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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
Before reading this most recent time in the ASOIAF series, a friend warned me that I might get frustrated by all the duplicate reading it may feel like I'm doing. This because the first two thirds of Dragons chronologically overlaps with the previous book, A Feast For Crows. I'll tell you what, I noticed a little overlap. But very little. And it didn't bother me at all. I'm just thankful we had a return of characters such as Jon, Dany, Barristan, and Tyrion. Like having old friends come around again.
No spoilers, but when people say to not get too attached to a character in these books, they really mean it with this one. It's brutal. Truly brutal.
No spoilers, but when people say to not get too attached to a character in these books, they really mean it with this one. It's brutal. Truly brutal.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
All caught up with the series. Now it'll just be several years for the next installment.
This didn't capture my interest like some of the previous books. It seems like the characters who I find the most interesting were absent for long periods, and one of my favorites may have been killed off.
The good part is now that I'm not wading through these 1000 page tomes, I'll be able to read a bit more eclectically again.
This didn't capture my interest like some of the previous books. It seems like the characters who I find the most interesting were absent for long periods, and one of my favorites may have been killed off.
The good part is now that I'm not wading through these 1000 page tomes, I'll be able to read a bit more eclectically again.
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Meandering and longer than it needed to be, but this was SO much better than Feast. I do wish Martin hadn't split up the books by character, because I feel like it weakened both stories considerably (although Feast most). Now I join the legions of the waiting...! That epilogue has me on tenterhooks!!!
I was dragging myself to the end of the book. Some scenes were VERY well written and jaw dropping, but outside of those, it felt like the plot was unraveling at this stage and GRRM was struggling to find a way to tie things together and finish the story. I believe in him though! He WILL publish the last two books (manifesting)
The pace very much slows down in this one. Not that I regret reading it, but things did get a bit sluggish.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-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
George asks more questions without answering many of his decade old queries, and answers are hardly in sight.
It’s hard to say what my biggest problem with ADWD is. Is it that it’s long, longer than the first arcs end, ASOS? Maybe it’s because it’s tedious, since we spend so much of the book tracking every step of certain, in a world that is so large that we may never seen the end of it. It’s also dense, with chapters that have little impact on the overall plot sometimes lasting nearly an hour in audible length. Or maybe it’s because it is just frustrating at times. Why do I even care about all these “extra” tertiary characters when Dany isn’t any closer to Westeros, in fact she’s FARTHER.
No, none of those, perhaps my biggest problem with A Dance With Dragons, is that I loved every minute of it. I would gladly take ten more 1000 page books that follow characters meandering around Westeros, but we don’t have time for that. George doesn’t have time for that. We need to see the ending, and there is no end in sight.
It’s hard to say what my biggest problem with ADWD is. Is it that it’s long, longer than the first arcs end, ASOS? Maybe it’s because it’s tedious, since we spend so much of the book tracking every step of certain, in a world that is so large that we may never seen the end of it. It’s also dense, with chapters that have little impact on the overall plot sometimes lasting nearly an hour in audible length. Or maybe it’s because it is just frustrating at times. Why do I even care about all these “extra” tertiary characters when Dany isn’t any closer to Westeros, in fact she’s FARTHER.
No, none of those, perhaps my biggest problem with A Dance With Dragons, is that I loved every minute of it. I would gladly take ten more 1000 page books that follow characters meandering around Westeros, but we don’t have time for that. George doesn’t have time for that. We need to see the ending, and there is no end in sight.