Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin

Synopis:

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.

Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

It took me more time than expected to read the book, because I was just so busy with school and everything, but I finally did. I loved the book so much!! I'm a real fan of Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind, and I was told that it was similiar to it, and I had heard about the TV series, and it was a best-selling book for the last two years, more or less... So all those reasons made me want to read it soon, and I asked a friend of mine who had recommended it to me a long ago if I could borrow it, and he gave it to me saying I would totally love it. 

And I did!! I loved the story, and I'm in love with so many characters... I specially love Arya, and I'm in love with Jon. I also love Catelyn and Ned, and Daenerys, and even Tyrion. The list could last for a long time. 

I feel like every single detail in the book is planned from the very beginning. I love having a map inside the book so I can picture perfectly where the action is happening in every chapter. I love how George RR Martin writes, because he's writing is both beautiful and cruel when it needs to, so it can express whatever he wants us to feel in that moment. 

And there are just so many characters... And houses, and ancestors, and places and... I don't know, it's just that you have to have a great memory to follow  the whole book. I really like that every chapter is focused on a single character, explaining whatever happens to them but without forgetting the rest of them, which is really nice. 

And now everything I want to do is watch the series (the part belonging to the book I've read, that I think it's the first season) and find the next books to read them soon!! 

Have you read it? What do you think about it?