(George Martin)God help me, I really tried with this one, but this is another book I never finished. When I got to page 300 and the author was still introducing whole new casts of charecters, I just couldn't stand it anymore. How about you go back to some of the 85+ charecters you've already introduced? Honestly, I'm not sure I'm missing much giving up at the 1/3rd point. Apparently I'm the only person who feels this way, but I didn't find the writing that great. About the time a lady given a horse is bellowing "Tell my husband he has given me the wind," and then repeating it for emphasis, I started to think this book wasn't everything all the hype said it was. I've heard defenders of this work say that, well, it's the first part of a seven-book epic, so you can't judge it in isolation, and I'm sorry, but that's nonsense; If you can't make the first book in a series any good, maybe you should re-think your series. I'll just ask: Was the first Harry Potter book bad? That was the first book in a seven-book series; Was he given the wind???????
Grade: F
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