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Title: dissapointing after 2 great books
Review: I would rate the previous volumes in this series very highly, and while this one has its moments ultimately it's a dissapointment. It feels as though Martin lost his way and couldn't work out what to do with his characters so ends up killing off a large number in the last hundred or so pages, or leaving them in limbo. I don't understand why the Danerys thread was in there if she never gets to actually challenge for the throne! The whole valar morgulis thread of arys' story (which I loved) never went anywhere either. And who was the black rider with cold hands who rescued Sam? Another intriguing sub-plot (well the whole book feels like subplots) that disappears. It feels like their should be a fourth volume to explain everything properly. Much of the first half of the book is gripping, but definitely loses its way in the second half. In the end just too many characters and plots which never came together.
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