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That's a common take on ADWD. He spent a lot of time getting everything set up where it is just about to get exciting, then it ends.
Sixth Book should be great though:
Battle of Winterfell is about to start, plus the Bastard has Mance. Will Manderly turn on Freys and help Stannis? I'm assuming so since he already killed three Freys and served them as meat pies to Roose Bolton and the other Freys. Was the Bastard's letter to Jon accurate or did Stannis and Manderly play a trick on him? (which is what I think after reading the new Theon chapter GRRM released early) Will Stannis kill Theon or does Bran save him somehow (a guess based on new Theon chapter)?
Battle of Mereen about to take place with Barristan leading the Mereen troops and unsullied. Victarion arriving, and who knows, maybe Dany and Drogon and a horde of Dothraki? Will Victarion's dragon horn work? Marwyn from the Citadel on his way too. Does Tyrion end up on the right side?
We'll find out what happened with Jon Snow, and all hell was about to break loose at Castle Black. Will wildlings and NW fight? What will Melisandre do?
We'll get Jaime and Brienne talking to zombie Catelyn.
Arya sent away on a mission already. Will she end up in Westeros again at some point and will she reunite with her wolf?
Sansa and Littlefinger working their schemes.
Varys? WTF is he up to killing Kevan Lannister and ensuring mmore Chaos.
Trial by battle for Cersei, will it by the Hound versus his headless zombie brother? Margery trial as well.
Aegon and Connington and their army about to attack Storms End.
Dorne has it's fingers in everything with sand snakes. One is in Citadel disguised as boy (Sphinx), one was sent to infiltate the church, one was sent to be on the small council in KL, and Arianne chapter released by GRRM shows her on way to meet Aegon. Their army is massed and waiting for word to strike and will join Aegon if they think he is real.
And what is going on with Jaquen Hagr disguised as Pate and with a key to every door in the Citadel? Will Sam get mixed up in it?
I think that covers it. If Dany wins and we can get them to Westeros, these story lines can start to converge. Still, book 6 is set up to be as epic as book 3 was.
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