4.02 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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: Complicated

The reality is, these books make me want to go back through all my ratings and adjust many of the 5 stars down to 4.

This series is a masterclass in pacing; Book One steadily dials from 1 to 11, but levels 1-6 are never boring. Book Two is a direct continuation of the story that somehow starts back at 1, which is somehow still not boring even though we were just at 11. The story stops to breathe at just the right moments and pushes the insanity when I swear I cannot gasp any louder. Each individual chapter is its own arc; how many end with me demanding George Martin come back here this instant and give me three more sentences I will not survive not knowing more of this plotline for 80 pages. Feast for Crows is somehow a distinct shift in how the story is told, despite continuing the same story and still feeling exactly like Game of Thrones.

All the book titles are great, but this one is the best.
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A Feast for Crows is my favorite of the series so far. The writing and action was tight. It didn't drag on the way a Storm of Swords did.
adventurous dark tense medium-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: Complicated

I found that A Feast for Crows was my least favorite thus far in the Game of Thrones books. Still exceptional writing, but the story was a bit drab.