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I just finished A Feast For Crows yesterday.
How did you experience the book? Beyond whether you simply liked it or not, what were your initial reactions to it?
I also picked it up after many recommendations and was hooked very early with the story of the Direwolves.
If I can criticize the books, it's only for the epic scope. I realize this is just part of the genre and a bugbear of my own rather than for most fans. To his credit GRRM is not wasteful and even though I glaze through a lot of the background character names and places, I appreciate how well he ties it all together in the end.
Are the characters convincing? Who are your favourites? Least favourites? What were your favourite actions? Motivations? Feats of valour? Turns of deceit?
The characters are convincing, even if their rigid sense of duty and fealty doesn't really exist in our world outside of the military or organized crime.
I really like how GRRM has shaped the main characters over the course of four books. Some have really changed or grown. Sansa and Jaime Lannister for example are very one-note at the beginning but for me they're now two of the biggest question marks in the series. Jon, Arya and Deneares have the most engaging storylines and I'm rooting for them truly but Jaime and Sansa are shaping up to be crucial hinges. Tyrion especially has a lot of layers.
What is the central conflict? What are the major themes running throughout?
Oh...power and its fruits, duty vs. desire, family, human nature and its constants... Oh, and comeuppances. Sweet, sweet comeuppances. Those are the best.
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