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5.0 out of 5 stars
Short But Sweet,
By Tom Moffatt "-think geothermal" (Lethbridge, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four (Hardcover)
I was a bit put off by all the negative reviews of the work before I started reading it. With this in mind, I read it with a thought for the reviewer's eye. I can put the doubts to rest now. George R. R. Martin hasn't lost it. This book is as good as the rest of the series. No, the chapters on Brienne weren't boring. No, Cersi isn't going mad, as one reviewer claimed. She's flawed, which is quite different. The story and the characters were both complex and interesting. The book did have the feel of being a bit short and incomplete, a mere 684 pages and divided in two at the last moment. 684 pages isn't short, you say? Well, it seemed short. The reason is that George R. R. Martin isn't telling a story about a character, which may easily falter and lose it's interest before one gets to six volumes. GRRM is telling a story about an entire world, and it's a great big fascinating world out there. The story is told by examining the lives of some of the people involved at critical times and places. There was one complaint that the number of cliffhangers was excessive, and I do recall that one of them seemed especially contrived, bringing to mind a picture of tipping a barrel of monkeys over a vine-laden cliff resulting in "a lot of cliffhangers". I wonder if GRRM has visions of a T.V. series? Characterization outpaces plot in this volume, but the tale was ready for more characterization and less plot. This would only be a flaw if things continued in this vien forever, and plot didn't take up the reins again at some point. The story makes you think, and it makes you remember. I read a lot of fantasy, but most of it is forgettable. Not this series. The realism that is not present in most fantasy series is appealing. Medieval life, morals, and principles seem more accurately depicted in the world of Westeros. The willingness of the author to allow his characters to die is a startling change from the norm. This is due to the world view adopted in this series. With many fantasy novels you wonder "Will anyone ever die?", with the underlying thought that probably no one ever will, despite an un-ending list of perils to be faced. In this series you wonder "Will anyone live?" with the underlying thought that perhaps no one will. A Feast For Crows was a darned fine bit of storytelling, and I'm glad the next one is almost written, since it won't be such a long wait. I'm looking forward to it. GRRM's writing pace is slow, but I won't complain about it when it continues to turn out a fine product. Overall, I give this book 5 stars.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bloated crap,
This review is from: A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four (Paperback)
With so many sub-plots already, Martin adds in several more. He overwrites everything to the point of having pages of detail about nothing.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Are we entering Jordan territory?,
By J. Scott Willis "Shield Anvil, Fener's Reve" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four (Hardcover)
...and by that title I mean is GRRM giving in to the pressure of the money bags weighing him down? I understand he couldn't follow the brilliant ASOS with something better (He should leave that to authors like Steven Erikson anyway who can pull it off in spades), but it should have AT LEAST satisfied the masses of his fans who have waited upwards of about 5 years (which is FAR to long for it to have taken) for it. I say this KNOWING that he split it into two, and the following "A Dance With Dragons", will have the missing characters plotlines, but here's my BIGGEST issue with AFFC.It has WAY too much filler. Brienne does so very little with her time, that I may as well be watching days of our lives....and Cersei's chapters are WAY too many for what it is that she is doing in the book (her and Jaime monopolize the book), and the stuff in the Iron Islands could be taken care of in about 3 chapters, but instead the take FOREVER to tell me what I knew was going to happen after the first one and had me thinking "Get to the point!!". I mean, is it seriously going to take this long to wrap this story up? He didn't need to split the book up, he needed to chop out all the filler and he would have had it all down to enough but not too much. Instead, what we get is a book that is bloated because I guess he was caught between JUST too much and, once split he need to make it bigger....who knows.It's either that or he just wants to prolong it and make money hand over fist(ala Jordan), with the difference being that Jordan's books aren't good to begin with, and GRRM first 3 books are.I say this, GRRM should take lessons from authors who haven't let it go to their heads and get the book OUT ON TIME, and for gods sakes someone who is COMPETENT should be editing this and not be afraid to tell his highness to cut the filler. I'm not saying to avoid this book (Jaime and Samwell are still good chapters), but be warned, it is quite a boring read, and you get about 6 chapters of solid plot, and the other like 18 are filler, no lie.
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