Mass Market Paperback, 1061 pages
English language
Published June 25, 2011 by Bantam Books.
Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.
Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.
The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.
Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.
Tremendo libro
Pues... Me ha parecido demasiado lento y caótico. Pasan muchas cosas y todas a la vez, que de primeras no tienen mucha relación y acabas saturado. Bastante interesante una vez llegas al punto algido y creo que compensa el ritmo
If you weren't already aware, Book 4 in the Song of Ice and Fire series was originally long enough to be two books. Deciding to split the book in two (resulting in this and Book 5), Martin opted to tell the 'full' story of half the characters rather than half the story of all the characters. And not that you can or should skip this entry, but just keep that in mind if you aren't particularly into the Kings Landing, Dorne, Iron Islands, Vale, Bravoos, or Old Town story lines.
For me, this is where the books and the tv show really started to differentiate and I really enjoyed reading about a load of characters that never made it to HBO (although I will admit all the different Greyjoys confused me a bit). Above all, Jamie is so much better in this book than he has been/was in the corresponding …
If you weren't already aware, Book 4 in the Song of Ice and Fire series was originally long enough to be two books. Deciding to split the book in two (resulting in this and Book 5), Martin opted to tell the 'full' story of half the characters rather than half the story of all the characters. And not that you can or should skip this entry, but just keep that in mind if you aren't particularly into the Kings Landing, Dorne, Iron Islands, Vale, Bravoos, or Old Town story lines.
For me, this is where the books and the tv show really started to differentiate and I really enjoyed reading about a load of characters that never made it to HBO (although I will admit all the different Greyjoys confused me a bit). Above all, Jamie is so much better in this book than he has been/was in the corresponding tv season(s), and since he is one of my favorites, that was just fine with me.
незчувся, як дочитав… ця частина теж обривається хіба що не на півслові — мусиш шукати наступну частину, інакше читання втрачає сенс.
Much of the plot is transitional, but it picks up in the latter half.
I was satisfied at the end of the book and I am looking forward to read the next one!
What a great ending! I can't wait to see how it all pans out in the next book.
That's the quickest I've read a GOT book too.
Not the best book in the series so far but it sets up enough changes that I think I want to read the next one.
Starting to read more like history.
Long, drawn out. Too much about characters I didn't care about. Too many details I didn't care about even when I did care about the character. I found myself skimming at the end. I also wasn't in as much of a rush to read it as the previous books. It took me three times as long to read this one.
I liked reading this. I liked seeing more of Cersei, Jaime, and Sam's points of view. I liked seeing the growth of Arya and Sansa, but I can see why most plot synopses for the series skip over this book. On the whole, nothing really happened. King's Landing and Dorne and Littlefinger did their plotting, like they do, but nothing big really came to fruition. I kind of wish that Martin had done half the story of both sides to just tell more of what was going on rather than split this into two books by points of view the way he did.
I'm still digging it, although I had to take a six-month break after the Red Wedding before I could bring myself back to the series.
One of the weaker books in ASIOF. It sets the tone well for the next book despite moving quite slowly.
Let's just pretend this didn't happen.
In one word: ANYAREH?
