I feel like I read this book too close to A Game of Thrones to write a
really good review about it. It does just feel like a continuation of
the previous book, without anything to really differentiate it in my
mind.
That is not a complaint! I loved the first book! I just
don't have any new reasons why I love Clash of Kings. Everything I can
think of is a "I continue to enjoy...."
I continue to enjoy the
shifting narrative perspective, and the way that helps Martin avoid
simplistic motives, or clear differentiations between "good" and "evil"
characters.
I continue to enjoy the frigging complexity of these books.
I continue to enjoy the way that Martin is unafraid to break his toys, always with good reason, but frequently unexpectedly!
I
continue to enjoy how the entire balance of power will shift over the
course of the books, not once, not twice, but frequently, and always
convincingly.
I continue to absolutely love Tyrion and Arya. (Dany, my third favourite, was not as big a presence in A Clash of Kings.)
It
only gets four stars because it lacks that feeling of wonderful
discovery of this world and its inhabitants that the first book gave me.
But I did love it. I may wait a while before I crack open the third,
though. Pace myself.
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