a song of ice and fire is incredible. but in some ways it reminds me of 13 grams (was it 13?) and house of sand and fog.

arya stark should not have left sandor clegane to die. and if she wasn't going to help him, she should have killed him. but this way it's possible that he's still be alive, at least.

when shae testifies against tyrion lannister and the entire court laughs at him... that is only the worst of what tyrion suffers. good god. what happens to him is so not right.

catelyn stark kind of sucks. and i expected robb to die, but it was still shitty the way it happened.

the duel to decide tyrion's innocence regarding the murder of his nephew joffery is so awesome. up until oberyn, who we are led to believe has won, instead gets crushed to death by gregor clegane.

every chapter in jaime lannister's perspective makes him that much more a person. which is confusing. why isn't he just plain evil? i guess nothing is black and white. especially all of the choices he was forced to make. every time a person judges him, i feel bad for him, which is annoying.

did martin create the character of theon to be a worthless shithead from the very beginning? he really was incredibly foolish until the moment he died. and every time he made an awful choice, he thought to himself, i had no other choice.

i love this series, but it's really upsetting me. maybe i should take a break.