Few books can captivate me in a few pages. The Iron Throne is one of them. Is it the shimmering descriptions? The wealth of a plot that surprises each chapter? The medieval world described with an accuracy that I previously had never seen fantasy? Or just life that emerges from the character? The plot (a family of nobles dive despite her in a sordid affair royal conspiracy) may seem easy at first, but it is expanding gradually as to say the attachment to the characters, whose psychological depth n has nothing to envy to what I've read more on the subject. Each chapter takes the perspective of a different character (ten in total), a method which may put off some but which has obvious benefits in terms of narration and understanding of the plot. The small negatives obviously come from the French version, first translation which often smells like automatic translator on the other the usual irregular parting from each volume, including Pygmalion is now familiar. But another small defect (due to GRR Martin that one) can be found in the excessive multiplication of characters from this first volume, which tends to lose the reader in a jumble of names. But these slight hassles do not prevent the diligent reader to succumb to dependence on a current best fantasy series.
