Monday, September 27, 2004

OH yea, Another Stupid Review

There is something I read on saturday that really made my day, before football ruined it. I read it at 1 am so, how could the day be bad when the end of the day is so good.

The Hedge Knight

The Hedge Knight is a collection of 6 comics. I bought the trade back verion. The story is about a Hedge Knight who is not part of any land. A knight who upholds the true meaning of the word knight. Going around writing wrongs and fighting in tournaments. Well the "hero", well actually more of a hero than "heroes" in other George RR Martin's books. The Hedge Knight was a squire who's knight died at the beginning of the book. So he deciedes to be a knight and enter the tournament. That is where he finds his own squire. I would explain more, but it would ruin so much. Do yourself a favor and read this comic book.

The best part about its, is it is a prequal to my favorite books of all time. So seeing characters that I read about. It is kind of weird when I think about it. It is like reading history inside of a book. So it feels I am getting to know characters that I have only heard about. I wish that George would write a prequel to his books, however I would rather have him finally finish The Feast of the Crows. The fourth book in his what should be 7 book series. The first book is named the Game of Thrones. I totally recommend it if you are at all a fan of fantasy. However if you are not a fan of fantasy, I also think this is a good book to read. The fantasy is not as big a part of the series as Robert Jordan books. Also each chapter is written in a specific point of view. What that does it truely gives you a feel of who the characters are. However it does make it kind of slow when you do not like a character. My favorite chapters are the Arya chapters. She is my favorite character of the series. She is your stereotypical tomboy who goes through a lot of crap. Her point of view is very fun to read. Half innocent, half ruthless. The other one I really like is Tyrion. He is a dwarf with a very sharp tongue. He is part of the "evil" Lannister clan. However unlike all other Lannisters, he is very hard to hate. At least I found him to be one of the best characters in the book. A very likable person in a horrible situation.

The books are called The Song of Ice and Fire. The author named is George RR Martin. As I have said, they are some of my favorite books. In my humble opinion, they are better than the Robert Jordan books. Mostly because the last 3 Robert Jordan books could of been one book. However I think you will at least find them comparable and some parts as enjoyable. There will be a few times where you will laugh at loud. There will be sometimes where you have to read over what you just read because you cannot believe what happened. I actually read through the first 3 books twice and will read through them once again once the new book is out.

READ THESE BOOKS.

Read the Tradeback to see if you think you would like the style of the books.

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