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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2707857" data-attributes="member: 20741">Further to my review/complaint that there was just way too much Cersei and not enough Sam, Sansa and Arya in a FFC, here's the chapter/page breakdown in AFFC:Prologue: Oldtown 15 (no real pov character)Cersei 10 chap,  148ppJaime 7  94ppBrienne 8  115Dorne 4, 54Sam 5, 59Arya 3, 40Iron Isles 5, 69Sansa 3, 50As you can see, the noverl is very light on Sam, Sansa and Arya pov chapters.  A series  that became beloved by readers as being about the Starks and their struggles has turned very much into a story about the Lannisters and their struggles.  Particularly given the absence of Tyrion and the domination of the pov character, Cersei, this was not a welcome development. I imagine the pacing and "non-Stark" perspective of AFFC is effected very much by the absence of Jon and Bran from a book that was originally intended to contain their chapters - but there you have it.In the end, the devotion of only 3 chapters to Arya seems to be a real kick in the teeth to fans who have been waiting for five years.  I somehow expect that the same light treatment of Bran awaits us in a Dance with Dragons. Both Bran and Arya develop the "magic" side of the story - and GRRM seems to want to save that plot element for when Winter sets in and the final battle against the Others is joined.</blockquote>