A Feast for Crows

(A Song of Ice and Fire #4)

by George R.R. Martin

Mass Market Paperback, 1104 pages

English language

Published Sept. 26, 2006 by Spectra.

ISBN:: 9780553582024

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(142 reviews)

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.

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DJMao reviewed Canción de hielo y fuego by George R.R. Martin

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5 stars

Tremendo libro

tivasyk reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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4 stars

незчувся, як дочитав… ця частина теж обривається хіба що не на півслові — мусиш шукати наступну частину, інакше читання втрачає сенс.

zhliu0124 reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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3 stars

I was satisfied at the end of the book and I am looking forward to read the next one!

SBWright reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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3 stars

Starting to read more like history.

Alex Keane reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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4 stars

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.

James Ravenscroft reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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4 stars

One of the weaker books in ASIOF. It sets the tone well for the next book despite moving quite slowly.

Andrea reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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3 stars

In one word: ANYAREH?

fiainros reviewed A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4) by George R.R. Martin

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4 stars

I read early that this was the full story for half the characters rather than half the story for all the characters due to the length (and probably his publisher pushing him to get something out). I think I would have rather had half the story for all the characters because I am left wondering if the other book will delve backwards quite a ways into this one. Also, because of the nature of this series, even at the "end" you still wonder what is going to happen to the characters (except those that truly meet their end -- I guess Martin and Carey have something in common with killing off characters.)

I will admit to reading Arya's chapters all in a row, skipping everything in the middle, which is probably not the best way, but as she is my favorite character, it is hard not to do that. As for Brienne, all I can say is no, no, no! I am enjoying the growth of Jaime from boy-warrior into an actual man. I missed the Imp in this novel, as he was so prominent a character in all the previous books.

This book is shorter than the previous books at 700 pages. Also, a friend and I commented that it seemed that the trade paperback edition rather than the mass market paperback edition were what was available when we got it. I am not size careful, so it didn't bother me, but apparently it bothered her to have a different size than her other books. Plus, it is a bit unwieldy at that size.

An 8 hour drive back from a conference in Breckenridge, CO to Lincoln, NE is what allowed me to finish this book that I had been working on for almost 2 months. It seemed I could only ever read one chapter at a time. Despite the time it takes to read these books, I am fervently waiting for the next one. I still haven't totally decided what I think of the series, but this book I liked less than the previous books.

Zéro Janvier reviewed A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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5 stars

Le quatrième tome de la saga A Song of Ice and Fire n'est pas mon préféré, sans doute parce qu'il ne suit que la moitié des personnages, et que ce ne sont pas forcément mes préférés. On note également un dispersement des intrigues et un ralentissement du rythme. Cela reste tout de même de l'excellente fantasy, bien au-dessus de la moyenne.