For example, one of the characters, Jon Snow, was, at one point in the novel, up in the mountains, searching for wildings (or those who don’t live within the Seven Kingdoms). Despite everything that is going on in the book, Martin writes with a style that makes it easy for the reader to pretty much pick up where the character left off before. In A Clash of Kings, there were definitely places where I was a bit confused as to what was going on, both because it was something that had happened way earlier in the book and because the characters are kind of hard to keep track of at times, but I soon caught on to what was happening and why it was important to the story. The thing that I like about this series is how intricate Martin makes the plot. Hence the need for two more lengthy books, which I will eventually read. Lots of fighting ensues, lots of people die, and by the end of the novel, not much is really resolved, even with all of those pages. Basically, the Seven Kingdoms have fallen into chaos, with 4 people claiming to be the King, the one who sits on the Iron Throne, hence the name A Clash of Kings. There are so many different things going on, and it’s told from the point of view of so many different characters (at least 4…I think there might have been 1 or 2 more, I don’t quite remember) that explaining the whole thing would take ages.
Now, I feel like the plot to these books is kind of hard to describe, because they are so intricate and complicated. But for now, I think I’ll take a break and get some other, shorter, reading done. And it shows that Martin has skill in writing because despite the length, I still want to read the next two books in the series. It is about a thousand pages, so it’s kind of a daunting read, but definitely worth it. It may have taken me a while, but I have finally completed the second novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.
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