Eesaa Bhana

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A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is cruel, brutal, merciless while also immersive and creatively beautiful. It’s highly addictive. The world in which the story takes place is richly built with interesting and unique locations. No two places are alike, not even the small towns and the villages. Similarly, no two characters are alike, even if they have minor roles like Robert Baratheon’s Kingsguard or Jon Snow’s friends at Castle Black. Each and every castle has layers of uniqueness not only to it but also to the people living in it. The palaces of their birth and upbringing affect the way each and every character works. What makes this world really immersive and addictive is that its characters are real. They are not mythical heroes striving to do the right thing or malicious villains trying to ruin everything. They’re flawed and humane. The “good guys” commit atrocities that degrade them while the “bad guys” possess redeeming qualities that put them on the same moral pedestal as everyone else. It’s also an intriguing read because you’ll never know what’s about to happen. Eddard Stark is the hero of the series? Don’t be so sure about that! Tyrion Lannister is a vile creature? Well his POV chapters beg to differ. The plot slithers like a snake as Martin pulls the rug from beneath the readers feet without skipping a single beat. This is what I really love about the book and when you reread it, you’ll find that everything was building up to what ended up happening. As a reader, we are so accustomed to stereotypes in storytelling that we forget that the main characters of the story are mortal as well, that they are cut from the same cloth as everyone else in this story. This is what the whole book is basically. It’s a mockery of stereotypes in storytelling. One might read a particular chapter and ask themselves, “How could this happen? It’s impossible!” When in reality, it’s more possible than whatever you thought was going to happen. As I’ve mentioned before, the moral greyness of each and every character is what that makes you care for them. I’ve to admit that no book has ever moved so emotionally as A Game of Thrones did. By emotions I don’t simply mean tears, this book will make you undergo some thousand different emotions from the moment you begin to the moment you end.