The Descent of Thrones
I've been obsessed with the show Game of Thrones for a while but I'm not actually sure I like it anymore. I'm not in hate watch territory, I just wish it didn't feel so hollow. I must admit that I ended up hate-reading the books. I'd heard for years they were the best fantasy series ever written and when I heard HBO was making a TV series from the source material I decided to take the plunge. I found the books interesting at first but dull in others and they certainly didn't strike me as earth shattering. They started off like many of the books I've read from other authors. The first book is 73 chapters and 53 of them are told from the point of view of the Stark family. They represent many of of archetypes we see in fantasy heroes. The father, Ned, is the wizened ruler. His wife a faithful spouse. The eldest daughter a sort of immature Disney princess. The youngest daughter, an underdog pushing back against convention. The elder sons are groo