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Title: Killing off main characters is counterproductive
Review: When I started reading A Game of Thrones, I was fascinated by the storyline and characters. As the story continued through the next few books, many (if not most) of the main characters, or at least my favorite ones, were killed off by the author. What began as a sort of shock therapy has finally resulted in my lack of interest. Whether or not all the killing gives the story a feel of realism, the truth is that fiction is supposed to be entertainment. Martin has not been able to replace the characters with others of equal interest. It's like your sibling who has been married 4 times -- it's impossible to care as much about number 4 as you did earlier. For me, I'm done; I'm not moving on to volume four.
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