如果说第一本《权力游戏》是整个《冰与火之歌》系列的大开篇,让我们对每个家族的实力,以及其中的矛盾有所了解的话,这本《诸王纷争》就是各家族之间矛盾的各种擦枪走火,以及战场上的小试牛刀。剧情很紧凑,除了开头有些慢和沉闷外,从大概三分之二的地方开始,情节推进的非常快,而且惊喜连连,最喜欢的就是这种很难猜到结局的感觉,该死的人最后竟然没死,以为马上要大显身手的角色突然就挂掉。
小恶魔仍然是个大亮点,对弱者怜悯尤佳,对爱人柔情似水,聪明的不动声色,斗的心狠手辣,大有君子报仇十年不晚卧薪尝胆时机一到势如破竹将对手一招毙命的架势。可以说作者对每个主角虽然各有偏爱但综合实力基本相当的,小恶魔虽然生的矮,又给削掉了半截鼻子,但是给他了一颗聪明的大脑,让他得以自己修炼成精以安身立命也算很不错了。
临冬城的Stark家族一如既往的成为主角家族中最悲剧的那个家族,Baratheon家族虽然也很悲剧,比如Robert死后无嗣被老婆迫害又被野猪顶死,Renly被自己哥哥Stannis干掉,Stannis娶了个难看的老婆又生了个难看的女儿等等……但起码他们活的痛快,死的也痛快,而Stark家族唯一幸运的只有老领主Ned——被砍头,死的非常痛快。剩下的大哥Rob战死、大姐Sansa扣为人质、小妹Arya一路逃亡被复仇折磨、二哥Bran断腿又逃亡、小弟Richon被野人领着逃亡、私生子囧诺被弄去了长城打野人和夜鬼,猫姨据说也是先死了又活了变成了石心夫人,连狼们也是死的死,流亡的流亡……难道作者真的是想让他们家族置于死地而后生,然后再用最变态最诡异最狠的方式东山再起?在这卷中,他们家族的六个孩子逐渐与狼通灵,有的还沾染上了巫术,弄的我很是期待呢。
看完第二卷,对囧诺的期待仍然很高,一方面演员很帅,大白狼Ghost也很帅,另一方面就是非常期待异鬼们的登台,想看看他们两军交战时异鬼到底有什么样的能耐,以及有神马不为人知的秘密……
至于龙女,第一卷最后一章她孵化出小龙的时候简直点燃了我的神经,但第二卷中那三条龙一直表现的跟蜥蜴一样,弱的让人兴趣大减。龙女真的像开了外挂一样,一路靠着自己的姿色和三条龙借了不少男人的力,没经历什么灾难。但是!截至第二卷结束,那些男人一个都不靠谱,所以关键时刻还要靠自己。倒想看看她最后是凭借什么力量把龙养大了,并且能不能一举反攻。
平心而论,如果龙女最后能做女王,我还是比较认可的,一方面她长得美,聪明又讲道理,有种母性的光辉和慈爱,另一方面她有三条龙啊,有帝王相。狼族虽然我很喜欢,可他们家族的人也太轴了!战场也许生猛,但入了“人场”,怎么跟别人斗啊。
PS:马丁在第二本着重在讲故事了,没有再借小恶魔的视角讲那么多的道理出来。所以,摘抄的句子就这么多。
下面是摘抄……
Men see what they expect to see.
The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she’ll become, and anger makes her stupid. I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning.
The crow calls the raven black.
To be sure, there is much we do not understand. The years pass in their hundreds and their thousands, and what does any man see of life but a few summers, a few winters? We look at mountains and call them eternal, and so they seem…but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses, stars fall from the sky, and great cities sink beneath the sea. Even gods die, we think. Everything changes.
There are no shadows in the dark. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire. The brightest flame casts the darkest shadows.
Tyrion says that people often claim hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.
一本原著的伟大不仅仅是因为洗脑的剧情,紧凑的结构和各种强悍的角色,更因为有无数可以让人玩味的句子。看《魔戒》的时候年纪太小,实在已经不记得托尔今的文采了,现在不得不说,《冰与火之歌》大有完胜《魔戒》在我心中的地位之势。莫非我必须再把《魔戒》原著读一下然后好好对比一下?
结束了《权利游戏》,马上投入A Clash of Kings!
-----华丽丽的摘抄------
People never looked up. That was another thing he liked about climbing; it was almost like being invisible.
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.
The Night’s Watch is a midden heap for all the misfits of the realm.
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
Every flight begins with a fall.
Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?
That is the only time a man can be brave.
It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.
As I was saying…why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what’s on the other side?
If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.
If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him.
We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we start to take ourselves too seriously.
I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I’ve won it.
Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better.
All halls lead somewhere. Where there is a way in, there is a way out. Fear cuts deeper than swords.
Love is sweet, but it cannot change a man’s nature.
A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.
A king should never sit easy.
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.
守夜人的誓词,我完全拜倒⋯⋯
Hear my words, and bear witness to my vow. Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
You knelt as boys, rise now as men of the Night’s Watch.
Watching is not seeing.
Opening your eyes is all that is needing The heart lies and the head play tricks with us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in that way knowing the truth.
Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has already lost.
Never do what they expect.
A man who won’t listen can’t hear.
Laughter is poison to fear.
A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.
Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.
We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.
The things we love destroy us every time.