What other fantasy books do YOU read?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Galadriel

My second-favourite. Number one is Tyrion Lannister

I changed my mind after some more chapters. Jon is second. Arya is first. The Imp is annoying. But less so than Theon: he's Viserys all over, just on the other side of the world.

I really like GRRMartin's style of writing. Although it has LOTR written all over it, it feels like a cross between Tolkien and Rowling. It has more day-to-day details like Harry Potter, but doesn't sound modern, and the plot and characters are much more Tolkien than Rowling. The style of writing is his own though. It's not as "ancient" as Tolkien's, but it's definitely not Rowling's modern style. It's different from both authors. Somehow it has HP's addiction and LOTR's beauty.

There is only one thing that really buggs me, though. So many names are similar to Tolkien/Downs names. It gets me confused about the characters. I still can't get my head around Lommy being a boy. (this one is from the next book in the series - A Clash of Kings)