After watching Quan You go back to see Ice and Fire, ten things you need to know
1. No role is safe.
The person who you think is the protagonist is actually a trick. In other novels, the golden halo of the protagonist is likely to be the crown of thorns in this book-even POV characters. No matter how much the author puts in the front, after the character is in danger or is predicted to die, he or she should be mentally prepared to die simply and irretrievably.
2. If things are likely to go bad, then they will definitely go bad.
Any wind and grass, an unknown gaze, a hysterical laugh, a position that cuts off the back road, and a few unfriendly passers-by. All unknown signs may become the worst reality. In ice and fire, this is almost an iron law.
3. Don't try to figure out the ins and outs of each name.
Otherwise, you will have 1/3 of the time to turn through the appendix genealogy. There are great nobles under the king, lords under the great nobles, small lords under the lords, and various vassals or knights under the small lords. The most cheating is that they also intermarried. There are so many names, you can remember as many interesting plots as you can, but if you can’t remember occasionally, just use Baidu or wiki of ice and fire.
4. Don't place too much emotion on key items and props.
Such as special swords, special animals, etc.-there is no guarantee that they will all survive or finish in this book. It is too "luxury" for an item to run through the plot in ordinary novels, and it is difficult to do it in the ice and fire.
5. Learn to read hints.
Being able to remember some of the key features of the characters will help you understand some of the hints in the book. Similarly, remembering some of the small details in the first part can also reveal the true colors of the mystery-like plot. These can help you better understand the whole book and master the subtle information that the author wants to convey.
6. Don't expect the resurrection of the characters.
Yes, in this book, death comes swiftly and mercilessly. Don't expect any of your favorite characters to be resurrected. Martin rarely uses the resurrection trick, and if a character is really resurrected, you will doubt whether he (she) is still dead. In the first four volumes, there was only one resurrection that really gave you a sigh of relief, only once—and in fact, this time is not a real “resurrection”—though from the reader’s emotional point of view, it is.
7. Not all predictions and dreams will come true.
The dreams of the POV characters, the predictions given by the witches and wizards they encountered, and the predictions in the ancient legends, may not all come true, but they are very helpful for you to enjoy this book. Read carefully and guess. Even if the following plot is far from what you guessed, it is still an interesting process.
8. Don't make conclusions about a character.
The characters in the ice and fire novels are very full and three-dimensional, have shortcomings, and have advantages. A person who you hate in the first two volumes may bloom his protagonist aura in the second two volumes, so you must be good at any time for the character to be "overturned" "The psychological preparation. At the same time, remember that the motivations of the characters in Ice and Fire are their own or their family's interests-emotional motivation does exist, but pure altruism is as rare as in the real society.
9. Try to understand the European feudal system in the Middle Ages.
To understand the relationship between lords, knights, kings and the church, take 5 minutes to understand some and get familiar with it. It will greatly help you overcome the discomfort at the beginning of reading and the various puzzles caused by different cultures. (If you are reading fantasy novels for the first time or have not read medieval novels before.) The feudalism in medieval Europe is very different from the centralized monarchy in China.
10. Remember the opportunity
When you want to lift the table, when you want to retaliate against society, when you want to fly to the United States to strangle Martin, always and always remember the title of the seventh volume, called "Dream of Chunxiao" , Read it ten times.
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