No. I can't remember the guys name offhand, but the guy dies in the battle of backwater and then tywin lannister puts his own guy in. Bronn was the head of tyrion's guard I think and then he's knighted after the battle of backwater. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
That's right. I guess I wasn't reading too closely. I'm a little past halfway through the 3rd book. The 2nd and 3rd book are bleeding together so I can't remember what happens in what book.
I'm just really not enjoying the second season of the show. I thought the first season was very true to the book, but this season is all over the place.
Now that I know what is coming, it doesn't seem as fun as Season One. Oh well, hopefully the Red Wedding will redeem this season for me.
Ah the Red Wedding... you know what pissed me off about that? It is maddening how he keeps the Starks apart. Arya gets close, and then BOOM something gets in the way. I was kind of reading through the wedding to get to the part where Arya sees Robb and her mother, and then I get to the part where shit goes amiss. I actually had to go back and re-read the part leading up to the Red Wedding to see what was going on. It's like the author has a real hate on for that family. He's sending us a message. Don't be honorable because you'll get fucked over every time.
The Qarth scenes are cool. It's nice to see Dany in something other than horseskins and dirt all over her face. Theon's about to take over Winterfell, which should be fun, too.
Red Wedding was mid-way through the 3rd book I believe. Doubt they'll make it that far this season. On a similar note, I thoroughly enjoyed the second book but the third book was just a lot more fun. In the second book there is a massive build up to the Blackwater Bay battle and very little happens or gets resolved. In the 3rd book you get major changes coming fast and furious. And yeah Arya's journey in the 3rd book is pretty fugged up. She kept going back and forth between Harrenhall, Acorn Hill, and finally Riverrun. Looking at the map in the book all these things are relatively very close to one another, yet she kept getting jerked around and got nowhere for the entirety of that book.
True, but they're kind of jumping ahead in other areas, and if they follow the books' seasons, that's a lot of time and money to spend on 5 seasons. I'm just curious to see Theon as Reek, so I want them to jump ahead in that plot line. Every time I look at Theon now, all I can think is of what he becomes.
Yep, mid-way through the 3rd book. Just read it today! I agree with Natebishop3, the Starks are getting a total screw job. I was shocked and saddened when I read those chapters. I took a break to get other things done after it, so I don't know how things pan out, but it's definitely not a "good guys always win" type of book. Makes for good reading!
Agreed, though I've read that after this season they'll break the 3rd book into two seasons and could continue to do that down the line (presumably the TV show will continue to differ more and more from the books as well). I'll bet HBO wants as many seasons as possible. If they start breaking the books down into multiple seasons they would have to get up over 10 seasons I would think.
I could never figure out why she didn't just stick to the woods and walk her bony ass over to Riverrun. I should have known Robb would take a death. GRRM never really focuses on him. Not nearly as much as Jon or Bran. He obviously has his favorites. I think my least favorite character in the books is Sansa. I just hate reading her shit. She's annoying as hell. I like reading Tyrion, Jon, and even Dany when she gets her army. The Unsullied sound so much like the Spartans. I'm just barely into the 4th book now. Kind of lost interest in the show though. There's just no comparison.
I finally finished book 5 on Saturday. I didn't want to finish it, only because now I have to wait a while for Book 6.
The package I bought on my Kindle only goes to book 4. I'm taking my time. I'll get sucked in and read a few chapters and then I'll take a break for a few days. Great book though. Trying to decide if I'm going to read The Hunger Games next.
The Hunger Games is a quick read. My wife convinced me to read them. It was like 2-3 days per book. Admittedly, I didn't have many commitments at the time...
My wife told me the same thing. She has them on her Nook and said they're written for teenagers, but the story is good. I went to the movie with her a few weeks ago, but luckily it was at Cinetopia in a 21-and-older theater. No teenagers squealing, and I had a few IPAs during the flick.
Yeah I think everyone who reads the books is just waiting for Robb to die. Its the 3rd book and GRRM still hasn't used his perspective at all? Plus Bran is a main focus, the very first chapter of the whole series. Like you said, you just knew GRRM was going to ace Robb to make Bran/Jon more interesting. Dany was absolutely brutal to lead in the second books. Much more interesting in the 3rd. Tyrion is fuggin awesome, Jon is always good and gets very good in the 3rd book. I came to really enjoy the Jaime chapters as well. I got the 4th book for my birthday a few weeks ago but left it back at home for fear of it ruining my last quarter of college lol. Only 6 weeks until I can start it!
The whole plot line with Brienne and Jaime is maybe my favorite in the entire series. Really looking forward to that. Oddly enough, I think Brienne in the HBO series isn't quite ugly enough. She's certainly big/brutish enough, though. That actress is one amazon of a woman.
I don't like the casting.... I pictured someone uglier, but also with a little more warmth to them.... that woman just seems very hard and cold.
