Flawed but readable

A Game of Thrones has its share of flaws - multiple, shifting viewpoints did sap the narrative's strength, a non-existent conclusion and occasionally irritating repetitive expressions. The constant jumping from one character to another made me read the first Daenerys' sections of the story, then the rest. The author Could have made to effort to Provide at least a provisional conclusion. He goes into Considerable, oft flavorful detail, but sometimes this Becomes annoyingly repetitive. How many times do the readers need to hear that people are given "milk of the poppy" against pain? The predominance of teens and pre-teens who are saving the world is reminiscient of Ender's Game, but even less believable. Daenerys, for Example, Should be at least 16-17 to be believable. All in all, it is a work head and shoulders above the verbose and badly Plotted drivel of Robert Jordan or the infantile Eddings and Brooks. Martin's storyline is quite compelling, the world is well drawn and most of the characters are quite interesting. I will buy the next book.