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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
Thanks, but I've been contemplating not even finishing the book series. It seems like people don't have anything good to say about it beyond Storm of Swords and the fact that it may never be resolved is also a bit of a turn off.
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I think the biggest problem with AFFC was that it took 5 years to write, and then people got it and started reading, all excited to continue stories from book 3, but oops, there are no chapters on Tyrion, Jon or Dany. Ticked me off when I realized it too.
They also suffer by comparison to book 3 in terms of action and exciting twists, but pretty much all books would suffer by that comparison as book 3 is one of my all time favorite books.
Anyway, books 4 and 5 are still excellent books, and they are MUCH better when read simultaneously using a chapter list. MUCH better. Releasing them the way he did was the biggest mistake GRRM made with this series (except letting HBO pass him up on finishing the books).
The other part is that books 4 and 5 build up to some climactic events, but then several of those are left for book 6. If book 5 had covered the Mereen battle or the Winterfell battle, or both, it would not have felt so incomplete and thus disappointing to many.
I would suggest still reading them, I have read them twice and enjoyed them quite a bit.