A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin is the next book in A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Completed: 4/17/2021
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
Words for which I sought help:
hippocras -- a drink made from wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, and possibly heated
skirl -- (of bagpipes) make a shrill wailing sound
Review:
It is amazing the huge cast of characters. It is equally impressive that this enormous group can still be followed. The constant transition from one character to another is rather amazing and offers continuity to the characters while, at the same time, offering different perspectives on the same events. This can be rather violent at times, but rarely gory. Roy Dotrice does a great job reading the book and has a way of presenting this huge cast of characters differently although there are a few (particularly old men) who tend to have a very similar sound. One can only do so much.
The pace of the story as a whole is plodding. Each of the subplots seems to run at its own pace, however, with large sections of the book covering only a few days while other sections seem to cover weeks very quickly. It is a bit hard to see, on some occasions, how the timelines interact. Nonetheless this is quite a story and it is well written.
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