Title: What is the deal with the love for this book?
Product review: I started reading this book based on some fairly serious recommendations from good friends of mine. I have been reading fantasy all my life. There's a TV show that has gotten rave reviews, and it looked interesting. I would hate to watch this series without reading the books.Plus, this book seems to be the Lord of the Rings for the generation ten years younger than me. I figured I really should read it if only to say I had read it.Man, what a task. This book left me quite frustrated at the end. Nothing happens of any consequence. The characters are completely cliched people who are cardboard cutouts. I still finished the book, and I would say it is enjoyable only slightly, because his writing can be quite descriptive. But game of thrones is to High Fantasy what Pirates of the Caribbean is to the golden age of pirates. It's just a shell. This book bored me to tears.
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