A Storm of Swords : Steel and Snow (2000)
by
George R R Martin
Book Read: 24 December 2015 - 08 January 2016
Note Written: 20 January 2016
The quest to complete 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series and 'Lord of the Rings' series continues. 'Steel and Snow', part one of 'A Storm of Swords' has many important events happening which were major reveals and turning points in the TV series. This is where Jon Snow gets together with Ygritte, Daenerys buys the Unsullied, Tyrion's weds again, Sam escapes with Gilly, Arya meets the Hound among many other turn of events.
The novel was very engaging and thrilling. Even though it took me more than usual time to complete the novel because of my journey to Kerala and the number of weddings which I attended, every once in a while I started reading, it was difficult to stop. The flow of the series has been bettered compared to the first book, I felt.
Comparing the TV series with the novel gets difficult at times; I try not to, but it seems impossible not to have those wonderful visuals infront of you. In some parts the visual possibilities of narration of the TV series outsmart the whats written in the novel. For example, in the part were Daenerys buys the Unsullied, the TV series stands tall because they could actually use a foreign language, as opposed to the novel where it just said that she spoke High Valyrian. It helps to have seen the series because you can put faces and behavioural styles of the actors to the characters, but sometimes it's a curse as well; your imaginative power gets restricted, or the actors really don't complement the feature of the written character.
'Steel and Snow' was a great thrill read for me. Eagerly waiting to read the next and the next. Valar Morghulis!
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