Well when I say miserable, I mean moany and whiney...whinging non-stop - I can't do this...I want to go home...wah wah wah... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
There's some miserable characters in song of ice and fire too, but thankfully it's proper misery brought on by realistic problems (loved ones dying, bad injuries etc...) - not Jordans 'I want to go home cos I am cold and hungry! Boo-hoo.' <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Its fine in it's own way, wasn't for me, matter of taste and all that. Jordans PG 12's writing can't compare though in any way to the gritty realism of Martins mature characters, events, and problems - and the concept of Jordans semi-omnipotent 'Dark one' that everyone is afraid of is too Lord of the Rings-esque. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
The 'evil' in ice and fire is the evil of men. With many shades of grey between. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
