How is this going to work?
I’m not going to re-invent the wheel here. The concept of re-reading the book/series is not new, so I’ll just borrow from experiences of other reviewers. Each article is going to be divided into one chapter blocks, in which I will try to cover what happened in the chapter, my commentary and some of the best quotes (if I find any).
I will try to stick to the main events in the summary, Song of Ice and Fire is quite long, the whole point of this exercise is to bring you up to speed with what’s important, besides I really don’t see a point in writing things like “and then Arya went to the kitchen”. I will also try to refrain from speculating, my commentary is going to be mostly focused on what I did like in the chapter and what peaked my interest. Also, I’m not going to try to spoon feed you my interpretation of the book, I’ll try to keep the commentary short and relating to facts rather than digesting “the exquisite brilliance of the Winterfell castle description”.
If you have not read the entire series (up to the Feast for Crows) at any point in time be warned that there WILL be spoilers. The reviews are written mainly for the people, who have read the books, and want to refresh the memory. If you have not read the books or maybe read just one and want to skip to the new one, this is NOT the advised way. If you insist on reading it anyway, please don’t complain if you don’t understand something. I may take some things for granted and assume people will know what I’m talking about.
If I get something wrong (I admit it may happen, although I will put every effort not to), please point it out either in comments under the blog post or on the Fantasy Fan’s Song of Ice and Fire forum. Be polite and constructive though, I have a low tolerance for trolls.
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