Gormenghast trilogy series (10 points)

I read all 3 of the books and I say for a fact that it reminded me a lot like Game of Thrones. It is not a bad thing to feel that way when reading. I mean the book involves lords and ladies, heirs to kingdoms. For all fantasy books are just inspirations from the medieval era. The adventure of the story is also there, the thrill of danger takes many tales of this.

So the main plot revolves around a castle, which is the title. The nobles live there as well, including the main character Titus, a probable reference to Shakespeare. Maybe the author wanted to take true fantasy into the work. The main character could be named for that reason. 

In the first book it starts out with Titus' birth, to be heir to the throne. Titus is only a minor character as it revolves around other people because he is just an infant. The Game of Thrones plots happen where people will die from fighting. Even the end of the book ends with someone dying, a subplot in the story. The main plot has a flame that tries to take hold of the characters, and they now are under Sterpikes control. 

The second actually happens with the main character Titus. He is seven years old at the beginning of the book. At the end of the book he is seventeen years old. He desires freedom, like most fantasy characters. In fact, it even sounds cliché. A plot is what I am talking about. At the end of this book he rides out into freedom away from the castle. 

As for the final book, it takes a whole new direction. The futuristic city, a city in the future. Wait, isn’t this a fantasy book. The book is supposed to take place in a fantasy universe. So why does it take place in the future. Well, it's because the characters are in the future, not the past, crazy plot twists. To end this fantastic series, the book is one of the best, although I think that the Hobbit is better.

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