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Tom:
I'm only 1/6th through a Clash of Kings and what is it with the elder Baratheons and their crazy wives.
satsugaikaze:
The longer you read through the series the more you'll realise that there are only a few wives in the story
There are the walking doormats, the batshit insane wives, and there are the widows
And if they don't end up dead by the end of the series they will have neatly slotted into one of those three
IMMANotListening:
I've almost found it depressing as I'm getting through the series because so far with A Feast for Crows, nothing is getting done. At all.
I thought it was a little interesting to dive into Cersei's head even though it's not like finding out (through her head) that she's an uppity-super-bitchy-skank was groundbreaking. I do find it entertaining that although she knows how to 'play' the 'Game of Thrones', she has absolutely no idea how to keep winning and be in control of a very political environment. Especially how she alienates herself from Jaime and the rest of the Lannister family; trying to win over loyalty through 'special benefits'.
I just wish it would go back to the reader not knowing what's going on because 'X1 person trying to find X2 person, questions are they still alive' whilst 'X2 person is figuring out their own shit miles and miles away from where X1 person is' is just long-winded and unexciting.
Also, at this point, I would not be surprised if Martin decided to pull a 'EVERYBODY DIES' on the readers.
My Aim Is True:
I'm taking a little break the usual lengthy novels I read, to focus on some short story collections and graphic novels.
Short stories -
Slow Learner - Thomas Pynchon
Last Evenings On Earth - Roberto Bolano
Graphic Novels -
Ego & Hubris - Harvey Pekar
Mid-Life - Joe Ollmann
Life In Pictures - Will Eisner
Ronin - Frank Miller
Big Baby - Charles Burns
My Aim Is True:
Sorry for the double posting and quotes, but I've tried to make this halfway readable, while still responding to the most recent page (I won't dig up every single book I like form the previous 9 pages)
--- Quote from: Avec on 06 Jun 2011, 07:43 ---Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
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Awesome. I read that about a year and a half ago. I'm going to go back SOMEDAY and read it again.
--- Quote from: horsefish on 15 Mar 2011, 19:17 ---Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse - a graphic novel about the Civil Rights movement and being gay in the 1960s rural South. Best graphic novel since Maus.
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I read that a few months ago. The at bugged me at first, but I got used to it. Really good character development. Though the time period, and hence cultural subtext are differe, I really recommend you check out Mid-Life by Joe Ollmann. I feel like the personal nature is similar to Stuck Rubber Baby.
--- Quote from: Scarychips on 07 Apr 2011, 18:22 ---I just finished reading Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli. Really great graphic novel. Very well ilustrated, well written, I would recommend it.
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I've heard great things about that, been meaning to check it out.
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