jbent87 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 yeah I really hope Feast/Dance are preludes to the shitshow that Winds will be. I despised Brienne chapters in Feast and Dany's mereen chapters in Dance. But if Winds turns out to be sick then they will be worth it. I understand the fatigue though. Gotta remember that Feast/Dance are essentally one book. If I ever do a re-read I will definitely search out that chapter listing of the two books combined and how they're supposed to be read, time-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horizon Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Although the first half of aDwD was pretty... sluggish the second half was pretty good and page turning. Finished last half in 5 days. First half in five days... with a year between... it was released as two books... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Sorry, I can't relate. I found it very interesting, and I never had any difficulty in reading any of the books. I did feel a bit impatient with some of the early AFFC chapters with the new POVs, especially Damphair, wanting to get to the characters I cared about (Sansa, Arya, Jaime, Brienne, Cersei) but once I got through those early chapters, I finished it in three weeks, the same time I needed for ASOS. I never had that kind of difficulty with ADWD - in fact, while ASOS was the most exciting and best book, I was less interested in some POV chapters than the others (ASOS Bran POVs are relatively dull), while in ADWD, I found all the POVs interesting. Also, I thought Essos was a bit cartoonish in ASOS (maybe because of the abundant presence of Strong Belwas) and I felt it was much better fleshed out in ADWD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagewich Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm new to this group, On a separate note I have to say I've never read anything that felt so complete and so fully imagined that I felt like this was a world one could easily live in as I have with ASoIaF. I'd never had much luck with anything in the "fantasy" realm, mainly due to how I felt about the female characters. I give GRRM a ton of credit, the man knows how to write from any perspective, anywhere, anytime! I am not new. I keep forgetting my passwords. AlleraSarellA, have you read Tolkien, CS Lewis, Pullman? I had a terrible time with this book. I took notes, lost interest, and then forced myself to read all the Bran chapters. I finally slogged through the snow and mess at Winterfell and Asha reunited (sort of) with Theon. Then some silliness with a pink letter came along, and that was it. I picked up ADwD a year later, and discovered the last two chapters were a bit vital. Maybe my hard time slogging through was due to the difficult time the characters had in reaching destinations. That was two years ago. I decided to read it again today. It will make a good read for a plan ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagewich Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm new to this group, On a separate note I have to say I've never read anything that felt so complete and so fully imagined that I felt like this was a world one could easily live in as I have with ASoIaF. I'd never had much luck with anything in the "fantasy" realm, mainly due to how I felt about the female characters. I give GRRM a ton of credit, the man knows how to write from any perspective, anywhere, anytime! I am not new. I keep forgetting my passwords. AlleraSarellA, have you read Tolkien, CS Lewis, Pullman? I had a terrible time with this book. I took notes, lost interest, and then forced myself to read all the Bran chapters. I finally slogged through the snow and mess at Winterfell and Asha reunited (sort of) with Theon. Then some silliness with a pink letter came along, and that was it. I picked up ADwD a year later, and discovered the last two chapters were a bit vital. Maybe my hard time slogging through was due to the difficult time the characters had in reaching destinations. That was two years ago. I decided to read it again today. It will make a good book for a plan ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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