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Tir Airgid
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While reading the books, we all have certain POVs that, independant of how attached we feel to their characters, and what we think of them, are the ones we most look forward to reading. So if you had to pick the top 3 POVs that you most enjoyed  reading for each book, which would they be?

To refresh your memory here you'll find a list of which POVs are in which book.

 

By now you all know i'm a sucker for lists and rankings... So... after some musing about this while trying to fall asleep last night, here's my list (I'm aware that it might change on a re-read, but that's how they're standing now). Looking forward to seeing whose ye pick!

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AGOT: 1. Catelyn // 2. Arya // 3. Tyrion

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Sansa.

 

ACOK: 1. Tyrion // 2. Arya // 3. Jon 

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Daenerys.

 

ASOS: 1. Jaime // 2. Arya // 3. Catelyn

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Bran.

 

AFFC: 1. Jaime // 2. Cersei // 3. Arya

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Aeron Greyjoy.

 

ADWD: 1. Cersei // 2. Theon // 3. Melisandre

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Quentin Martell.

 






-- Edited by Tir Airgid on Friday 16th of November 2012 10:24:19 AM

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AGOT: 1. Bran // 2. Jon // 3. Eddard/Catelyn (it's a tie)

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading - Sansa.

 

ACOK: 1. Bran // 2. Jon and Theon (tied) // 3. Davos

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Arya (don't hate me)

 

ASOS: 1. Jaime // 2. Jon // 3. Bran

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Danaerys.

 

AFFC: 1. Jaime // 2. Brienne // 3. Sam

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Aeron Greyjoy tied with Arya. 

 

ADWD: 1. Theon// 2. Jon // 3. Asha and Bran are tied

            Bonus:  Least looking fwd to reading- Quentin and Dany are tied. Also, Areo Hotah - GTFO. 

 



-- Edited by Macha on Friday 16th of November 2012 12:51:12 PM

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Tir Airgid
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Very interesting, macha! Thanks for posting.

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Areo Hotah - GTFO.

  I hear you.



-- Edited by Tir Airgid on Friday 16th of November 2012 01:12:08 PM

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Tir, you and I disagree often. I am not sure where to begin on this. I will be posting as my retorts emerge.

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Amsterpaul wrote:

Tir, you and I disagree often. I am not sure where to begin on this. I will be posting as my retorts emerge.

 but make it a list! I loooove lists...



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I tried to stay close to what I felt the first time I read them. On a second re-read, Victarion gets big points for being an awesome read. He's just so incredibly stupid it's hilarious.

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Jaime, Bran, Jon, Davos in whatever book. Theon (just ADWD). Mostly Jaime and Bran tho.



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Tir Airgid
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Macha wrote:

I tried to stay close to what I felt the first time I read them. On a second re-read, Victarion gets big points for being an awesome read. He's just so incredibly stupid it's hilarious.

 Victarion in ADWD is riveting! Fricking hillarious. Enjoyed reading him very much too.



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hated him. Hated VICTORIAN doh



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hated him. Hated VICTORIAN doh

 You just jealous. You want his shirt.

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AGOT- 1 Tyrion 2.Bran 3.Eddard
Least favorite was Sansa

ACOK- 1.TYRION 2. Theon 3. Jon
Least favorite was Catelyn

ASOS 1.Arya 2.Catelyn 3. Tyrion
Least favorite was again Sansa

AFFC 1. Cersei 2.Brienne 3.Asha
Least favorite was Princess Martell.

ADWD 1.Tyrion 2. Dany 3. Bran
Least favorite Mellisandre

This will change again and again. The Victarion chapters are not bad. Whats the deal?




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AGOT 1 Tyrion 2 Nedd 3 Jon

Least Sansa 
ACOK 1 Catelyn 2 Davos 3 Tyrion

Least Dany

ASOS  1 Jaime 2 Davos 3 Dany

least Sansa

AFFC 1 Jaime 2 Aeron 3 Sansa 

Least Brienne

ADWD 1 Jon 2 Davos 3 Mellisandre

WORST FUCKING POV OF THEM ALL! Dany wrong for dragons wrong for the realm Targeryen. 



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Amsterpaul
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I would love to hear why everyone is so opposed to the Dany chapters.

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Oh where do I begin?
She's a walking cliche. Fantasy dragon-tamer princess of an unnatural beauty? Please. It's like every chapter of hers I ever read ultimately comes down to her having her silky silver hair combed, getting dressed, undressed, perfumed, eating figs, crying over some slaves she knows nothing about and burning some wretched fellow. Her chapters are repetitive, full of caricatures with strange names that I'm simply not invested in, as a reader. She holds no mystery for me, and despite all of her "growing" I still feel like I'm reading the diary of a 14 year old girl who's discovered Facebook Causes.

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You forgot to add that's she an absolute idiot and a horrid ruler who makes the wort possible choices because she feels responsible for some people that are worse off now than before she came.

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I agree with you that she is cliche. But in a series of books thats deviates so far from the norm in fantasy isn't a small but of predictability needed to keep you in the realm?

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Yes, you may be right. However I'm not a devoted reader of fantasy, so for me personally there was never any need of fantastical elements to keep me going. In my opinion, Martin writes better fantasy when he aims for mystery with a touch of horror, see Bran's chapters with Bloodraven, the shadow baby - all these seemed a tad more original and much better written than the whole badass queen on a dragon thing. Predictability is exactly the problem here. You know she's going to reach Westeros eventually, you know she'll have a barbecue there, and we knew this since book 1. That made all of her detours even more frustrating for me. If she got to Westeros sooner that might have meant surprises, but now? The only surprise that I hope for now is that someone will kill her bloody dragons and her with them, because then I could say "mmm I wasn't (totally) expecting this".



-- Edited by Macha on Saturday 8th of March 2014 02:47:36 AM

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I hope she dies before she even gets there.

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Macha wrote:

Oh where do I begin?
She's a walking cliche. Fantasy dragon-tamer princess of an unnatural beauty? Please. It's like every chapter of hers I ever read ultimately comes down to her having her silky silver hair combed, getting dressed, undressed, perfumed, eating figs, crying over some slaves she knows nothing about and burning some wretched fellow. Her chapters are repetitive, full of caricatures with strange names that I'm simply not invested in, as a reader. She holds no mystery for me, and despite all of her "growing" I still feel like I'm reading the diary of a 14 year old girl who's discovered Facebook Causes.

Oh, Macha! Stop warging me!!!!! freakout

This is the BEST description I ever read of Daenerys. clap Particularly this part:  I still feel like I'm reading the diary of a 14 year old girl who's discovered Facebook Causes. It had me laughing out loud so hard!

can't stop



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what´s all this Dany bashing eh? disbelief  Leave something for me!!!



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1) Brienne chapters

2) Eddard Stark chapters

3) Jon Snow chapters

4) Dornish chapters

5) Tyrion chapters



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A Game of Thrones = Honestly I pretty much liked them all even Sansa's.

A Clash of Kings = Tyrion, Davos, Jon, Theon, Cat and Arya

A Storm of Swords = Again I pretty much liked them all.

A Feast for Crows = Jaime, Victarion, Asha, Sansa, Samwell and all the Dorne chapters.

A Dance with Dragons = Jon, Tyrion, Davos, Dany, Asha, Quentyn, Reek, Barristan, Victarion, Jaime, Areo, Melisandre and Griff.

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AGoT - Eddard's but I've enjoyed them all to be honest.

ACoK - It was a difficult read. Had no favorites. Arya's were the worst for me though.

ASoS -  I liked every one of them. From Tyrion and Sansa to Jon and Dany.

AFfC - Jamie's by far. I also liked how Cersei's insanity and paranoia were described. The Martells both Arianne, Areo Hotah and Arys Oakheart.

ADwD - I liked every single one of them less the last ones for Dany. I don't know what happened there. Loved Barristan's though.

 



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Mrs Tormund - You didn't enjoy Tyrion's ACOK chapters?



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Mrs Tormund - You didn't enjoy Tyrion's ACOK chapters?

I have to admit I did not. At least not the ones with the Battle of the Blackwater ones. My mind was somewhere else all the time. They just seemed so dry and lacking luster. I cannot explain why properly without waxing poetic.

Generally in fiction when I read something I have to visualize and hear it. The words just have to come alive. A cliche if I ever typed one, I know it but so it is for me. And between those POV chapters and Davos' ones that whole part of the book was killing me. Read it once, and never looked back. Maybe I'll read it again one day and see something else, or should I say SOMETHING!



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A Dance with Dragons = Jon, Tyrion, Davos, Dany, Asha, Quentyn, Reek, Barristan, Victarion, Jaime, Areo, Melisandre and Griff.

 

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Al Swearengen wrote:

A Dance with Dragons =Dany, Quentyn

why? crackers



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AGoT - Tyrion, Ned, Jon/Dany tie

ACoK - Tyrion, Jon, Arya

ASoS - Jaime, Tyrion, Arya

AFoC - Arya, Victarion, Jaime

ADoD - Reek/Theon, Barristan, Melisandre

 



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andrea wrote:
Al Swearengen wrote:

A Dance with Dragons =Dany, Quentyn

why? crackers

I am invested in Slavers Bay, that region of Essos fascinates me. When* Drogon entered the fighting pit and Dany attempted to tame him with the whip I had goosebumps. Plus I binged all five books back to back one summer so perhaps that helped me.



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Al, you are not the only one to get goosbumps at that scene or like that part of the story. I got so worked up in the Meereenese knot it's not even funny. LOL I think that Daznak Pit chapter was badass and finally Dany got the inner strength to face Drogon as she should have done to begin with. She was a woman with a mission. She rode the darn dragon!

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Rygar wrote:



ADoD - Reek/Theon, Barristan, Melisandre

 


-- Edited by Rygar on Saturday 8th of March 2014 12:31:39 PM

 Barristan's 4 were some of the best written if you ask me. Melisandre is only one but wicked. I really hope we'll get some more in WoW.



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Al Swearengen wrote:
andrea wrote:
Al Swearengen wrote:

A Dance with Dragons =Dany, Quentyn

why? crackers

I am invested in Slavers Bay, that region of Essos fascinates me. When* Drogon entered the fighting pit and Dany attempted to tame him with the whip I had goosebumps. Plus I binged all five books back to back one summer so perhaps that helped me.

So the sun affected your judgement? evileye just kidding,  you had a reasonable explanation and all!



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Al Swearengen wrote:

 When* Drogon entered the fighting pit and Dany attempted to tame him with the whip I had goosebumps. Plus I binged all five books back to back one summer so perhaps that helped me.

 I agree that was the definitive OMG freakout moment for me in that whole book. It is funny, Martin basically solved the Meereenese knot by essentially hitting a giant *reset* button on Dany and basically let slavers bay rip itself to pieces with war and disease.

I have not re-read the books since 2011, so my memory is a bit hazy.

While FFC is my least favorite, I genuinely enjoyed the Cersei, Jamie and Brienne chapters...despite all the wild goose chases going around. crazychicken



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DonalNoyesArm wrote:
Al Swearengen wrote:

 When* Drogon entered the fighting pit and Dany attempted to tame him with the whip I had goosebumps. Plus I binged all five books back to back one summer so perhaps that helped me.

 I agree that was the definitive OMG freakout moment for me in that whole book. It is funny, Martin basically solved the Meereenese knot by essentially hitting a giant *reset* button on Dany and basically let slavers bay rip itself to pieces with war and disease.

I have not re-read the books since 2011, so my memory is a bit hazy.

While FFC is my least favorite, I genuinely enjoyed the Cersei, Jamie and Brienne chapters...despite all the wild goose chases going around. crazychicken

 It's not done yet, Don!!!! But you know what, doing nothing sometimes is actually doing a lot. Plus look at WWI there were more deaths by virus in the US army than war deaths. Talk about reality insertion in ASoIaF. Ooops this goes into a different forum hahaah



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