Since the HBO Series comes out and everyone kept fussing about this book, I decide to read it. partly, I am also a fan of fantasy magic and kingdom adventure. 
 This is not as good as Harry Potter, but compared to other epic fantasy, it is the best. These are dark times to find an epic fantasy that didn't have dull characters that you can't distinguish who is who - like Eragon (sorry, I must say the series portrayed many stereotype and archetype models). However, A Game of Thrones created a very different sight to our characters. They all had their remarkable things and easy to remember - Eddard Stark (noble men), Robert Baratheon (a funny, wild king), Tyrion Lannister (a dwarf who is very sarcastic), Sansa Stark (dreamy princess who loved romantic princes and heroes), Bran (love to climb), Jon Snow (a bastard that being hated by many), Cersei Lannister (a bitchy woman, very bitchy), Jaime and Littlefinger, and brave Dany, blah blah blah. Ooh, and also Arya Stark (I luv her - a princess that loved swords and played with all the peasant). 
 Beware: violent scene, rude words, and sex sex sex 
 But overall, the plot was really good (except sometimes it was boring and ranting on and on. I know that epic fantasy had that weakness of being over descriptive so I can tolerate this) 
 The characters had many, many wonderful sentences when they talked, and the dialogue made you feel like you're in middle ages. If you read Cassandra Clare for instance, you will find her setting theme in Victoria Era sounded nothing like Victorian people. George R R Martin had made the audience engaged in the medieval theme, and you can feel like you're standing in the castle surrounded by lords and ladies. 
 It had many narratives but all was well combined and easy to follow, unlike some stories who made you feel extremely tedious because you couldn't remember what happen, like Nicholas Flamel Immortals books. 
 So I gave this 4 stars. And I wanna have a big pack of popcorn to munch on while watching the show on HBO. 
 :) 
 Extra note: One disadvantage of liking Game of Thrones was that not many of friends like it since I'm only thirteen years old :(