Will Snow Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 In AFfC, more so than any of the other books, we have a lot of major or interesting events that take place without the reader bearing witness. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are: -Bronn winning control of Stokeworth in a Duel -The raid on Saltpans -THE FREAKING ASSULT ON DRAGONSTONE(I know there were a few more but I can't seem to remember them)My question is, do you think that AFfC would have been a stronger book had one or more of these events been included in a POV? Also, what unseen event from any of the books do you wish was included in a POV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yeah, probably. I think they could've used more action scenes or big events - like you said. I would've taken PoVs involving these events over the ones we got from Dorne and the Ironborn any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon of the Dead Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yeah, probably. I think they could've used more action scenes or big events - like you said. I would've taken PoVs involving these events over the ones we got from Dorne and the Ironborn any day. :agree:Especially the assault on Dragonstone, but I suspect GRRM is hiding something there, with Loras being "injured" or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Blue Eyes Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 No more than in any other book. Examples are the Battle of the Camps, Oxcross, Robb marrying Jeyne, Cassel against Cleftjaw, Asha against Deepwood Motte, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Snow Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 I guess I just feel like Feast would have benefitted more from having these big moments included, because it felt like a book that was lacking big moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morienthar Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 A Loras PoV would have been interesting at Dragonstone,But considering he could probably not be there at all,It doesn't make sense.As for the other two,I don't really mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Winters Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I'd have liked AFFC better if it had the assault on Dragonstone and the other ones mentioned. Just some action would have been nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonman1979 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Actually AFFC reads much better when paired with ADWD. On my last read though I downloaded a chronologically accurate mashed-up version of both books and it was a much more satisfying read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Luke. Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I couldn't believe when Davos "died" off page. That really scared the hell outta me when I was reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenedstark Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The TV show could perhaps benefit by having one of these battles on screen, just to make the story televisable. The book itself does not suffer from having these battles off-page. In any case, Brienne's fights and Victarion's battles should be more than sufficient action for any book reader. TBH even the TV show might not need any of the off-page battles if Brienne and Victarion are given enough screen time in their "action" sequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankytoes Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 The TV show could perhaps benefit by having one of these battles on screen, just to make the story televisable. The book itself does not suffer from having these battles off-page. In any case, Brienne's fights and Victarion's battles should be more than sufficient action for any book reader. TBH even the TV show might not need any of the off-page battles if Brienne and Victarion are given enough screen time in their "action" sequences.The show loves Bronn, I think they'll show his bit. Dragonstone raid, if it even happened, would probably be a bit expensive as it isn't crucial.Screw everyone, I'm looking forward to the kingsmoot and Arienne's boobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 GRRM didn't put such a huge emphasis on the battles in the previous books either. So far we've seen only two major battles for ourselves: the Blackwater and the Battle at the Wall, with two more to come in TWoW. But there have been a dozen other battles that he chose to skip, like Robb's. Cat was so close for the Battle of the Whispering Wood, but we still didn't really see what happened. Battles take too long, he can't just write what happens in one chapter and just end it. And he can't put so much effort into writing huge battle sequences like Oxford and the Whispering Wood. AFfC was still interesting to me, though. There's the introduction of the Ironborn and the Dornish, and if you're into battles, the invasion of the Shields. Even though it's on a smaller scale than, say, the Blackwater, it was still interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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