Review of 'George R. R. Martin Song of Ice and Fire Audiobook Bundle' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I was glad to see Tyrion again, my favorite character by far. But one of the problems I had with this book is that there was just not enough violence/action. And where was the sex? Hell, I practically grew back a hymen from all the purity. Sometimes entire sentences would go by without cannibals feasting on the entrails of their murdered enemies children, or crows feasting on the soft eye flesh of babies or hordes of soldiers gang raping an innocent. And the characters are just too damn nice, whether they were showing their love for their sea god by binding the hands and feet of beautiful young teenagers and throwing them into the ocean, or serving the homeless a feast of slaves who lost a lion fight, or blinding ten year olds and commanding them to slit the throat of a deserving enemy, or feeding their beloved a bowl โฆ
I was glad to see Tyrion again, my favorite character by far. But one of the problems I had with this book is that there was just not enough violence/action. And where was the sex? Hell, I practically grew back a hymen from all the purity. Sometimes entire sentences would go by without cannibals feasting on the entrails of their murdered enemies children, or crows feasting on the soft eye flesh of babies or hordes of soldiers gang raping an innocent. And the characters are just too damn nice, whether they were showing their love for their sea god by binding the hands and feet of beautiful young teenagers and throwing them into the ocean, or serving the homeless a feast of slaves who lost a lion fight, or blinding ten year olds and commanding them to slit the throat of a deserving enemy, or feeding their beloved a bowl of poison fried locusts, well the kindness was just- too much.
Perhaps what scares the hell out of me is that every book I read after this will have nothing of interest whatsoever going on in it, and it will be all tea parties and prairie dinners since I am completely inured to every ghastly thing one could imagine plus a few skewered babies.
