Mithras Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1. Dance2. Feast3. Storm4. Clash5. Game He is getting better with each book. But time constraints and lack of a better editing made Dance and Feast not as good as they could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard of Walton Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Storm of Swords. Clash of Kings. Game of Thrones Dance with Dragons. Feast for Crows. Enjoy all of them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairGrowsBack Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1) A Storm of Swords 2) A Feast for Crows 3) A Dance with Dragons 4) A Clash of Kings 5) A Game of Thrones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldWolf Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1. Dance with Dragons2. Feast3. Clash of Kings4. Storm of swords 5. Game of Thrones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noojers Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1. A Storm of Swords2. A Clash of Kings3. A Game of Thrones4. A Dance with Dragons5. A Feast for Crows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tyrion I Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 A Storm of SwordsA Dance with DragonsA Game of ThronesA Feast for CrowsA Clash of Kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearQueen87 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1. A Clash of Kings2. A Game of Thrones3. A Storm of Swords4. A Dance With Dragons5. A Feast for Crows AFFC is my bottom one, but I just finished a re-read and found I liked it more than the first time I read it. I think it improves as more books come out and I can see how AFFC fits into the series more. With that said, there were still chapters that I felt were dull and made the book drag. However, the final POV chapters for Cersei, Jamie, and especially Arianne are great. I find that the first three are really hard to rank because while my favorite chapter overall is in aCoK (HotU chapter), my second favorite character, Dany, is given less to do, but my favorite character, Tyrion, is given tons to do. aGoT will always be pretty spectacular. The second half of aSoS is so good that it almost gets #1 just because of that alone, but there are moments I disliked as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Green Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1. A Storm of Swords - Still the best, after all these years. 2. A Game of Thrones - I have one or two quibbles with GRRM's writing here, but this is still one of the strongest novels in the series, and with the most concentrated and coherent plot, before the epic sprawl fully set in. 3. A Feast for Crows - The most controversial book in the series, based on the rankings, but I'm a big fan. Slower than the preceding novels, most definitely, but I think the key character work and worldbuilding work very well, and unlike its successor novel, it feels like a whole book. 4. A Clash of Kings - This and AFFC are probably about even, honestly. 5. A Dance with Dragons - Has many extremely strong sequences, including pretty much the entire Northern plot, but the book is a complete mess, structurally. The idea of splitting the POVs by region makes sense, but Martin randomly discards that about 2/3 of the way through in order to bring in a bunch of one- or two-chapter POVs from people who were in AFFC, and then cuts off before the ending. The various character threads are now in wildly different places, temporally, as we wait for the sixth book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Not That Littlefinger Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 asosagotadwdaffcacokother than storm though, the rest are all so close it is hard to think of them as better or worse. i didn't dislike any of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esa1996 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 ASOSAGOT/ACOK/ADWDAFFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelborn Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Storm GOTClashDanceFeast First and last are pretty much set..the others are debateableAgree, but sometimes Dance and Clash switch positions in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bored Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1. Storm of Swords2. Dance with Dragons3. Feast for Crows4. Clash of Kings5. Game of Thrones Despite the structural issues of FFC and DWD, context-wise I find the storylines going on in both to be a hell of a lot more genuinely interesting and engaging than those in GOT and COK. Not to say the latter two aren't fine on their own, because they most certainly are, but for me there's just no comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Rickon Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 StormGameDanceClashFeast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Hand of the King Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 1. A Clash of Kings 2. A Game of Thrones 3. A Storm of Swords 4. A Dance With Dragons 5. A Feast for Crows AFFC is my bottom one, but I just finished a re-read and found I liked it more than the first time I read it. I think it improves as more books come out and I can see how AFFC fits into the series more. With that said, there were still chapters that I felt were dull and made the book drag. However, the final POV chapters for Cersei, Jamie, and especially Arianne are great. I find that the first three are really hard to rank because while my favorite chapter overall is in aCoK (HotU chapter), my second favorite character, Dany, is given less to do, but my favorite character, Tyrion, is given tons to do. aGoT will always be pretty spectacular. The second half of aSoS is so good that it almost gets #1 just because of that alone, but there are moments I disliked as well. I'm currently re-reading AFFC and I definitely agree that it is better on a second read, especially when you're more familiar with the Martells and Ironborn. ETA: In fact now that I'm almost through with my reread I have to say that I have really enjoyed AFFC the 2nd time through. It is still arguably at the bottom of my list, but I've found it to be a lot more entertaining than on the first read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeron_Damphair Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 StormGameClashDanceFeast But I like them all of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Whores Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 1. Game2. Storm3. Feast (2&3 are interchangeable though, depending on my mood)4. Dance5. Clash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Eric Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 1. Storm of Swords2. Game of Thrones3. Feast for Crows4. Clash of Kings5. Dance with Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushroomshirt Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 1. Storm of Swords 2. Dance with Dragons 3. Feast for Crows 4. Clash of Kings 5. Game of Thrones Despite the structural issues of FFC and DWD, context-wise I find the storylines going on in both to be a hell of a lot more genuinely interesting and engaging than those in GOT and COK. Not to say the latter two aren't fine on their own, because they most certainly are, but for me there's just no comparison. Yep. Exactly the order that I was going to post. I'm glad there's a kindred spirit out there! For me Dance and Feast are pretty close. Dance takes the 2 spot for me on the strength of the Theon chapters. But I really don't get all the Feast hate I see on these boards. It's a phenomenal book. Brienne's and Jaime's chapters in particular are awesome. I love Sam's, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainTheo Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm not 100% sure about the top three but most likely: 1. A Storm of Swords2. A Game of Thrones3. A Clash of Kings4. A Feast for Crows5. A Dance with Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Snark of Winterfell Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 StormGoTClashDance......Feast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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