Oortmode Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 As soon as Lysa started babbling her crazy nonsense and Petyr came in I knew exactly how it was going to end up. Can't say I'm sad to see that happen.Also she let the whole 'Tansy' mystery slip for the reader to pick up on which was neat. (or at least I'm assuming that's what the whole tansy thing was to do with) The epilogue was cool. I'm excited to see how that little twist pans out for the Freys and Boltons. Now it's on to FFC, which I've heard is the weakest book in the series and I hope people are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenxDreamer Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 As soon as Lysa started babbling her crazy nonsense and Petyr came in I knew exactly how it was going to end up. Can't say I'm sad to see that happen.Also she let the whole 'Tansy' mystery slip for the reader to pick up on which was neat. (or at least I'm assuming that's what the whole tansy thing was to do with) The epilogue was cool. I'm excited to see how that little twist pans out for the Freys and Boltons. Now it's on to FFC, which I've heard is the weakest book in the series and I hope people are wrong. I can agree with you there I wasn't bothered at all by Lysa meeting her own little moon hole.. She is or was batshit crazy.. Too bad her son wasn't attached to her tit at that moment because I wouldn't be sad to see him die either. Yeah yeah he's a little boy but I don't care, he's just as crazy as his whack job mother. The epilogue was pretty crazy! I can't wait to see where GRRM takes that character and what she ends up doing... Very interesting. I've heard that FFC isn't that boring it's just a lot of characters you haven't read before. You get a lot of different POV's.. so it's a little confusing with getting to know even more characters but it's not that bad of a read.. Guess we'll see huh? Not sure when I'll be diving into FFC but hopefully soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oortmode Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 So the whole Tansy thing was to do with Lysa's forced abortion, right? Tansy wasn't a person, it was a substance that killed Petyr's kid. Right? If I'm not mean to know just yet then say so but that's what I picked up from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Now it's on to FFC, which I've heard is the weakest book in the series and I hope people are wrong.Depends on what you expect. But as far as I am concerned AFFC is the best of the five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forelver Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I didn't like Lisa but I didn't think she deserved to die that way. But I thought her death served to show that Littlefinger will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebMc Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 As soon as Lysa started babbling her crazy nonsense and Petyr came in I knew exactly how it was going to end up. Can't say I'm sad to see that happen.Also she let the whole 'Tansy' mystery slip for the reader to pick up on which was neat. (or at least I'm assuming that's what the whole tansy thing was to do with) The epilogue was cool. I'm excited to see how that little twist pans out for the Freys and Boltons. Now it's on to FFC, which I've heard is the weakest book in the series and I hope people are wrong. I'll just say on the topic of FFC that a few of the major players are not really written about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soob Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Killing Lysa made no sense to me, mostly because it was clear Littlefinger wasn't popular in the Vale. So he marries her, kisses his own daughter in public, then his wife dies under mysterious circumstances -- all in the course of a few days or weeks at the most? I can't imagine that Littlefinger doesn't end up following his wife right after that. Also wasn't there a red-headed woman in an inn named Tansy, or am I remembering it wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oortmode Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Killing Lysa made no sense to me, mostly because it was clear Littlefinger wasn't popular in the Vale. So he marries her, kisses his own daughter in public, then his wife dies under mysterious circumstances -- all in the course of a few days or weeks at the most? I can't imagine that Littlefinger doesn't end up following his wife right after that. Also wasn't there a red-headed woman in an inn named Tansy, or am I remembering it wrong? There was but I have a feeling that was just there to throw the reader off. Maybe I'm wrong, but the fact that Lysa mentioned 'tansy' when talking about her forced abortion seems like that's what Hoster was really repentant about on his death bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Killing Lysa made no sense to me, mostly because it was clear Littlefinger wasn't popular in the Vale. So he marries her, kisses his own daughter in public, then his wife dies under mysterious circumstances -- all in the course of a few days or weeks at the most? Eh, what can you do? She'd lost it over Sansa and was giving the game away. He couldn't have her locked up, couldn't placate her without losing Sansa and couldn't have her babbling away about how he started the War of the Five Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soob Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 If he wanted Sansa, Littlefinger could have gotten her without Lysa finding out. It had to be intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Depends what he wants Sansa for, if it's as a protege and/or pawn in the Game he needs her around and needs her at the centre of his operations. I don't think he knew Lysa was watching or wanted her to flip out - for one thing she'd act unpredictably, and that's a trait Petyr admires only in himself - but his use for her was dwindling after the marriage and she was high maintenance, so I doubt he had to think it over much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Herman Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 The story lines of every character in SoS end in the strongest ways possible: Arya; valar morghulis Sansa; Lysa dies, Jon Arryn killer finally revealed. Tyrion; Tywin dead, he finds out about Tysha, Shae dead, Tyrion escapes. Dany; f*** Westeros, i'm staying in Meeran. Catelyn; F*** death, i'm killing some Freys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Demon Monkey Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Now it's on to FFC, which I've heard is the weakest book in the series and I hope people are wrong.No Dany chapters. Sounds pretty damn awesome to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziemen Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 People tend to say FFC is the worse book just because their fav characters aren't there.. All of my favourite characters weren't in the book but I definetely loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atropis the Elf Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 No Dany chapters. Sounds pretty damn awesome to me. ... People started hating Dany when they finished ASoS? Interesting. The ending of ASoS was simply amazing for almost every PoV. Lysa's death had no impact al all on me, but "Only Cat" made me like LF for 2 seconds. The epilogue is thrilling and offers some sense of justice to the reader, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Demon Monkey Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 ... People started hating Dany when they finished ASoS? Interesting. When is it the norm to start hating her? I am a proud Dany Dis-liker (hate is a bit strong, she has had her entertaining moments) since early ACOK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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