My response to it was pretty much as follows.
Prologe: That was nicely creepy, but really, chasing people then slaughtered by monsters? How very identical to every other epic fantasy prologe ever.
Pg 18: A direwolf? Seriously? Owie.
pg 57: Wow, that was a great image to end a chapter with. I think I trust this Martin guy and am eager to keep reading.
pg 85: Oh, there’s the killing everybody told me I’d like. Yay!
pg 229: This is going nowhere good for the seven kingdoms
pg 423: Tyrion is my favorite. And Daenerys. And Arya. And Jon. I hope Sansa has to marry Joffrey, though. She deserves him.
pg 761: Beautiful. I am so desperately hoping she burns the whole world. Except when I’m reading somebody else’s POV.
pg 807: If Martin dies before finishing the series, I’m going to say mean things about his corpse.
This gave me all the immersive trusting the writer experience I kept hoping for Wise Man’s Fear to knock me over the head and give. Everybody who said I’d love the way Matrin treats his characters, you were so unspeakably right.
Anaea Lay 