Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
Dragons, political intrigue, light magic, an amazingly imbred monarchy, direwolves, giants, mammoths and a funny dwarf isn't enough?
I can get that elsewhere, from Robin Hobb, or just straight from the Prof him self.

For me, Martin's lack of grip on the physical world mirrors his lack of grip on the characters.

Example: Caitlin hates John, she has litterally HATED him since he was a baby, a perfectly decent young man, her husband's son and sibling to her own children. Even so, she HATES him, and she has held on to that hatred for 14 years.

I mean, seriously?

Martin seems to write only with regard to his plot, but not even Homer's characters and settings were this arbitary, and the end is entirely predictable!

As I said before, the only times he has tricked me have been when I honestly didn't think he would go there.