http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_gXaJJi54M#wshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfPtTnaDbdk#wsEdit: I just read
A Clash of Kings. It was f**king fantastic.
It was certainly on a more epic scale than the first book, but never lost all those delightful intrigues either. Tyrion's work in King's Landing was very interesting to follow. I would probably say that his parts of the book along with Arya's journey were the most interesting. Daenery's and Jon's were good as well, seeing Drogon in action was great. Sansa's story was surprisingly interesting and I feel that her character is growing on me. I'm pretty indifferent to Catelyn, but those parts proved to be a nice insight to the greater schemes of the war. The Onion Knight was a pretty likeable character and I hope we haven't seen the last of him. Theon was pretty pathetic and even though his plans went to shit it will be very interesting to see what consequences this will have.
I will say that the naval battle at the end was a pretty boring read (well, at least until Tyrion unleashed the fire). Before that, it was just a game of keeping track of a million different ships. Could be cool to see on the show, but I doubt they'll have the budget to show it in all its glory.
I'm also surprised how little I missed Ned.
And...
Spoiler
Melisandre giving birth to the shadow creature was f**king terrifying.
