well to put it in George R.R. Martin's word i mounted the book and rode it with all my might . { :) }.After I had finished my book (yesterday night) i could not believe it was finished. My reaction was : "That's it , that couldn't be it" .. What happened to arya , what would yoren do with her {she is fav. character from the series} , ...I also learnt some life lessons from the certain families , which are as follows :-
STARK FAMILY : I was most sad on the part where eddard had to die .He was one character in the book who was utterly selfless and loved his family and was an "honored" man. He was neither a sycophant nor a fool , but in the game of thrones either you win or die , he met the latter fate . I think the reason he died was he forgave his enemies way too easily , he should have been more practical than honorable .. he should have spitted about jaime and cersei to the king. He should have paid more heed to Arya's word when she told her about the second hand being killed .
The stark family in the book is shown extremely honorable , except catelyn stark. She is more practical than honorable , more of a tully and less of stark .