I am honestly so proud of myself for finishing this. After reading 100 pages and then putting it down for months (not sure if I would ever read it again), I decided one day that I needed to finish this story and I am so so so happy that I did. I've only seen about 3 episodes of the TV show (season 1), so going in to this I had a slight idea of who the characters were but still...there are A LOT of names in this, a lot of houses, a lot of words. At first this really intimidated me, but I decided to not let it stress me out and to not try and understand every. little. detail. I did look up some stuff but was very scared for spoilers so for the most part, anything I didn't understand I just left alone until I finished. This book is long, and not only is it long but its dense. While at times I found it to be a little slow, I still wasn't bothered..it just took me a little longer to finish those sections. I loved the world building and I think this whole book was just done so so well! I think my favorite POV's to read from were Arya, Jon, Bran, Tyrion and Daenerys, they were so great!
I can't wait to watch season 1 now and continue on with the series, highly recommend to anyone! (less)