Thoughts on the first 100 pages of Game of Thrones
Not Good Things:
- Rape is not cool. I don’t enjoy reading about it. And it’s just brushed off in the story as “these are the bad people, this is what bad people do.” The gravity of the situation was lessened by the box these people were put in, which brings me to my next point,
- Why are all these brutish people brown?
- Oh, and INCEST WTF. IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
- And finally, why am I reading about a grown man raping a 13 year old? Yeah, she’s his wife, but SHE’S THIRT-FRICKIN-TEEN. There was even this little blurb about her guiding him to having sex with her (which I think is there to help us readers feel better about it), but little girls can’t consent. I don’t want to read too much into this, but from the way it is written, it sounds like the author is okay with this.. ew.
Good Things:
- Wolves, Arya, and Tyrion. Yep.
I’m gonna keep reading, because it’s an interesting story and very gripping, but I might end up quitting at some point. God, that sex scene was uncomfortable to read. It still makes me cringe.
“No?” he said, and she knew it was a question. She took his hand and
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*stabs eyes*
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themythsaredead reblogged this from perfectportionsforfoxes and added:
Yup. It’s very problematic. Still haven’t brought myself to read the rest of Dance. I struggle with the decision...
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ladysalty reblogged this from unoxi and added:
GOT is problematic but a nice read. I did end up quitting after the third or fourth book. Everyone I loved dies, so...
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perfectportionsforfoxes reblogged this from unoxi and added:
This is what I was trying to iterate amongst the neanderthals in the game of thrones tag.
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Not Good Things: Rape is not cool. I don’t enjoy reading about it. And it’s just brushed off in the story as “these are...
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