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depleti 's review for:
A Feast for Crows
by George R.R. Martin
I don't know what it was about this volume, but it was a beast. It didn't help the characters I liked to read about weren't even there, and only a couple of the characters that were I enjoyed reading. The plot dragged and plodded and felt like it was just a bunch of people moving from Point A to Point B. There were several small climaxes but no strong resolutions. It felt like it flickered out like a candle, just dying slowly.
It also probably doesn't help that I'm picking vibes of concealed misogyny in Martin's female characters. The ones that are interesting act like men (Brienne, Arya) and the ones that are powerful are actually incompetent or not cause for respect (Cersei, Arianne, Asha). Dany is the only female character in the series who has power, wields it, earns respect, and doesn't clomp around wishing she wasn't a woman (at least so far).
Perhaps this book was such a chore because I only cared for half (or less) of the dozen or more point of views used. This was the first book where I skimmed paragraphs. Sometimes I forced myself to read a boring chapter so when I picked the book up again I would start with a character I liked to read about.
Hopefully the fifth book is better, but since the characters I really like are in it, I'm sure it'll be better than this one, at least. I won't be rushing to read it though. I need a break from Westeros.
It also probably doesn't help that I'm picking vibes of concealed misogyny in Martin's female characters. The ones that are interesting act like men (Brienne, Arya) and the ones that are powerful are actually incompetent or not cause for respect (Cersei, Arianne, Asha). Dany is the only female character in the series who has power, wields it, earns respect, and doesn't clomp around wishing she wasn't a woman (at least so far).
Perhaps this book was such a chore because I only cared for half (or less) of the dozen or more point of views used. This was the first book where I skimmed paragraphs. Sometimes I forced myself to read a boring chapter so when I picked the book up again I would start with a character I liked to read about.
Hopefully the fifth book is better, but since the characters I really like are in it, I'm sure it'll be better than this one, at least. I won't be rushing to read it though. I need a break from Westeros.