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A review by christieatthelibrary
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
5.0
I am so obsessed with this series that I don't even know where to begin.
I gave the book 5 stars, because the whole A Song Of Ice And Fire series is amazing, but I do have to admit this has been my least favorite book in the series so far. The characters have been split between A Feast for Crows (book 4) and A Dance With Dragons (book 5), which both take place in the same timeline. So this story's focus is on Cersei and Jamie Lannister, The Iron Born, Brienne of Tarth, Sansa Stark, The Martell family in Dorn, Sam Tarly and Aria Stark. We won't hear what is happening with John Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister and many others until the next book. I did not like that. Dany and Tyrion are my favorite characters and I very much missed them in this book. If felt like this book was very very Cersei and Iron Born heavy, which meant a lot of being in the head of people doing shitty things. This is usually one of the things I like about GRRM, that we get rounded and sympathetic point of views on people doing terrible things. But it was just top heavy for me. It got depressing. Also, I hate the Iron Born, they are a culture of awful misogynist and being inside their head was just gross.
That being said, I felt like GRRM picked the POV characters he did because together these characters really tell a unified story. more than other ASOIAF books, A Feast For Crows seems to make big connections between characters and brings out over arching themes of feminine power struggles. Maybe its just that I can't help but put a feminist lens on things, but I really felt the strong connection between the struggle of these female characters. They are all trying to be strong, trying to survive, trying to gain power in a world that is constantly pushing them back down again. Some of them respond by getting evil, some get submissive, some just get more bad ass.
Even being Cersei top heavy, the story was still really awesome. It made me an obsessive crazy person. So ultimately, I think its earned a 5 star rating.
I gave the book 5 stars, because the whole A Song Of Ice And Fire series is amazing, but I do have to admit this has been my least favorite book in the series so far. The characters have been split between A Feast for Crows (book 4) and A Dance With Dragons (book 5), which both take place in the same timeline. So this story's focus is on Cersei and Jamie Lannister, The Iron Born, Brienne of Tarth, Sansa Stark, The Martell family in Dorn, Sam Tarly and Aria Stark. We won't hear what is happening with John Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister and many others until the next book. I did not like that. Dany and Tyrion are my favorite characters and I very much missed them in this book. If felt like this book was very very Cersei and Iron Born heavy, which meant a lot of being in the head of people doing shitty things. This is usually one of the things I like about GRRM, that we get rounded and sympathetic point of views on people doing terrible things. But it was just top heavy for me. It got depressing. Also, I hate the Iron Born, they are a culture of awful misogynist and being inside their head was just gross.
That being said, I felt like GRRM picked the POV characters he did because together these characters really tell a unified story. more than other ASOIAF books, A Feast For Crows seems to make big connections between characters and brings out over arching themes of feminine power struggles.
Spoiler
We see that Cersei is struggling to maintain power as queen regent and be taken seriously as a female ruler. She remembers many times when she was degraded for being female and is striving to prove herself. Similarly, Asha Greyjoy and Arianne Martell are both the heirs to their perspective kingdoms, but have their birthright taken away by a man and have to fight to retain their power. Also like Cersei, Brienne is mocked for being a female knight, she is constantly disparaged and threaten with rape despite being a very awesome and capable warrior. Sansa and Arya are both becoming stronger and learning to be more bold, but they are also both asked to give up their identity and submit to the man/men who are protecting them.Even being Cersei top heavy, the story was still really awesome. It made me an obsessive crazy person. So ultimately, I think its earned a 5 star rating.