I am just going to put it out there for the hundredth time.
Incase you didn’t get the point yet. I am Nadja Thomas and I am a Game of
thrones groupie. Probably the biggest game of thrones groupie there is but then
there are those of you who have entire blogs dedicated to these books who would
beg to differ. The point is I graduated from Team Harry Potter and I’ve grown
some pubic hairs and a pair with these new books. I’m sure a lot of you don’t
get my obsession and this post is EXACTLY for you because I don’t know how to
say it, if you’re a book enthusiast and you’ve never read or you don’t
appreciate A game of Thrones you just may be an idiot…
I mean there are seriously no other books that I’ve read
that rival these books. I know of none. I’ve heard Tolkien’s work in Lord of
the Rings is a masterpiece but let’s
be honest here I don’t see how twenty something pages of talking trees could be
fascinating. But I never read Tolkien so you never know, it’s quite possible
that I’ll be writing a blog as the newest member of team Tolkien in the near
future, but I could scarcely sit through any of those movies much less for the
books.
But in all seriousness George RR Martin (or GRRM as we fans
who swear we know him like to call him )
has done something beautiful here . He’s married a plethora of
brilliantly written characters to a rich storyline. I swear at times I can’t
take it. It is so well done that at times I think he’s fronting for a team of
writers. How could one man create something so beautiful?
For me as an aspiring novelist he has seriously challenged
me to be the best writer that I can. For instance, I’ve been wondering what’s
more important for years. Do the characters make the story or is it the story
line? Do you prefer a story in which your characters are so intriguing that you
won’t care if the story revolves around them taking a dump or would you prefer
less memorable characters entangled in a thick steamy edge-of-your-seat plot?
GRRM answers that question for me. He proves that it is more than possible to
have both without any one being less important. In his Game of thrones series
the plot is as developed as his characters and that Ma dear is no easy feat.
My amateurish novel writing knowledge and experiences were
heightened once I was exposed to GRRM’s work. I mean he EASILY has over 200
characters in these books and they all seem real, you can even tell that he paid
attention to detail with even the minor characters. Everything fits. No action
is uncharacteristic of any character yet no action is predictable and most of
all he has created an entire world, no not a half world where we have no idea
what happens to the families that aren’t directly in the line of fire. He sort
of shows us how interconnected life is, How one event is the catalyst for
another in life and no matter how hard we try we can’t stand alone in this
world.
So if you’re clueless about how the world works, if you’re a
future novelist and want a taste of what real characters feel like please pick
up the Game of Thrones series. I’m only on book two and I am so moved. I think
I’ll make it my mission to try to get the whole world to read these books haha!
P.s. George R R Martin (or GRRM as I like to call you)
You da man!
