Zalami

After the disappointing end to the show I finally decided to pick up the original story and damn... I'm so glad I did. I was anticipating to like it as I loved the show so much before it fell from grace but I'm still pleasantly surprised by how good Martin's writing and imagination is. The hype behind ASOIAF is truly justified so far from the first book alone.

As I read I couldn't help but still be in anguish and worry as I followed certain characters take their gradual steps towards their fate. I knew everything that was coming as the first season follows the first book to a tee but I still couldn't help but feel for the mourning characters I love.

The heightened detail that George shares in the book is mesmerizing and I've never read anything like it. The characters that I hated and love from the show only had me love and hate them even more.

Can't wait to continue on my journey through the series and maybe if I take my time The Winds of Winter will be close once I reach A Dance of Dragons but somehow I don't think it will take me long.

It took up until a certain point for me to really get gripped by the story but the fascinating and scary correlations between our society today and the one that Orwell depicts kept me turning the pages.

I haven't read as much as many books as most on here but a book has never made me so close to tears before. The ending hit me hard and genuinely took me to a depressed state of mind. A powerful story that will stay with me as our world moves closer to what George Orwell had in mind.