A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) by George R.R. Martin Summary and Reviews
|
List Price: Our Price: $8.96 You Save: $7.04 (44%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $8.95 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)
Book Review: At long last...
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot think of any other book I have more eagerly awaited. Given the build up of the wait I was afraid it would disappoint, but it did not. While not the strongest book of the series it still manages to deliver those GRRM trademark moments that shock and leave you speechless. The writing is beautiful, the chapters gripping; not a lot happens to advance the plot but what does happen is good stuff. It does what it should: make you want more. Fans of the series: enjoy.Book Review: A Feast worth the wait
Summary: 5 Stars
Having waited for 5 years for this book, i am pleased to say GRRM does not disappoint. Westeros is as dangerous a place as it has been, and we are made familiar with parts that before now we had only read about like Dorne and Oldtown, The scheming and plotting continues apace and while Martin is not as ruthless with his pruning knife as in previous books, he does not spare his characters, old favorites are absent and some other undergo remarkable changes and this tale is still far from a resolution.How long before GRRM blesses us with another installment in this remarkable story is anyones guess, but this latest addition has only whetted my appetite for more, so i will now go to "The Song Of Ice And Fire" message board to pick over the bones of this "Feast"
Book Review: Not bad but far from his best work
Summary: 3 Stars
A Song of Ice and Fire started well and George managed to keep the quality level right up throughout the the first few books(The first two in particular were outstanding). Recently though, you can't help thinking he's decided to follow in Robert Jordan's footsteps and sacrifice any meaningful plot development and action in favour of milking the 'ol cash cow. I'm not saying this book is awful (it's still fairly readable) but nothing of any real note happens and it's so far behind what he's capable of producing. Here's hoping the next one is a bit more than just filler...Book Review: Great book, great writing, great author, but....
Summary: 5 Stars
I was so stoked when I received this in the mail, and tried to slow down my reading to prolong the experience as long as possible (haha).The writing is tremendous, as always; I found myself laughing out loud with delight at some of the passages (needless to say, my fellow calculus classmates next to me were eyeing me really strange).
The thing is.... I could kind of tell that the book had been chopped of half of its characters (to be shown in Dance of Dragons). Part of what makes GRRM so great is how he integrates so many characters and their stories into each other without the reader (at least myself) even realizing it until it happens. It definitely seems like there isn't as much of the seamless integration of characters happening here. Maybe I'm just getting picky in my old age, but as much as I liked it, I liked the first three more.
Another thing that bothers me is that a lot of these characters end on cliffhangers in this book; and since the next novel is totally focused on the characters stripped out of this one, we're not gonna find out what happens to these characters until the next, next book. Arghh! Don't think i can wait another 5 years.
Anyways, readers dying for some of GRRM's writing will love it as I did; just get ready to wait in anticipation for the next one!
Book Review: Worth the wait!
Summary: 4 Stars
Martin does not disappoint. FEAST takes us to geographical areas we haven't seen in the first three books (both in and out of Westeros), introduces us to new characters, and gives us greater insight into old ones. This book provides more character study and background than we've seen in some of the earlier novels. We also see Westeros become more chaotic as more people strike for power and the government in Kings Landing becomes increasingly inadequate. Groups within Westeros that we have heard heard relatively little about have designs on power as well. Martin is not through tricking and shocking his readers. You will want to read carefully!This is, as others have mentioned, half of a book (although still comfortingly large); the missing POVs (Tyrion, Jon, Dany among them) should be out in the companion volume in 2006.