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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Yes
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-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:
Yes
adventurous
I have very conflicting thoughts with this book, and whilst overall I did enjoy the book it’s easily the weakest in the series so far. Although I don’t necessarily love the way Martin structured this, I respect that he stuck with what he thought was best for the story.
The majority of chapters following the main cast of characters I enjoyed quite a bit, at times it was a bit boring but overall good, but it was the new characters that I didn’t get on with too well. Early into the book I was finding them rather interesting to see different areas of Westeros and meeting these new characters. Knowing that major characters would not be in this, I tried to take this book for what it was and not constantly be wanting the other characters. And whilst I managed this for much of the book, the further it went on the harder that became for me. I was growing tired of the new characters and was also starting to get bored of some of the main characters as well. Early on it was new and interesting, but in the end I just couldn’t get myself to care enough about them. What didn’t help was some of the characters that I was most interested in, that were actually part of the book, didn’t get anywhere near enough page time as I would have liked.
On the other hand though I really enjoyed Sam and Brienne’s stories. We got more backstory for the both of them, and I managed to like them even more than I did previously.
Whilst it was a good book, it did become a struggle towards the end. I’m excited to get back to Jon, Tyrion, Daenerys and others, but I definitely need a bit of time away from the series.
The majority of chapters following the main cast of characters I enjoyed quite a bit, at times it was a bit boring but overall good, but it was the new characters that I didn’t get on with too well. Early into the book I was finding them rather interesting to see different areas of Westeros and meeting these new characters. Knowing that major characters would not be in this, I tried to take this book for what it was and not constantly be wanting the other characters. And whilst I managed this for much of the book, the further it went on the harder that became for me. I was growing tired of the new characters and was also starting to get bored of some of the main characters as well. Early on it was new and interesting, but in the end I just couldn’t get myself to care enough about them. What didn’t help was some of the characters that I was most interested in, that were actually part of the book, didn’t get anywhere near enough page time as I would have liked.
On the other hand though I really enjoyed Sam and Brienne’s stories. We got more backstory for the both of them, and I managed to like them even more than I did previously.
Whilst it was a good book, it did become a struggle towards the end. I’m excited to get back to Jon, Tyrion, Daenerys and others, but I definitely need a bit of time away from the series.