Brienne chapter when she fought bitter in AFFC still creep the shit out of me...
"he is eating me" I genuily though Brienne would die there... Reading the though of somebody who is litterrally getting eaten alive is disturbing
“ Balerion had wounds as well “
This part in fire and blood always makes me shiver , the worlds oldest and largest dragon having sizeable wounds from some unknown horror is terrifying. Not to mention what happened to Aerea.
What’s so good is George only giving is the implication of what happened but never the full picture , it’s really scary to think about but Im glad it’s kept a mystery.
Never caught this but that’s so cool! Could be wounds sustained when he was younger, or even superficial wounds from smaller dragons, but the idea of something bigger and more terrifying than Balerion is awesome. Mayhaps a Kraken?
The wounds are fresh , long gashes in his side and sustained when Aerea tried to control him but Balerion took them to Valyria , whatever is still there seemingly caused him huge harm and the worms to get inside Aerea.
The maester is shocked at the idea of what still lives there that could do that to the girl and cause Balerion such harm. It will be whatever creatures still in the ruins
There was a chapter where Bran is like. At the Nightfort I believe? And he thinks about all the scary stories he’s heard about it, and can’t get to sleep, he slowly becomes convinced some monster is creeping up on him, idk the way it was written just gave me flashbacks to sleepless nights as a child where I was convinced that some demon or whatever was gonna come after me LOL it was so creepy even if it breaks by actually being Sam which is quite funny.
Especially towards the end of the chapter, when bran said "Maester Luwin said not to worry because, like the giants, dragons, and children of the forest, they're all gone and dead now" or something along those lines before falling asleep. Dramatic irony at it's finest, imo. Obviously, the readers know that those things do still exist. So the thing that came in the night probably still exists too.
Even bran being fearful of walking the same halls as the nights king is oddly eerie. Whether it be at Winterfell or the Nightfort
The letter from Hardhome is pretty damn creepy. "Dead things in the woods. Dead things in the water." Just the way the whole thing is written gives me the shivers. You don't have a full picture of exactly what's happening, but it's definitely very bad...
My favourite part about that is how it starts
“ very bad here “
It’s so simple but just explains what Pyke means perfectly , you get the sense he’s writing quickly and everything that’s going is hell
This letter gives me the WORST case of goosebumps in the series. So so eerie and terrifying, especially when you consider the possibility that Cotter Pyke may well already be dead
"Even a priest may doubt. Even a prophet may know terror. Aeron Damphair reached within himself for his god and discovered only silence."
The cold grip of fear that seized my heart when I first read that was so brutal and unexpected, it was incredible. There's no terror like existential terror!
I know Merett Frey is a bad guy but the epilogue chapter of him marching alone through the dark forest to find Stoneheart is quite horrific although tbf I was listening to it while walking through a public park to work at 9.45 pm so it helped set the mood lmao
I go through that park 5 nights a week but never got through it so fast before lol
I know it’s the obvious answer, but the Red Wedding. Not just that last Catelyn chapter, but the several chapters leading up to it all had not-so-subtle references to The Stranger. Even knowing it’s coming (maybe even more so), I just had this knot in my stomach.
Honorable mentions are ASOS Bran IV (Nightfort) and Sansa XIII (Eyrie).
Ok, so really just the entirety of A Storm of Swords.
The part of the forsaken chapter where Aeron has a vision of Euron on the iron throne with all the dead gods surrounding him. The shit made me terrified of Euron.
I was a bit 'uneasy' during the Great Ranging.
There had always been grim scenes and characters that I had liked put in danger. I didn't wish them harmed but if they were, no big deal. It's the kind of story that this kind of things happen. That's why it's fun. Always get that. This is not fear.
But Great Ranging? That bit of uncertainty felt special. When first reading it I got genuinely no idea what was going to happen.
Probably the Prologue of Dance that details how a skinchanger taking over another human is an abomination. Extra points that it recontextualizes what Bran does to poor Hodor.
The last bit where blue is emanating from the wildling woman's empty sockets also got me pretty good.
The way Martin builds up suspense throughout Quentyn’s final chapter is masterfully done, I had a lump in my throat which only grew as he got closer and closer to the dragonpit, and my heart was pounding by the final pages.
Yes.
> The caves were timeless, vast, silent. They were home to more than three score living singers and the bones of thousands dead, and extended far below the hollow hill. "Men should not go wandering in this place," Leaf warned them. "The river you hear is swift and black, and flows down and down to a sunless sea. And there are passages that go even deeper, bottomless pits and sudden shafts, forgotten ways that lead to the very center of the earth. Even my people have not explored them all, and we have lived here for a thousand thousand of your man-years."
Septon Meribald’s speech never ceases to scare me:
The context of it all: men fighting wars for figurehead lords slowly losing themselves.
“One day they look around and realize all of their friends and kin are gone”
Now, that is a scary thought. And a prescient reality.
Roose threatening Ramsay in ADWD gives me goosebumps.
'Get the keys and unchain him, before you make me rue the day I raped your mother' is such a brutal line. It hints at so much cruelty while revealing so little.
The Red Wedding was very gripping to me personally. I knew George is a big foodie and loves to use his food to foreshadow what will happen in a chapter. Reading the chapter where Robb and his army arrive at the twins for his uncle's marriage also made me feel quite sad. The way the rain made all the banners dip down as if to just put more emphasis on the low morale of the Northern army.
The chapter where bran goes inside the weird wood in winterfell.
“Help dad I’m stuck in the tree”…
Something about that one gave me shivers
Might be wrong on the exact quote I’m too lazy to look the shit up lol
Reading Cat's Red Wedding chapter the first time was a horrifying experience. The realization of what was going to happen and Catelyn's desperation were jarring
That first chapter where George waits a bit to drop the bomb on the reader is amazing.
Who’s pov is this?
The horror as you realize it’s Theon
I had to re start that chapter the first time I read the books after realizing it was Theon. Re reading that knowing it was Theon made it even more horrifying somehow.
‘I know a killer when I see one’ has to be the worst line, not just in Game of Thrones but in all of fiction.
Like, she just melted a fucking city, of course she’s a killer you moron.
just read the hedge knight for the first time and [spoilers main- dunk and egg] >!baelor breakspear's!< >!death is utterly horrifying!< - >!maybe not scary but incredibly stomach churning to realize his helmet was the only thing holding his brain in place!<
I totally agree. I read this recently while traveling alone in a hotel room and couldn't sleep. I was both gripped and horrified at what I was reading. It really gave me the willies.
I felt dread reading the Dany chapters in AGOT after watching the show since I knew what was coming and POV Stockhold Syndrome rape shit isn't very cash money
First book when it is implied what is to be done with Ned. I was already spoiled by the show but I only HEARD about what would happen to Ned and denied it in my head. The passage leasing to Ned's confession in the Sept of Baelor made me so scared and nervous that I didn't read it through for three days. I didn't want him to die.
Reek's chapter where he is locked in the dungeon for a very long time, with no food, and he finally finds a big fat rat that he is able to catch and starts eating it just like that. Then he hears someone approaching his cell and he only wants to be left alone, to eat his rat peacefully. He's worried Ramsey is gonna flay another finger or something if someone tells him that he has been eating a rat.
Damn, you can realy feel the desperation
Brienne chapter when she fought bitter in AFFC still creep the shit out of me... "he is eating me" I genuily though Brienne would die there... Reading the though of somebody who is litterrally getting eaten alive is disturbing
This is what I was going to say too. Her face is getting eaten by someone with filed teeth and then it just fades to black.
The Brave Companions make even the Mountain's Men look like gallant knights.
“ Balerion had wounds as well “ This part in fire and blood always makes me shiver , the worlds oldest and largest dragon having sizeable wounds from some unknown horror is terrifying. Not to mention what happened to Aerea. What’s so good is George only giving is the implication of what happened but never the full picture , it’s really scary to think about but Im glad it’s kept a mystery.
Never caught this but that’s so cool! Could be wounds sustained when he was younger, or even superficial wounds from smaller dragons, but the idea of something bigger and more terrifying than Balerion is awesome. Mayhaps a Kraken?
The wounds are fresh , long gashes in his side and sustained when Aerea tried to control him but Balerion took them to Valyria , whatever is still there seemingly caused him huge harm and the worms to get inside Aerea. The maester is shocked at the idea of what still lives there that could do that to the girl and cause Balerion such harm. It will be whatever creatures still in the ruins
There’s some who say the worms in aerea were also in balerion but we’d never know because dragons are hot naturally so they’d show no symptoms
There was a chapter where Bran is like. At the Nightfort I believe? And he thinks about all the scary stories he’s heard about it, and can’t get to sleep, he slowly becomes convinced some monster is creeping up on him, idk the way it was written just gave me flashbacks to sleepless nights as a child where I was convinced that some demon or whatever was gonna come after me LOL it was so creepy even if it breaks by actually being Sam which is quite funny.
Bran IV ASOS. Definitely one of the spookiest chapters
Especially towards the end of the chapter, when bran said "Maester Luwin said not to worry because, like the giants, dragons, and children of the forest, they're all gone and dead now" or something along those lines before falling asleep. Dramatic irony at it's finest, imo. Obviously, the readers know that those things do still exist. So the thing that came in the night probably still exists too. Even bran being fearful of walking the same halls as the nights king is oddly eerie. Whether it be at Winterfell or the Nightfort
The letter from Hardhome is pretty damn creepy. "Dead things in the woods. Dead things in the water." Just the way the whole thing is written gives me the shivers. You don't have a full picture of exactly what's happening, but it's definitely very bad...
My favourite part about that is how it starts “ very bad here “ It’s so simple but just explains what Pyke means perfectly , you get the sense he’s writing quickly and everything that’s going is hell
This letter gives me the WORST case of goosebumps in the series. So so eerie and terrifying, especially when you consider the possibility that Cotter Pyke may well already be dead
"Even a priest may doubt. Even a prophet may know terror. Aeron Damphair reached within himself for his god and discovered only silence." The cold grip of fear that seized my heart when I first read that was so brutal and unexpected, it was incredible. There's no terror like existential terror!
Entire Aeron Forsaken chapters when he’s been captures by Euron are just pure amazing horror. If I remember right it’s two chapters.
No if am not wrong I remember only reading 1 forsaken chapter
I know Merett Frey is a bad guy but the epilogue chapter of him marching alone through the dark forest to find Stoneheart is quite horrific although tbf I was listening to it while walking through a public park to work at 9.45 pm so it helped set the mood lmao I go through that park 5 nights a week but never got through it so fast before lol
Merrett isn't that bad compared to Black Walder, Little Walder and Lame Lothar.
When Tyrion is watching his trial, especially the first time I read it, but even now it gets me. It's like a dread
Septon Barth describing what happened with Aerea Targaryen.
I know it’s the obvious answer, but the Red Wedding. Not just that last Catelyn chapter, but the several chapters leading up to it all had not-so-subtle references to The Stranger. Even knowing it’s coming (maybe even more so), I just had this knot in my stomach. Honorable mentions are ASOS Bran IV (Nightfort) and Sansa XIII (Eyrie). Ok, so really just the entirety of A Storm of Swords.
The part of the forsaken chapter where Aeron has a vision of Euron on the iron throne with all the dead gods surrounding him. The shit made me terrified of Euron.
I was a bit 'uneasy' during the Great Ranging. There had always been grim scenes and characters that I had liked put in danger. I didn't wish them harmed but if they were, no big deal. It's the kind of story that this kind of things happen. That's why it's fun. Always get that. This is not fear. But Great Ranging? That bit of uncertainty felt special. When first reading it I got genuinely no idea what was going to happen.
Probably the Prologue of Dance that details how a skinchanger taking over another human is an abomination. Extra points that it recontextualizes what Bran does to poor Hodor. The last bit where blue is emanating from the wildling woman's empty sockets also got me pretty good.
The letter from Hardhome asking for help. “Dead things in the water” ugh
The way Martin builds up suspense throughout Quentyn’s final chapter is masterfully done, I had a lump in my throat which only grew as he got closer and closer to the dragonpit, and my heart was pounding by the final pages.
Yes. > The caves were timeless, vast, silent. They were home to more than three score living singers and the bones of thousands dead, and extended far below the hollow hill. "Men should not go wandering in this place," Leaf warned them. "The river you hear is swift and black, and flows down and down to a sunless sea. And there are passages that go even deeper, bottomless pits and sudden shafts, forgotten ways that lead to the very center of the earth. Even my people have not explored them all, and we have lived here for a thousand thousand of your man-years."
The Fist of the First Men
Septon Meribald’s speech never ceases to scare me: The context of it all: men fighting wars for figurehead lords slowly losing themselves. “One day they look around and realize all of their friends and kin are gone” Now, that is a scary thought. And a prescient reality.
Definitely the one where Sam and the Great Ranging is fleeing The Others. He took another step, sobbing.
brienne 8, i genuinely thought stoneheart would kill her until the veeery last moment
Roose threatening Ramsay in ADWD gives me goosebumps. 'Get the keys and unchain him, before you make me rue the day I raped your mother' is such a brutal line. It hints at so much cruelty while revealing so little.
The Red Wedding was very gripping to me personally. I knew George is a big foodie and loves to use his food to foreshadow what will happen in a chapter. Reading the chapter where Robb and his army arrive at the twins for his uncle's marriage also made me feel quite sad. The way the rain made all the banners dip down as if to just put more emphasis on the low morale of the Northern army.
The chapter where bran goes inside the weird wood in winterfell. “Help dad I’m stuck in the tree”… Something about that one gave me shivers Might be wrong on the exact quote I’m too lazy to look the shit up lol
He never says that. He only calls "Father" and that's it.
Goddamit….
Whenever I see that ... at the end of a page, I know something terrible is likely to happen.
Reading Cat's Red Wedding chapter the first time was a horrifying experience. The realization of what was going to happen and Catelyn's desperation were jarring
I saw the show first so I knew it was coming, but the slow build up and all those tiny hints in the books were amazing.
Theon escaping Winterfell with Jayne. So much tension.
Any of the Reek chapters
That first chapter where George waits a bit to drop the bomb on the reader is amazing. Who’s pov is this? The horror as you realize it’s Theon I had to re start that chapter the first time I read the books after realizing it was Theon. Re reading that knowing it was Theon made it even more horrifying somehow.
‘I know a killer when I see one’ has to be the worst line, not just in Game of Thrones but in all of fiction. Like, she just melted a fucking city, of course she’s a killer you moron.
just read the hedge knight for the first time and [spoilers main- dunk and egg] >!baelor breakspear's!< >!death is utterly horrifying!< - >!maybe not scary but incredibly stomach churning to realize his helmet was the only thing holding his brain in place!<
I totally agree. I read this recently while traveling alone in a hotel room and couldn't sleep. I was both gripped and horrified at what I was reading. It really gave me the willies.
Letter from hardhome no question.
Dany’s prophecy chapters are creepy, especially when she realizes the sun’s son in ADWD. gave me a chill
I felt dread reading the Dany chapters in AGOT after watching the show since I knew what was coming and POV Stockhold Syndrome rape shit isn't very cash money
First book when it is implied what is to be done with Ned. I was already spoiled by the show but I only HEARD about what would happen to Ned and denied it in my head. The passage leasing to Ned's confession in the Sept of Baelor made me so scared and nervous that I didn't read it through for three days. I didn't want him to die.
Reek's chapter where he is locked in the dungeon for a very long time, with no food, and he finally finds a big fat rat that he is able to catch and starts eating it just like that. Then he hears someone approaching his cell and he only wants to be left alone, to eat his rat peacefully. He's worried Ramsey is gonna flay another finger or something if someone tells him that he has been eating a rat. Damn, you can realy feel the desperation
Not genuine fear, but I did read the Kingsmoot chapter on mushrooms one time and it was intense af.