Sam in Braavos

[Rodrik Stone]

Oh man, that was the most cathartic scene I've ever read in this series.

Don't get me wrong, the crazy Lannister character drama and Petyr Baelish Comedy Hour are great, but I didn't realize how much I missed the action of aSoS until Sam decked a dude in the face. Especially after what had been a pretty depressing and hopeless chapter.

Did anyone else feeling like this when they got to this part?

[Lady-Nymeria]

I haven't been specially moved by this chapter, but I was cheered by the fact that the self proclaimed craven Sam has hit the deserter. I agree that his chapter was dipressing, tough. I missed the action ASOS had, but AFFC was fine for me.

[ShaggyCat]

Yeah me too. As well as giving Daeron some much deserved come uppance, it also served to highlight Sam's development. He still calls himself a craven but he's not: he's killed wights and Others, he's ranged beyond the Wall, he's travelled over seas (in a land and time where people rarely went beyond their own village), he's dealing with complex shit and what is Daeron doing? Getting shitfaced and shagging. A punch has never been so well deserved.

[Vaelya of Asshai]

I personally disliked his chapters, however I loved the Braavos chapters. I very much enjoyed all of that chapter and also the chapter where he met Arya selling shellfish, unknowing it was Arya (can't remember if they were the same chapter). I also loved how Dareon got his justice in the end, thanks to Arya.

[Aldark]

Well , before the Braavos chapter , i never fancied Sam's chapter. But the pace this chapter started to build and what happened between him and Dareon , plus the meeting with "Cat of the canals" or his talk with maester Aemon , were wonderfull depicted in this chapter. I think all the Braavos chapters in aFfC were...highlights! (including "Cat"'s/Arya's ones of course)