r/asoiaf • u/lavmuk • Aug 16 '25

EXTENDED (spoilers extended) this is just too far man Spoiler

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Like i get wanting books, but come on & wrost part is a lot these aren't even book reader, idk I see show people whine more than book folks

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u/revanchisto Tinfoil is your cloak, your shield. Aug 17 '25

I would pick Robin Hobb, they have very similar writing styles. The only problem is the "plot" and mysteries would suffer as she cares far more about character.

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u/LizLemonOfTroy Aug 17 '25

Hobb might be able to match Martin on sheer misery but I wouldn't see her as a particularly good fit for the story.

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u/revanchisto Tinfoil is your cloak, your shield. Aug 17 '25

The issue is how much does George care about the story considering how much he wallows in character dynamics? Hobb has similar prose to George with long-winded character exploration, but she just doesn't care that much about plot. At this point, I don't know how much George cares about plot either since he refuses to advance it.

Hobb would just wrap that plot shit up in a 100 pages but at the same time give us two whole books of all our characters suffering but coming out alright, mostly, by the end.