A Storm of Swords: Part 1 Steel and Snow

Awesome book, cannot wait to read the remainder of the series.

Great fantasy. As expected.4 out of 5 because of the poor quality of the cover. After just a week the outer plastic layer started breaking. Anyway. The damage doesn’t affect the reading experience. So don’t worry to much about it

No voy a opinar sobre el contenido mismo, esto es mas para otras paginas y las opiniones sobre libros son bastante subjetivas. El libro como calidad es bueno, las paginas son finas y las letras mas pequeñas pero el libro es mucho mas ligero y facil de llevar. Pesa mucho menos que el libro grande. El servicio de Amazon como siempre perfecto! Llegó el día siguiente.

"A Storm of Swords - Steel and Snow" reprends le dénouement de "A Clash of Kings" et y amorce de nouvelles intrigues en complément. J'ai trouvé que ce tome était le plus abouti au niveau développement des personnages:- Jon & Igritte dans leur avancée vers le mur et la connaissance du fameux "King Beyond-the-Wall"- Jaime & Brienne dans leur périple vers Riverrun...- Catelyn & Robb et le début d'intrigue avec la House Frey...- Arya avec Beric et Thoros ! Génial... !!- Sansa et Tyrion à King's Landing- Bran avec Meera et Jojen ou l'histoire se dénoue de façon intéressante au dernier chapitre- Daenerys dans sa quête d'une armée pour reconquérir le trône de fer...Une petite déception sur Samwell mais surtout Davos qui n'est pas assez présent même si ses chapitres restent toujours aussi indispensables pour suivre l'histoire de Stannis. On notera aussi l'apparition d'une multitude nouveaux personnages qui donnent du renouveau à l'histoire, tout comme l'importance que commencent à prendre les Florent, Martell, Tyrell et... Frey.

First things first: This book was missing an ending. Obviously that's because A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow is merely the first part of the third book in the series. As far as I can tell right now, though, the cut was done at a very appropriate point, dramatic enough it certainly was.It's no secret that I don't like the chapters about Jon and the Night's Watch. I find them boring, honestly. And in retrospect, I think there were quite a few chapters like that. So much so, that halfway through I quit the book for a few weeks. This is not a book that can always be read lightly. At a lot of points during the course of the novel, I had to raise my eyes, blink a few times and just go: "What?" because I was honestly startled/shocked/disgusted (sometimes at the same time) at what was currently happening in the book.A few times I was gaping at some character's strength, blushed at embarrassments or felt true heartbreak at a funeral. Even the minor characters got a lot of love from me, because I think Martin has a real gift for creating characters that seem so real you feel like you can almost touch them. As it happens, you have to bury them quite often as well ...A few things that are specific to this book only and not the entire series:I was not expecting what happened to Sansa. I mean ... it was hinted at, but I thought something or other would prevent it. But it really happened, and I'm still shocked. It did show a lot of goodness in another character, though.The Lannisters are still my favorite House in the series. Even though most of them are truly evil. My support for Jamie is growing! Poor, poor thing!Am I the only one thoroughly enjoying every scene Brienne is in? I don't know why, but I think the scene where Jamie and she (or is it "Jamie and her"? Foreigner here, please bear with my English!) are naked in the same bathtub was downright hilarious, no matter the serious conversation. I just had this picture in my head!In conclusion: If you have not yet started this series, you definitely should. You do need patience and a lot of time. A lot of time, a lot lot lot of time. Because for whatever reason it always takes me a long time to finish a book in this series. But it's just sooo good!