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Book Review By Aaron Snodgrass
Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

In this book you have four people competing to be king of a kngdom known as the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. All feel they are intitled to the throne and are at war over the idea . The book brings into play their lives and the lives that the war touches and gives great narrative of these accounts.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - great warrior
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - factions fight within govt for control - preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - fighting a personal illness/handicap - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - 17th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - descript. of private male anat. - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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