A Clash of Kings - Likewise Book Reviews

"This will probably be my favorite one"

"On par with the first, but a slight bit slower. Getting into the meat of world building and setting the stage for the saga to come."

"Great book, so excited to continue the journey into, "A Storm of Swords"."

"Just as good as the first. On to the third!"

"In the second book of the Song of Ice and Fire, it takes a while to really get going, it starts a lot slower than what I remember from when I read it the first time. I think this is the book that you really figure out what the strengths of the series are: the political intrigue, the conversations, the strategy of war. <br/><br/>Like the first book there are POVs that are better than others, the stand outs from this book (to me) are Davos, who does a great job of representing the perspective of Stannis and has a interesting wrinkle of being a former smuggler turned “Onion” knight. Caitlyn continues to be a high mark for the series, which just makes how poorly utilized she is in the show even worst. Her conversation with Jamie is one of the strongest so far in the series and is a great look at a future POV. Another POV holdover from the first book that continues to be great is Tyrion, this is where a lot of the political intrigue and strategy is and it is fantastic <br/><br/>With the POV strategy of storytelling, there are weaker ones as well. Daenerys feels very stagnant for most of the novel and Theon is just so unlikeable that it is hard to connect to and his sections of dialogue feel so cheesy and juvenile, in the worst ways. <br/><br/>Overall the second half of this book (especially the final third) are among the best of the series, and do a great job of showing where the books continue to go and how they grow in the right direction. If my memory is correct, the series continues to better itself from here on out."

"This book was much slower than A Game of Thrones. Nothing really happened until the end. Now I'll be moving on to book 3, which I've heard is the best one."

"10/10"

"Have you read the rest yet? It's part of a series"

"I loved the first one but in overall books I’m in love with A Court of Thorns and arises! 😍😍"

"I finally managed to finish this book. It kind of was a drag, but interesting in some instances. The political intrigue is all there like it was in the first but with this book you know the characters a little better so their actions don't quite surprise you as much anymore. However I do want to know how it ends, so I will keep on reading the next books, but not before I take a break and read something else first.<br/><br/>"

"Dear Mr. Martin,<br/><br/>I know understand why you legion of fans was chomping at the bit for the next book in your series. You never leave a book with no worries about the characters, no agony over the losses, and most definitely no riding off into the sunset. If I had had the good sense to listen to your fans, I would have not tried to read this series unless every other book on the planet was unavailable as I know find myself sorely tempted to push them all aside and go to the third one.<br/><br/>Cleo"