet to know about Stannis but I hope the actor they get for the series is HOT. :)

LOL @ Tyrion being like you! Well, I like him because he is funny, very smart, perceptive and has very good judgement of people!

LOL...I just read the chapter where Theon meets his sister again after all those years...I hope that is not a spoiler...shouldn't be much of one. LMAO. Theon is what the English call a "lad". But he sure got his comeuppance! There is something a bit endearing about him...even if it's that he is such a sexual person! :P I think the actor who plays him in the series is a very good choice.

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Stannis should be ugly....

That's what all people like! @ Tyrion.

Theon was never I chara I liked and I will never like him. For me the actor is very unsimpatico and he is for sure a good choice.

But we all have our own likes and dislikes!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Stannis should be ugly for sure! I have read the chapter when he comes to meet Renly! From how he is described, Renly should be beautiful with long, black hair, not the short-haired guy they used in the series! :(

As a character I think Theon is very self-absorbed, but he has done some good things for people...Robb Stark, anyway, who seems to be the only one he truly cares for. But it amuses me how he seems always to be thinking of sex!

Tyrion is putting things in order and doing a good job! But we will see how it all turns out...from this series of books you don't know who will live and who will die. Anything is possible! :)

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

I don't like the gay Renly from the series!

There are many surprises in the books!!!