A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire)

Again -- great series

The excellence continues

My least favorite in the series so far, this book still surpasses nearly all other fantastical works I have read. The focus of this book was different than expected in comparison with Martins other editions of the series. I am looking forward to the next with relish. Read.This.Series.

There's a lot of blood and for fans of my fave characters (Jon, Arya, Daenerys), you'd miss them here. I admit that I was frustrated because there were a lot of POVs that I don't care much about, but despite that I still read everything. We now see much of Dorne, the Iron Islands, Sansa disguising as Alayne, and it's difficult to follow sometimes with all the other characters. There's the usual...more

There's a lot of blood and for fans of my fave characters (Jon, Arya, Daenerys), you'd miss them here. I admit that I was frustrated because there were a lot of POVs that I don't care much about, but despite that I still read everything. We now see much of Dorne, the Iron Islands, Sansa disguising as Alayne, and it's difficult to follow sometimes with all the other characters. There's the usual gore and though I didn't like the characters' POV, I find myself still reading page after page, could be that I want to get it over with, could be I really enjoyed it. This is obviously not a standalone book and wouldn't be appreciated by most readers who want a simple novel. This is anything but simple. "Feast" a whirlwind of characters and emotions, events and twists. In here, we see Theon suffering and because I really hate him, I didn't feel any pity, I was just irked and disgusted on how he came about. The violence and brutality was graphic and the author wrote about women as lower beings than men. I really liked how Jaime told Peck to just burn the letter Cersei sent asking for help. Whenever I read her POV, I absorb her hatred but still don't side with her and I just waited patiently for her downfall. Sometimes I understand her but other times...let's just say that the author perfectly made Cersei a character we love to hate. I read "Dance" right after this.   hide

Definitely not up to par with the first three books in the series. I think of it as a "positioning" book; it's only real purpose seemed to be to get characters set up in their places for Dance With Dragons.

Storm of Swords--book 3--is one of my favorite books of all time. This one? BAH. A big of a letdown upon second reading as the first time.

Starts out really slow but once you get to the end , you won't be sorry it all starts to come together

Still the best fantasy series ever written.