A Clash of Kings (Reissue): Book 2 (A Song of Ice and Fire): The bestselling classic epic fantasy series behind the award-winning HBO and Sky TV show and phenomenon GAME OF THRONES

Nice book with good packaging at good price

This book is very good and very interesting. 2 new storylines are add of theon greyjoy and Davos seaworth

If anyone feels insulted by the headline given here, I am sorry, but what I have written in the headline is based on my subjective experience of reading this book. I wholeheartedly believe that this book is not for every reader, particularly it is definitely not for the readers with poor English vocabulary and a mind that can't digest the intricacy of every detail that this book presents quite in an elaborative manner. The complex nature of storytelling of this book can surely pronounce a dreadful reading experience for the readers who are not accustomed to consulting Standard Dictionary for every word this book carries on. So, it will come as a bombshell for you or anyone who buys this book out of fascination that since everyone loves this, why shouldn't I? Please don't waste your money on this book, if you don't have the patience of reading and mental capacity to absorb the complex detailing of its narration. You will soon get fed up and then toss out this book somewhere. But if you are buying it to impress others, then go ahead. So, how does this book sound like? A Clash of Kings by J R R Martin, according to my belief, is an intricately-written epic fantasy book. This means a common reader can't retain the names of characters, places, weapons, circumstances, and many other tiny yet relevant details in their minds, let alone the words to be understood by those with great vocabulary power. This book is the sequel to its famous A GAME OF THRONES. As long as you go chapter-wise reading, the book basically lays the background of upcoming wars of kings while in the meantime, each prominent character such as Robb, Stanely, Stannis, Grejoy, Lord Tywin, and even the warriors at the Nights of the Watch seem to dwell upon their strategical conundrum relevant to their respective circumstances dawned upon them as per the projection of the story of this book. This book sounds like diving into a mystic world where each character has its own quelled frustrations that they externalize as the situation seems opportune. Fantastic is less an effective word to praise the storytelling of this book, given the complex dealing of characters and everything that the book makes the mention of can't be summed up in words like 'fantastic, or spectacular.' It's beyond that. The beauty of reading can only be felt by those readers with flawless vocabulary and a mind that can absorb the complex storytelling as richly represented in this book.

Great storyline by martin. The story continues from the first book and is more gripping than a game of thrones. we see new pov characters like daavos and theon. after ned's death, the land of westros see many battles leading to the war of five kings. and i loved tyrion's storyline who now is the hand of the king. the packaging and the book condition was good and totally i loved the book.

Difficult to choose the strongest or the best character in the book. I would not know how to choose. Good.

This review is not for the book, you know it is very well written series. Pages are very clean and good quality papers are used. It is around 900 page long, very bulky and you may not hold with one hand and read.

The book of mass market paperback fits in one hand and not too big. Best for bus and metro travelers.

Being a huge huge fan of the book it was imperative that I had had the full set. I just love the plot of this book. The book takes the reader to depths that the show only merely touches

Even though I already knew the main plot lines, having watched the TV show prior to reading the books, it still amazes me how awesome of a writer and worldbuilder George Martin is. His prose is superb, full of archaic words and expressions, yet it never tires the reader. The text is seamless; the descriptions are rich, but not excessive, and the depth of characters and storylines are outstanding. I'm well into the third book (A Storm of Swords) and I'm confident to say that the whole series is a must read for the fans of the TV show and fans of fantasy fiction in general.

Im zweiten Band der Reihe "A Song of Ice and Fire" wird die Handlung nahtlos fortgesetzt. Die Erzählung erfolgt erneut aus den Perspektiven verschiedener Personen, die insgesamt gesehen, die wichtigen Handlungsschauplätze abdecken, so dass man stetig auf dem Laufenden ist, was die einzelnen "Könige" veranstalten. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf Tyrion und Arya, was mir entgegenkam, denn ich liebe diese beiden Charaktere. Gerade Tyrions Abschnitte sind aufgrund seiner sarkastischen Art sehr unterhaltsam. Martin zeigt dabei, wie schon im ersten Teil, nicht nur Momente, die für den Fortgang der Geschichte notwendig sind, sondern auch Momente, die die Charakterzüge der einzelnen Personen näher definieren. Dadurch sind manche Passagen zwar weniger interessant, weil ich beispielsweise einige Charaktere nicht mochte und deshalb auch nicht mehr über diese erfahren wollte, aber lässt die Geschichte insgesamt realer wirken. Wie schon im Vorgänger sind die Landschaftsbeschreibungen und Charakterzeichnungen aussagekräftig und umfangreich, jedoch schafft es Martin den Leser damit nicht zu erschlagen, obwohl etwas weniger einen Tick angenehmer gewesen wäre. Die fantastischen Elemente nehmen in diesem Buch im Vergleich zum Vorgänger zu, in dem immer mehr Magie einfließt und andersartige Wesen auftauchen. Diese werden so in die Geschichte eingeflochten, dass es nicht überdreht oder unwirklich erscheint. Wie schon beim ersten Teil ist das Ende so gestaltet, dass der Leser erneut zum nächsten Buch der Reihe greifen muss. Vor allem wurde im hinteren Viertel nichts mehr zu Robb erwähnt. Man weiß also nicht, wie es um ihn und seine Gefolgsleute steht. Fazit A Song of Ice and Fire bleibt weiterhin ein Lesegenuss der Extra-Klasse. Umfangreich, episch, spannend und tiefgründig ist es eine Empfehlung für Fantasy-Fans, die nicht von einer überfantastischen Welt erschlagen werden wollen, sondern lieber ein real erscheinendes Werk bevorzugen.

The story is gripping and the narrative compelling. The characters intriguing and the world beautiful, terrible and brutal. Sometimes a bit hard to remember each story thread with the chapters structure but otherwise brilliant.

Really love this book! Was on perfect conditions!

After having Book 1: A Game of Thrones on my shelf for a few years I was caught out by the brilliant TV series. I always prefer to read the book so that prompted me to get reading! Reading this makes me realise just how brilliantly it's been adapted for TV. It's quite 'Tolkienesque' in it's scale, especially in the detailed description of the world around and the creation of a compelling mythology and, to an extent language (Dothraki, for example) but where Tolkien is essentially about good v evil Martin is about power. Hey, they even both have R.R. in the middle of their names! :-) The structure of the book; each chapter dedicated to a character makes it very engaging and allows plenty of scope for their developments. It has an authentically medieval feel to it (as if I was around then!!) and I can't help feeling that the Kingdom(s) of Westeros lends something to the British Isles with the lands across the sea alluding to Europe and Asia. I think I can see Martin's reference points with some of the people and cultures (Dothraki being very Mongol like) and that gives it a lot of interest for me. TV adaptations are never up to the books but, in this case I do believe the ages of many main characters being much younger than on TV makes the TV version that bit more plausible for me. What the book gives is the nuances that are difficult for TV or cinema and it has 'explained' a lot of things that passed me by on TV and really helped to pull it all together. Martin is very graphic in his descriptions and they do leave an impression. I prefer writers not to hold back but the descriptions of some of the brutality carried out by the evil Ser Gregor Clegane and his followers, for instance would make anybody wince. By the way, am I the only person that kept thinking about little 'Weasel' being left all alone in the forest and feeling desperately sorry for her? It's things like that; the brutal realism and lack of sentiment that compels. I do enjoy Martin's prose but there are a few lines where I've thought he strayed and I became too aware of the American behind (not a criticism of being American mind you!) the writing, for example where he described a distance as being a few blocks in length. I am picky about the prose in these types of novels as it's so important (read David Gemmell to see how another master does it) but I'm probably being too picky; after all this is an huge epic written over 7 books!! I don't know about the paper version (I didn't notice any in my non-electronic A Game of Thrones) but there are quite a few typos in this Kindle version. I'd come across 6 or 7 before I noted where they occured. See near the bottom of pages 487, 491 and 492 for example. Seems a small thing but when you're flying through the pages it's a bit like slipping on a banana skin! A fantastic and epically developed work and well worth the 5 stars. I'd recommend to anybody that likes, Raymond Feist, David Gemmell, Simon Scarrow, Philippa Gregory, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Steven Pressfield et al.