Game of Thrones review

If you've been watching HBO's Game of Thrones and are missing it now that the season is over, why not check out the audiobook?  Although the plot is very close, the audiobook fills in many details and gives a richer experience of the story--if you watch reruns you'll see things you completely missed the first time.

For listeners who don't usually listen to fantasy audiobooks, don't worry, you may enjoy Game of Thrones anyway.  It's unusually character driven and there aren't wizards and unicorns running around everywhere.  The story follows the various powerful families in a medieval England-like setting as they maneuver for power--fans of historical fiction and the weighty classics will be in familiar territory here.  There are also many strong women, a rarity in certain types of fantasy novels.

Two warnings, however: you will get hooked on the series, and do not get too attached to anyone or anything, because there are regular major plot twists.