I just read the chapter of Samwell in "A Storm of Swords" where he's describing the escape from the Fist of the First Men when the Others attack. The perspective of Sam, nearly dead and wanting to die, dragging himself through the snow and remembering the events that brought home to this point, was completely engrossing. I was seriously impressed by the technique of illustrating the attack through multiple written (but mostly unsent) letters. It built up tension in the reader, we didn't know what was going to happen next and could feel Sam's fear. We could follow along as he thought they were repelling the attackers, and then when he realized they were in fact lost. Even though we only got glimpses of action (as opposed to a front-row seat like the way many battles are reported), I could totally picture what was going on.
I have almost universally enjoyed GRRM's writing throughout the series, but this chapter in particular was a masterpiece. Bravo.
Submitted April 26, 2018 at 02:08AM by jcmtyler https://ift.tt/2HtCo5C
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