James Steller Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Admit it, as great as the books are, we all have a couple things we don't like about this series, whether it's in the story itself, the writing style, the setup of Planetos, so what aspect of ASOIAF do you like least? For me, it's the inconsistency with relatives and descendants, and just how obviously plot driven it can be. Houses are realistically portrayed as having many living descendants as they would have after thousands of years, while others seem to survive on one branch throughout the years and are just waiting around long enough to die out at the right time. Even when they'd realistically have lots of relatives by this point. Ie the Lannisters, Tyrells, and Freys as opposed to the Baratheons, Tullys, and almost all the Northern houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Urgandy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The length of time it takes. The bad guys constantly one-upping everyone not named Dany (a trend that looks to continue into Winds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby b's bobby Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Time between books wish i never picked them up tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Too few meal descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Lou of House Reed Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Winds isn't out yet!!!! I'm about to get misery style on George if he doesn't hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tucu Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Plotline creep: Quentyn, Aegon, Ironborn and Daenerys grand tour of Slaver's Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberBenton Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Winds isn't out yet!!!! I'm about to get misery style on George if he doesn't hurry. Please don't, if you kidnap him, he'll never finishes :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The quagmire of stagnation that was ADWFFC. That was when the books went belly up and I have concerns that WoW will just be another few thousand pages of baths, crevasse games and meal/banner/genital descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floki of the Ironborn Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The fact that we never get POVs of the Kings. That was one thing I actually liked about the show, how it gave us new scenes with Robb, Stannis, and Robert that added some real insight into their characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaircat Meow Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Criticisms1. No Winds of Winter yet.2. Essos3. Food Stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand to King Davos Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The bedding ceremony. You can't tell me that that is normal, in any society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfellbeyondthewall Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Honestly I think it's the fact that so much remains unknown. I believe GRRM once said, that since it is Magic and Fantasy one cannot hope to reach beyond all secrets and enigmas, but why mention stuff like Ulthos, Yi Ti, Asshai etc. if you don't mean to offer as some sort of explanation? I know it does add character and dimension to the story but it bugs me not to get to know everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I wish more of the travelling happened off page. Brienne and Tyrion's travellogues in Feast were so hard to get through. I appreciate that travelling takes a long time. And I'm glad characters don't have the ability to beam themselves to places like Star Trek like they do in the tv show. I'd just rather have them disappear from the book and make a dramatic entrance later on. Give that page space to other characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Naufragus Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 That the publishers seem really hung up on a "book cant be that long because we cant print it"... Please join us in the 21st century where our tablets and nooks and kindles what not can handle 3000 page books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby b's bobby Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 That the publishers seem really hung up on a "book cant be that long because we cant print it"... Please join us in the 21st century where our tablets and nooks and kindles what not can handle 3000 page books. Kindles are crap and evil not books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta11 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Plotline creep: Quentyn, Aegon, Ironborn and Daenerys grand tour of Slaver's Bay. Aye. Which probably ties into how long it takes, between books, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon's Queen Consort Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 For me, it's the inconsistency with relatives and descendants, and just how obviously plot driven it can be. Houses are realistically portrayed as having many living descendants as they would have after thousands of years, while others seem to survive on one branch throughout the years and are just waiting around long enough to die out at the right time. Even when they'd realistically have lots of relatives by this point. Ie the Lannisters, Tyrells, and Freys as opposed to the Baratheons, Tullys, and almost all the Northern houses. I agree. I find it quite unbelievable how the Starks and the Baratheons seem to have no kin but only Rickard's and Steffon's branch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R+L=Hot Pie Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Not enough big dark nipples for my liking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacredOrderOfGreenMen Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Just the sheer amount of sexual violence against women and no that's not how it was back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCBlackbird Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The first thing I can think about is actually very specific. I loved everything I read and I found it all very realistic till I arrived at a certain Cat chapter, I don't remember which one it was exactly but she was with her dying father and he said the word "Tansy" and from the one word Catelyn proceeded to conclude that Hoster forced Lysa to abort her unborn child. I found that kind of unrealistic, she'd need to get at least a little more information to come to that conclusion, no person can figure that out from just one word that they don't even know what it means until they also conclude that somehow. I felt like it was a bit of lazy writing on GRRM's part, that he needed to find a way to tell us that history of Lysa but he couldn't find a more realistic way to do it, or was too lazy to try. That's just a small complaint though in my opinion, overal the books are some of the best I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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