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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
Oh, I just read that A Storm of Shadows basically corresponds with season 3 and 4 of the show. That is absolutely perfect!
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Storm of Swords is the best book. It gets better as it goes too, and the last half of it is really good. I mean it won't be as dramatic for someone who has seen the show and therefore knows the big events that are coming, but that's just how it is if you watch before you read.
If you are going to read books 4 and 5, I highly recommend reading them together as one big book using any of the chapter lists online. Much more enjoyable that way. And it's not that hard to do, generally you read 4 or 5 chapters from one book and then switch over and read 4 or 5 chapters from the other book. It's not a lot of hopping back and forth after every chapter or anything like that, and if you end up reading further in one book than the chapter list says, it doesn't really make that much difference.
The key is that by doing the books together, you don't have to go through a full book 4 before hearing anything more about Tyrion, Dany and Jon, nobody likes that approach. It also helps to understand the timing of things since book 4 and the first 2/3 of book 5 take place at the same time, and that feels weird when you read them in order instead of together as one book.
Once you read books 4 and 5, it is good to go online and read some of the essays and theories at websites like the tower of the hand site. Then you will realize some of the subtle things you kissed while reading, and some of those things are pretty interesting.
Lastly, beware of this thread if you plan to read books 4 and 5, it will tend to contain some spoilers on those books.