4.02 AVERAGE

dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

If Sam has 0 haters the black whale got me :(((((


Also Dany not being in this was the biggest hatecrime EVER
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

Lots of exposition and all of your favorite characters are missing.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh, GRRM.
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall the quality of writing remains very high in this fourth installment of the Song of Ice and Fire series. However the pacing made it hard to immerse myself in the story and the new POV characters. It felt like as soon as I’d get into a certain plot line, I’d be taken across the ocean into one seemingly unrelated (for now) and I wouldn’t hear about the characters before for another 150+ pages. The end picks back up again (with the final Arianne chapter) but I still found this book less engaging than its predecessors. Maybe I’ll enjoy it more on the reread!
adventurous 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

Oh finally! This book was as good as the others. I loved Alayne's chapters. I was so happy to get into Jaime's and Cersei's minds. This was good.

(review to come later)

what the hell is studying for finals 🔥