The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens

[AlexH]

I'm struggling through this at the moment (available in the Dangerous Women Part 1 anthology).

There are so many characters introduced early on, it's impossible to keep up. Some characters have near-identical names, and sometimes they're referred to by nicknames, after earlier being referred to by their birth name. It's so confusing.

I'd have no idea what anyone or anything looked like if it wasn't for the TV series (which I've only watched up to series 4, so please use spoiler tags if you mention it).

I was quite excited about reading a 'prequel' to Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, but it reads like a list of things that happened, rather than a story, and I'm not finding it very engaging.

I was never interested in reading the Song of Ice and Fire books, so was pleased when the TV series came along, then pleased again when I saw something shorter like this novella set in the same world.

For anyone that's read this, is it typical of Martin's writing? Does anyone agree/disagree with me?

 

[Koopa]

it's written more matter of factly (if that is a word). Like history jotten down. The Dunk&Egg novella's might be your thing more.

 

[AlexH]

Thanks, I'll check those out.

I read a brief extract from one of the novels when I was in the local library a couple of days ago, and I was pleased to see it read much better than this novella I still haven't finished.