Publishers Weekly yegred tamawt deg useggwas 1996 af, ɣas tagermant taṣeḥḥit n Ned Stark deg tasenbert tasertayt, ""ula d kra n tasḍa neɣ nneyyat yelhan ur yezmer ad yeḍḍef tagelda ddaw aḥkam."" Seg aflali ines amezwaru, Ned yettwaglem am asaḍ ahaggar dɣa yettwassidef iwakken ad yilli d wul n taḥkayt. S mraw semmus n iɣfawen yettwarun i ṛṛay-is, ugar n yal awudem deg uṛuman nni, yettwassissen am awudem agejdan deg umazrar, dɣa asinaṛyu agejdan n A Game of Thrones, tamuggit di King's Landing, yettwaḥka seg iẓri-s. Deg London Review of Books, John Lanchester yura-d belli ayen yellan ɣef Ned yettwaxdem i usserbeḥ n tibeddit i tamella, seg anamek ines ujhid n iseɣ. Tettawin imeɣriyen iwakken ad amnen belli Ned ad yilli d awudem agejdan n umazrar, maca di taggara netta yella, seg amnad aseklan, asaḍ ukellax akelsak. Sakin yeḥaṛeb iwakken ad qqimen netta d tagelda deg ubrid n tuzzma alama d asebter aneggaru n uṛuman, afran ayiwen kan yesɛa iwakken ad yessukkes tawacult ines ilaq ad yeǧǧ iseɣ ines ɣef tama; d ayen yexdem, maca yettwaxdeɛ ɣas akken. The New York Times, isemma-d asselkem n Ned d ""amyewwat"", deg useggwas 2011 yenna-d belli aṛuman yella ""mechuṛ iwakken ad yefk awudem imgerrez aṭas armi imeɣriyen ttwaɛqilen deg-es."" Deg yiwet tadiwennit i Entertainment Weekly, ameskar George R. R. Martin yenna-d ɣef taɣda agi tucciḍt :