I really don't see why people love this series. I found this book to be tedious, in fact it has taken me three attempts to read it, I only stuck with it this time as it was part of a reading challenge. The characters are dull, moody and feel flat (one dimensional?) there are over 800 pages here and not much seems to have actually happened, any time that something exciting happens, like a big battle, it's like the author didn't have the balls to write the scene and just tells you the outcome. The battle at riverun would have been amazing to read if only it had been written.

I'm not a fan of the TV series, you can see why HBO show so many tits, its just to keep you awake.

I won't be reading any more of this series... unless it's forced on me in a reading challenge.