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leonardschaafsma's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Strangely, I enjoyed this book the most out of the ASOIAF series, eventhough it's most people's least favorite entry. I think this has to do with the fact that this is where the tv show really started to deviate strongly from the books, wich made this one more surprising and new to me than the first three instalments. The characters are as complex and loveable/hateable as ever, and the world becomes larger than ever before. I finished this nearly 1000 paged book in about a month, which for me is basically a speedrun. So, y'know, props to George for making me do that.
rach73's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is the most boring of the song of ice and fire books. I really hope a dance with dragons is better.
apocalypsedaddies's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
christianholub's review against another edition
3.0
The best thing about this book is that if you know other "Song of Ice and Fire" readers, they will warn you ahead of time about how bad at is. As a result, this book can only exceed your expectations. I personally take a lot of joy from it, particularly the Martell and Greyjoy POV chapters since they provide an intro to two areas of Westeros (Dorne and the Iron Islands) that haven't gotten a lot of play so far in the series but fascinate me nevertheless. The Cersei chapters do not redeem her the way I expected after Jaime's amazing storyline in 'Storm of Swords,' but rather only confirm her status as an irredeemable psycho taintmuffin. Then again, I guess that's just Martin confounding expectations once again.
cragle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
nikkimul's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
sandralam's review against another edition
4.0
**NOTE: This review was based on the fact that I read A Feast for Crows and book five (A Dance with Dragons) simultaneously as one giant megabook, following the reader–friendly combined reading order found here [X]. By doing so, everything was kept in the order that George R.R. Martin intended.
Due to publishing reasons, GRRM had to split the plot into 2 books. Both books cover the same time period but the characters are split up so that most of the people who appear in Feast don’t show up in Dance and vice versa.
I totally suggest reading the books this way for a first time reader (if you don't mind switching between the 2 books) because the events are WAY easier to understand whereas if you read them separately you'd have to follow half the characters to (nearly) the end of the story, then go back to the starting line with the other half of the characters.
Also, the combined reading order doesn't give away any spoilers so it's basically the same as reading the first 3 books, the only difference is that you'd need to switch books from time to time.
For readers who've already read both books, there's a spoilers-filled combined reading version here [X]
I would definitely recommend reading it this way because there's a good balance between major and minor characters so that you're not entirely bored from reading only minor characters in A Feast for Crows. For this review, I tried to focus only on the events that occurred in A Feast for Crows.
My Thoughts:
1. I'm really glad that I had decided to read this book with book five or else I would have been so confused reading this book by itself. The plotline in this book was mostly told from the characters in Westeros, so anything that happens in Essos is all hearsay and so you're always left wondering whether anything that was said about Daenerys or Tyrion is true.
2. The pacing in this book was very inconsistent. There were times when I would finished a really exciting and heart racing chapter only to have the next be very dull and boring. This was one of the reasons why it took me so long to finish.
3. Once again, don't go into this book thinking everything is going to be as you predicted. GRRM doesn't disappoint when it comes to unexpected twists and shocking revelations.
4. The amount of development in Cersei and Jaime's characters were phenomenal; it was so interesting to see how both siblings, who were once very alike, change into completely different people. Cersei is definitely one of those characters who you "love-to-hate"; as much as I hated her, I couldn't get enough of her chapters.
5. I really enjoyed how the author added new POVs from characters you totally don't expect to read from. It gave me a break of reading from the main cast and into the minds of the people who are more involved "behind the scenes".
6. I wished GRRM had published this book where the timeline of events were formatted similar to the previous books. After being accustomed to the format in the first three books, the timeline of events in book four definitely throws you off.
7. GAHH! SO MANY CLIFFHANGERS AT THE END!! I can't believe that I have to wait till 2015 to find out what happens next.
Due to publishing reasons, GRRM had to split the plot into 2 books. Both books cover the same time period but the characters are split up so that most of the people who appear in Feast don’t show up in Dance and vice versa.
I totally suggest reading the books this way for a first time reader (if you don't mind switching between the 2 books) because the events are WAY easier to understand whereas if you read them separately you'd have to follow half the characters to (nearly) the end of the story, then go back to the starting line with the other half of the characters.
Also, the combined reading order doesn't give away any spoilers so it's basically the same as reading the first 3 books, the only difference is that you'd need to switch books from time to time.
For readers who've already read both books, there's a spoilers-filled combined reading version here [X]
I would definitely recommend reading it this way because there's a good balance between major and minor characters so that you're not entirely bored from reading only minor characters in A Feast for Crows. For this review, I tried to focus only on the events that occurred in A Feast for Crows.
My Thoughts:
1. I'm really glad that I had decided to read this book with book five or else I would have been so confused reading this book by itself. The plotline in this book was mostly told from the characters in Westeros, so anything that happens in Essos is all hearsay and so you're always left wondering whether anything that was said about Daenerys or Tyrion is true.
2. The pacing in this book was very inconsistent. There were times when I would finished a really exciting and heart racing chapter only to have the next be very dull and boring. This was one of the reasons why it took me so long to finish.
3. Once again, don't go into this book thinking everything is going to be as you predicted. GRRM doesn't disappoint when it comes to unexpected twists and shocking revelations.
4. The amount of development in Cersei and Jaime's characters were phenomenal; it was so interesting to see how both siblings, who were once very alike, change into completely different people. Cersei is definitely one of those characters who you "love-to-hate"; as much as I hated her, I couldn't get enough of her chapters.
5. I really enjoyed how the author added new POVs from characters you totally don't expect to read from. It gave me a break of reading from the main cast and into the minds of the people who are more involved "behind the scenes".
6. I wished GRRM had published this book where the timeline of events were formatted similar to the previous books. After being accustomed to the format in the first three books, the timeline of events in book four definitely throws you off.
7. GAHH! SO MANY CLIFFHANGERS AT THE END!! I can't believe that I have to wait till 2015 to find out what happens next.
vermilliontoad's review against another edition
4.0
The plot keeps plottin’! Amazing, descriptive and engaging as always but I’m fairly certain if you cut out descriptions of food this would be 10% shorter.
inazureclad's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
louise_jb0's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0