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A NOTE ON ARRANGED MARRIAGE and CHILDREN: Yes, it’s true; in Ye Olde Medieval Europe, female tweens were oft wed to the grown-ups. A Song of Ice and Fire is known for being “gritty” and “authentic,” so really, aren’t I just objecting to the realism? Reader, here are the things that George R. R. Martin changed about Ye Olde Medieval Europe, when he set out to write A Song of Ice and Fire: Religion. Geography. History. Politics. Zombies. Werewolves. Dragons. At one point, when asked why his characters were taller, healthier, and longer-lived than actual Medieval people, George R. R. Martin explained that human genetics and biology do not work the same way in Westeros as they do in the real world. So George R. R. Martin considered that he could change all of that while maintaining “authenticity.” Here’s what he left in, however: Institutionalized pedophilia.

This is, quite possibly, the best review of A Song of Ice and Fire that has ever been written, probably because it is the review I wish I could have written if I had 10,000 percent more brain cells. I kinda disagree with her on minor points? But oh my God, this is what I've been struggling to articulate in approximately 10,000 arguments with Mr. quigonejinn.

Check also this comment where she eviscerates the stupid, stupid idea that that people who don't like the books just don't like the "grim" or the "realism of life in medieval Europe".

ILU SADY DOYLE.