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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 2752423" data-attributes="member: 8849">Finished it last night.Although I agree that it wasn't up to Storm of Swords quality, it was still good.Some thoughts:[spoiler]- Arya - Loved the few Arya chapters that we got. I was very surprised in how she just offhandedly killed Daereon (Sp?). I really wished that we got to see more of her as her chapters were the most enjoyable.- Sam - I do like how his character has progressed, but I didn't really want anymore chapters to focus on him. Things only got really interesting for him when he finally reached Oldtown. I picked up on the Faceless Man/Jaquen H'gar thing right away. Made me feel proud too, until I read about all the other things that I completely missed <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Aemon dying, not much of a surprise. He was old and he was on his way out since the beginning of the book. Still sad to see him go, he was a great character.- Brienne - I found her chapters strangely *empty*. Most of them were about her wandering around, seeing the effects of the war, though I felt that Arya's journey in CoK did a much better job. Though it was nice seeing her bring an end to some of the Rogue Bloody Mummers, I just felt that her chapters could have been better spent doing something else. I like her character, but I think that parts of her journey weren't important enough to warrant whole chapters, while other parts could have used a little more fleshing out.I hope Pod and her survive, though the chances of that happening seem unlikely.I was very saddened to see what has become of the Brotherhood Without Banners. Beric dead for good, an insane UnCatelyne leading them, and they've become little more than bandits and vigilantes. I wanted to see more of Beric and to have him die offscreen in such a way made it very unsatisfying. Especially since he died to bring the horrible UnCat back.- Jaime - Enjoyable. His chapters were very enjoyable, especially his verbal sparring with Cersei, his gradual redemption (though it seems like he is aiming more for a Tywin-lite than an honorable knight now), and his last chapter(s). Freakin perfect. Edmure survives, Riverrun is taken bloodlessly, another Frey gets offed (further confusing matters of succession), the Blackfish gets away (and he got just the right amount of screen time when he met with Jaime), and Jaime finally cuts the last ties to his wretched sister.- Cersei - Ah, Cersei, the Little Queen that Couldn't. Such a deplorable character, such a horrible schemer. She reaches waaaay too high and thinks so much of herself that when things finally come crashing, I said to myself "Yes!" Funny how she thinks she's playing everyone for fools, yet everyone is really playing her for one. I had my doubts about Taena from the beginning, way too convenient, the end proved what she was. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />- Iron Islands - I think that just enough was shown of the Iron Islands. We didn't need anymore and we got just enough to see what the situation was like between Victarion, Euron, Asha, and Aeron. Pretty enjoyable.- Dorne - Some of these chapters could have been cut down, though I feel that they were integral to the plot. Dorne throwing its support to Dany was surprising and showed that Doran had some bite, even though he had practically no bark. I'm looking forward to seeing what the repurcussions of Arys's death and Myrcella's maiming will have. With Cersei contained, I have a feeling that it won't be a stupidly bloody affair, but Kevan remains an enigma. He may not take action. He knows about Cersei and her spawn, he may want to get rid of them. Who knows.[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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