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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starman" data-source="post: 2714594" data-attributes="member: 7663">Well, I just finished reading it. Was it as good as the first three books? No. It was still good; I enjoyed it. However, I was let down.It felt very obvious that this was half of a book. I think that including the missing POVs from Jon, Daenerys, Bran, Davos, and Tyrion would have fleshed things out more and made this book all that it could have been. Their absence was a huge weight that this half of the book just couldn't lift. Likes:The glimpses into Littlefinger's plotting was interesting, although it didn't really go anywhere. He did a clever job of buying time in the Vale, though. It was also nice to see Sansa maturing and beginning to learn from Petyr. Arya's chapters were a treat as usual. She's going to be quite the killer. My jaw dropped when she killed Daeron so casually.Sam's chapter's were also good. I'm glad that he finally bedded Gilly and it was good to see more of Maester Aemon. I'm glad Cersei seems to be reaping her due at the end of the book.Jamie backhanding Conningham for speaking ill of Brienne. I also liked his training with Payne. He seems to be slowly regaining some of his skill.It was cool to learn more about the Iron Islands and Dorne. Hotah was cool and Damphair was scary. Dislikes:Cersei. I know Martin needed somebody's viewpoint for events in King's Landing, but did it have to be Cersei. I disliked her more with every chapter. Since Martin did not give the characters in Dorne and the Iron Islands their own names for the chapters, I got the impression that we would not be seeing these viewpoints often or again. It would have been nice if he had found one viewpoint in each to stick with so we could get some continuity. Aeron would have been perfect for the Iron Islands as he is in the thick of it and he is an interesting character. Areo Hotah seemed a lot more interesting than Arianne Martell, but I don't know if he was involved enough to give a good view of what was going on in Dorne. I like Brienne, but her story didn't really go anywhere until the end. Death has not improved Catelyn at all. I like her even less now that she's dead. How does that work?Of course, my biggest complaint is still the missing half of the book. I wonder if it wouldn't have been better for Martin to divide it in half by time rather than by character. The story has grown to be about more than the Starks, although they are still the heart of it. I want to read about them, darn it!</blockquote>

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