tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post5099143006061755662..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: File under "Sadly Predictable" or "Where Will It All End"Dave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-83528334411914589372011-05-06T12:03:06.346-04:002011-05-06T12:03:06.346-04:00Actually it was the sudden failure of a (to that m...Actually it was the sudden failure of a (to that moment) major character to "go on and on" that indicated to me that there was no arc to the narrative.* That and, more convincingly, the thousands of pages of the (uncompleted) series stretching out before me.<br /><br />I had no real problem with the quality of the writing -- I've read better, I've read worse -- but I will repeat my point that if I want to pick up a work with no actual end or plot arc I will proceed to the Nonfiction shelf.<br /><br />There is no greater confirmation of my rightness, meanwhile, than <b>JJV</b> telling me I am wrong.<br /><br />*I do not have a problem <i>per se</i> with major characters dying in a work of fiction, but I felt I was the victim of a bait and switch by Martin and suspected more such lay ahead.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-39402304452286342332011-05-06T10:06:31.085-04:002011-05-06T10:06:31.085-04:00Also there is a girl who falls down a well. A fri...Also there is a girl who falls down a well. A friend of Cersei Lannister whose death confirms a terrible prophecy. (See Feast for Crows).<br /><br />You are wrong. This series rewards both reading and rereading. Jaime Lannister; Tyrion Lannister;John Snow;the great characters go on and on!jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-16697804419903376072011-05-05T17:15:50.716-04:002011-05-05T17:15:50.716-04:00But if you skip it, you'll never discover the ...But if you skip it, you'll never discover the joy that is Tyrion Lannister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-15639561086460824902011-05-05T08:26:59.994-04:002011-05-05T08:26:59.994-04:00Wow, you just saved me months or years of agony, D...Wow, you just saved me months or years of agony, Dave. Thank you. (I had Game of Thrones on my reading list, but will now cross it off. I have enough cliffhangers right now.)J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-48578915783889976922011-05-04T21:00:15.113-04:002011-05-04T21:00:15.113-04:00The thing is, we all know how it's going to en...The thing is, we all know how it's going to end. He just has to take us there. He'll do it beautifully, if he ever does it......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com