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jeni_lin's review against another edition
4.0
one of the more boring books of the series since it did not feature my favorite messy characters either bc they’re plotting (daenerys or tyrion) or bc they’re dead (tywin or joffrey
jenmangler's review against another edition
3.0
I almost gave this two stars, but didn't because there were some things I really liked about it and couldn't bring myself to give a book with those parts a two. Overall, though, this was my least favorite of the series so far and took me much longer to read than the others. And reading it actually felt like work at times, which I hate. It felt like it took so long for things to happen that I constantly felt impatient.
I loathed the Greyjoy, Arys Oakheart, & Arianne Martell chapters. I just didn't care about these characters at all and couldn't connect with their stories. I'm torn on the Sam & Jaime chapters, as there was quite a bit to slog through but, overall, I wanted to see more of them. I like the character of Brienne quite a bit, but her chapters just seemed to go on and on with very little happening until the very end. Ugh. Watching Arya grow darker was very interesting. I'm so torn about how I feel about this, but I definitely want to see where it goes. The Cersei chapters were fascinating. Is it possible to feel shadenfreude for a fictional character? Cuz I did. I enjoyed these chapters because I knew what was coming for her (yeah, I read spoilers), and seeing how highly she thought of herself made her ending in this book so darn satisfying.
Also, this book made me really miss Tyrion. A lot.
I loathed the Greyjoy, Arys Oakheart, & Arianne Martell chapters. I just didn't care about these characters at all and couldn't connect with their stories. I'm torn on the Sam & Jaime chapters, as there was quite a bit to slog through but, overall, I wanted to see more of them. I like the character of Brienne quite a bit, but her chapters just seemed to go on and on with very little happening until the very end. Ugh. Watching Arya grow darker was very interesting. I'm so torn about how I feel about this, but I definitely want to see where it goes. The Cersei chapters were fascinating. Is it possible to feel shadenfreude for a fictional character? Cuz I did. I enjoyed these chapters because I knew what was coming for her (yeah, I read spoilers), and seeing how highly she thought of herself made her ending in this book so darn satisfying.
Also, this book made me really miss Tyrion. A lot.
robin1445's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
seyahrue's review against another edition
3.0
For the most part, I’ve really enjoyed the Song of Ice and Fire series. The world that George R R Martin has created is really captivating and for the most part the characters are engaging - bar one or two of them. Unfortunately, that changed a bit for A Feast for Crows.
Martin decided to split Feast and Dance into separate books, but rather than splitting them by time, he split them by geography. This meant that half of the characters I’ve loved reading about for the past few books just weren’t in this one at all. Sadly, this book was left with the considerably less interesting characters and plot lines.
Cersei was undoubtedly the most interesting character in this book. Feast is the first time we get any Cersei POV chapters and I loved them. It was great to get inside her head and to start to understand her motivations, as well as watching her slowly spiral and become more and more like the Mad King. Seeing her start the book so powerfully only to end up locked up by the faith was really interesting to read - If it weren’t for Cersei’s chapters, this book would have been incredibly boring, so I’m really glad they were there.
On the flip side, Brienne was my least favourite part of this book. Her story was so repetitive and frustrating to read - see her her walk around Westeros aimlessly trying to find Sansa started to get very boring to read towards the end of the book. Having to read “I’m looking for a high born maiden of three and ten with a fair face and auburn hair” over and over and over again was the most annoying thing in this book. Plus, since we as the reader know exactly where Sansa Stark is, we know that Brienne is looking in completely the wrong place and is never going to find her is she keeps going about it the way she is - if we were unaware of Sansa’s location it may have made these chapters a little better. I loved Brienne in the last few books, but in this one she just became incredibly stupid and frustrating and I honestly couldn’t even be sad at the situation she was in at the end of the book, I just didn’t care by that point.
Jamie was another character that I was disappointed in. I really enjoyed Jamie’s chapters previously, but this book he was just a little bit annoying. He spent most of his chapters continuously wondering how many other people Cersei had slept with whilst he was imprisoned by the stark, with his own very repetitive sentence just like Brienne. However, it was interesting to see him starting to turn against Cersei and once he was out of Kings Landing towards the end of the book his chapters became much better.
Arya and Sansa had barely any chapters in this book, but I did like the ones that were there. My only issue with Sansa’s chapters is that her last chapter in Storm was so brilliant, and I was looking forward to the repercussions of that kicking off but not a whole lot actually ended up happening there, which was a little disappointing. Arya in Braavos was alright, not a whole lot happened here but I imagine it’s building up to something a lot better later so I’m fine with that, plus her little crossover with Sam was nice to see.
I don’t have much to say about Sam. I’ve always found his chapters dull and this book was no different. His conversations with Maester Aemon were good at the start of the book but that’s pretty much it - he was quite forgettable for the most part.
Overall, A Feast for Crows was... alright. It was an average book, and compared to the brilliance that was A Storm of Swords Part Two this felt like such a let down. It doesn’t help that some of my favourite characters to read about - Daenerys and Tyrion - were not in this book at all, and my other favourite - Sansa - was barely mentioned. I did enjoy Feast, and I’ll definitely be continuing with the series, but it’s definitely been my least favourite entry in the series so far.
Martin decided to split Feast and Dance into separate books, but rather than splitting them by time, he split them by geography. This meant that half of the characters I’ve loved reading about for the past few books just weren’t in this one at all. Sadly, this book was left with the considerably less interesting characters and plot lines.
Cersei was undoubtedly the most interesting character in this book. Feast is the first time we get any Cersei POV chapters and I loved them. It was great to get inside her head and to start to understand her motivations, as well as watching her slowly spiral and become more and more like the Mad King. Seeing her start the book so powerfully only to end up locked up by the faith was really interesting to read - If it weren’t for Cersei’s chapters, this book would have been incredibly boring, so I’m really glad they were there.
On the flip side, Brienne was my least favourite part of this book. Her story was so repetitive and frustrating to read - see her her walk around Westeros aimlessly trying to find Sansa started to get very boring to read towards the end of the book. Having to read “I’m looking for a high born maiden of three and ten with a fair face and auburn hair” over and over and over again was the most annoying thing in this book. Plus, since we as the reader know exactly where Sansa Stark is, we know that Brienne is looking in completely the wrong place and is never going to find her is she keeps going about it the way she is - if we were unaware of Sansa’s location it may have made these chapters a little better. I loved Brienne in the last few books, but in this one she just became incredibly stupid and frustrating and I honestly couldn’t even be sad at the situation she was in at the end of the book, I just didn’t care by that point.
Jamie was another character that I was disappointed in. I really enjoyed Jamie’s chapters previously, but this book he was just a little bit annoying. He spent most of his chapters continuously wondering how many other people Cersei had slept with whilst he was imprisoned by the stark, with his own very repetitive sentence just like Brienne. However, it was interesting to see him starting to turn against Cersei and once he was out of Kings Landing towards the end of the book his chapters became much better.
Arya and Sansa had barely any chapters in this book, but I did like the ones that were there. My only issue with Sansa’s chapters is that her last chapter in Storm was so brilliant, and I was looking forward to the repercussions of that kicking off but not a whole lot actually ended up happening there, which was a little disappointing. Arya in Braavos was alright, not a whole lot happened here but I imagine it’s building up to something a lot better later so I’m fine with that, plus her little crossover with Sam was nice to see.
I don’t have much to say about Sam. I’ve always found his chapters dull and this book was no different. His conversations with Maester Aemon were good at the start of the book but that’s pretty much it - he was quite forgettable for the most part.
Overall, A Feast for Crows was... alright. It was an average book, and compared to the brilliance that was A Storm of Swords Part Two this felt like such a let down. It doesn’t help that some of my favourite characters to read about - Daenerys and Tyrion - were not in this book at all, and my other favourite - Sansa - was barely mentioned. I did enjoy Feast, and I’ll definitely be continuing with the series, but it’s definitely been my least favourite entry in the series so far.
ellipsiscool's review against another edition
3.0
This is the weakest book of he series so far. Remember all the lead up to interesting things in the third book, well you won't get anything about any of them in this book. It's a lot of trudging through the Riverlands and Cersei falling off her rocker. The latter was satisfying, the rest of the book, not so much.
fluoresensitive's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
dhishan's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
lynds_13's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
autumnalsnow's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5