First of all am a huge GoT fan. There. Second, I am so glad that at least I didn't wait 6 years for this book. Talk about a let down ! Sheesh the book is SO. LOOOONG. You can't imagine. The amount of unnecessary detail and filler material is ENORMOUS. You can easily skip 5 pages ahead and NOTHING is happening yet! Sure some chapters were classic GoT, filled with suspense and action (mainly at the end), but the rest of the characters .... Honestly it feels that GRRM just kept adding stuff just for the sake of volume? This book could have EASILY been shrunk by 500 pages. In fact, I see no reason why this and feast for crows not be one complete book. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is resolved in this book. All the story lines are left dangling. I can't imagine the pain and anguish of those fans who first waited 5 years for Feast, then another 6 for DwD ! I honestly am not excited for WoW. Hope the TV show does it better !
First of all am a huge GoT fan. There. Second, I am so glad that at least I didn't wait 6 years for this book. Talk about a let down! Sheesh the book is SO. LOOOONG. You can't imagine. The amount of unnecessary detail and filler material is ENORMOUS. You can easily skip 5 pages ahead and NOTHING is happening yet! Sure some chapters were classic GoT, filled with suspense and action (mainly at the end), but the rest of the characters.... Honestly it feels that GRRM just kept adding stuff just for the sake of volume? This book could have EASILY been shrunk by 500 pages. In fact, I see no reason why this and feast for crows not be one complete book. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is resolved in this book. All the story lines are left dangling. I can't imagine the pain and anguish of those fans who first waited 5 years for Feast, then another 6 for DwD! I honestly am not excited for WoW. Hope the TV show does it better!