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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 1219298" data-attributes="member: 8439">yeah, its ok, but not all that. For a while there I got emotionaly invested in the characters, but once that was beaten out of me I pretty much skimmed the rest of the last book and won't be reading any more... Part of it was obviously the red wedding, but the more silly little plot turns and "ooh, ohh, the bad guy is winning, what a smart guy" I got to, the less point there was in continuing. I honestly don't care what happens to any of the characters, because the whole story has come to feel very contrived and arbitrary - When I enjoy a story, I can suspend my disbelief and feel that I am finding out what happens to people. But when one too many "I'm so edgy and non traditional" plot twists happens, I become very aware of the writer as just that. Some guy at his keyboard, whose work has ceased to interest me. What will happen to Arya? Nothing. Arya doesn't actually exist, she's a fictional construct whose personality or abilities may change on a dime if the writer feels like it. What will happen to Sanya? Who cares, poor writing has turned her into the most passive first person character ever to waste page space. How will the war end? Stupidly, with a suspension of disbelief breakingly effective betrayal, what a cop out...And I wouldn't care if so many people weren't addicted to the guy and constantly waiting on his next churned out pages. (and if I hadn't wasted time on the first couple of books that could have been spent on something worthwile...)Kahuna burger</blockquote>

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