A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones)

A Feast for Crows picks up where A Storm of Swords leaves off, and the events run concurrently with the next book, A Dance with Dragons. As usual with the Song of Ice and Fire books, George R.R. Martin’s great use of multiple POV’s weaves a grim tale set within the tumultuous lands of Westeros and Essos. No chapters for Jon, Tyrion, and Daenerys in this one. The story follows the points of view from Cersei, Brienne, Jamie, Sansa, Arya, Asha, Sam, Littlefinger, and more. Brienne of Tarth on her search for Sansa, and Arya’s voyage to Braavos to find the Many-Faced God are some of the best chapters here. Victarion Greyjoy, younger brother of Balon Greyjoy, and Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, has been mentioned several times throughout the series. He makes his POV debut in A Feast for Crows, and reportedly has a POV in The Winds of Winter. I hope so. This is my favorite chapter, and I'm curious about his role in the next book. A Feast for Crows can be a slow-burn at times. It is a hefty book with 753 pages, appendixes included. But don’t worry, Martin’s masterful storytelling and character development will hook you in. Characters to get invested in, only to be killed off later, is part of the charm. You know it is coming, but it still shocks you when it happens. People say this is the worst book in the series, and I think they are out of their minds. But seriously, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I can see why, with everybody's favorite trio of Jon, Tyrion, and Daenerys, especially Tyrion for me, not leading the way. Brienne, Jamie, and Arya’s character arcs are some of the best in the entire series. All in all, a great book and a must-have for the diehard!

After finishing Book 3, Storm of Swords, I was emotionally drained. So much happens in such a short time to characters you care about. When I flipped through Book 4 to browse the chapter headings, I was worried. No Tyrion, no Danaerys, no Jon Snow, no Bran. That was troubling. But there are a number of reasons I ended up loving this installment. To start, I think the pace needed to slow down from the first three books. This is the lull before the storm that is clearly coming when Danaerys makes her way to Westeros. I think what Martin is trying to do is to show us the entire world he's created. Not just House Stark and Lannister and Targaeryon. I wouldn't want the story to come to completion without understanding as much of the world as I could. Of course, that only works if you find the characters he creates interesting and compelling. Obviously, a lot of reviewers (amateur and professional) didn't. But I did. I loved learning more about Dorne, getting to know Arianne and Prince Doran, getting more of the Iron Islanders, those sick, Drowned-God-loving lunatics. I was captivated by Arya's journey in Braavos, as well as Sam's odyssey and Brienne's. For some reason, I just enjoy the characters Martin creates--and he creates a lot of them. But each time I think, "Oh, no, not another new character," I become enthralled with their story. The thing about the people Martin creates is they don't always do what you'd like them to do, but they always do what their character demands. Some grow, and some don't. And I found the chapters from Cersei's point of view fantastic. I mean, holy cow, she's got some issues. And her comeuppance is sweet (although I keep suspecting, of course, that the Frog's prophesy is really about Danaerys and not Margaery). If you didn't enjoy reading the Cersei chapters, I don't know what to tell you. At the same time, I found Jaime's growth--and growing disaffection from Cersei--to be just as compelling. One other thing that I think Martin is trying to do in Book 4 is to show, after the vicarious thrills of battle depicted in the first three books, the true cost of war. The author was (I believe) a conscientious objector during Vietnam, and I think he's trying to sober us up a little bit to the realities of what this conflict has wrought throughout the realm. The slaughter of innocents during wartime is not a 20th-century innovation. Anyone who's read anything about the 100 Years' War can't help but pick up on the similarities (the rape, pillage, and burning; the roving bands of brigands threatening anyone in their path, even entire towns; the complete descent into lawlessness; the common people resorting to religious fanaticism, etc.). Some of Brienne's experiences on the road and the people she meets along the way beautifully illustrate that. Having said that, I can understand why so many people have dismissed this book. (If you look at the Amazon reviews for Books 1-3, they're about 95% five stars. Books 4 and 5 are split evenly between one, two, three, four, and five stars.) All I can say is that, if your expectation for Book 4 is another installment just like Book 3, this will disappoint you. As for me, even though some of my favorite characters from the first three books were absent, I still loved this book. I know we'll get back to Tyrion and Danaerys, etc., so I wasn't worried and just enjoyed the journey. Also, I appreciated the slowing down of the pace and learning a lot more about the history and mythology of Westeros and the east. As for the complaints that much of the narrative is unnecessary, I'm a little perplexed. If you didn't get that Dorne is going to play a huge role in the coming conflict, you need to reread those chapters. Same goes for Victarion Greyjoy. And no doubt Brienne and Jaime's relationship will play a crucial role as their paths are bound to intersect again. If you don't like reading all that detail, I guess you could just wait for season 4 of the HBO series. I plan on enjoying both, because even a TV series as great as Game of Thrones can't convey what the books can (and do). For me, I thoroughly enjoyed A Feast for Crows and can't wait to start A Dance with Dragons.

Minor Spoilers! AFFC is Martin's 4th book in his Ice and Fire series. Unlike the previous 3 books though, it is only half of one complete story. Martin split the 4th book in two due to length (the other half of the intended story is the 5th book A Dance With Dragons). Instead of just chopping the book in half though, Martin separates the stories geographically. This book primarily focuses on the action at King's Landing, The Iron Islands, Dorne as well as touching on the Eyrie, Braavos and the Riverlands. So if you are looking for any action from Jon Snow, Tyrion or Dany then your going to be disappointed. Jon appears briefly in the book, but their stories aren't furthered until the next book. Its hard to pin down exactly how this book continues the story that was left off with Storm of Swords. The War of the Five Kings is almost completed with Stannis the only rebel left at this point though his ability is limited due to his lack of numbers. This book is about the realm restoring itself after the war, or the lack of stability and goodwill following the war. The primary theme I would say its about is the failure of House Lannister in controlling the kingdom and finding out whats next as the real power players in the "game of thrones" begin to make their moves. The three primary storylines are: -King's Landing: With Joffrey and Tywin dead and Tyrion in exile, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister has become the self anointed defender of the realm and uses her surviving son Tommen as a puppet to allow herself to rule the kingdom. With her father and son dead and Tyrion gone, Cersei is finally the one running the kingdom as she feels is her birthright. But she isn't her father or her brother and despite her confidence in herself, her decisions begins to make more trouble in the realm. Out of jealously to the younger queen Margaery and forgetting her families role in saving King's Landing, Cersei begins to intentionally sabotage the relationship with the Tyrell's. She'll go to whatever lengths she can to hurt Highgarden's position at King's Landing, including trying to manipulate the High Septon and the Faith to her side. But despite Cersei's belief in herself, she isn't her father's true heir. -Dorne: We first met House Martell through Oberyn Martell aka The Red Viper, who came to King's Landing in SOS on his own personal mission to discover the truth about his sister's murder during Robert's Rebellion. With him dead now, factions in Dorne begin to lobby and attempt to manipulate Oberyn's elder brother Prince Doran to retaliate against the Lannister's, including his own daughter Princess Arianne. But Doran is not his brother and is much more calculating, it appears to everyone that he is going to bend the knee to the Lannister's but does everyone know what is really going on? -The Iron Islands: In the last book we found out that Lord Balon Greyjoy, self proclaimed King of the Iron Islands, was killed by falling off a bridge and his exiled brother Euron "Crow's Eye" Greyjoy showed up the next day and claimed his seat as King. The youngest Greyjoy brother, Priest Aeron "Damphair" Greyjoy, believes that his eldest surviving brother is unfit to be King and calls a Kingsmoot (a meeting where all the Iron Lords gather to decide their King) and decides to back his other elder brother Victarion for King. Victarian hates Euron because of what happened between them years ago and its the reason Euron was exiled. He doesn't have any intention of bending the knee to the brother who ruined his life. But Victarion isn't the only Greyjoy who intends to sit in the seastone chair either; Asha Greyjoy, Balon's (presumed) only surviving child believes herself to be the true heir to the Iron Islands and doesn't plan on backing down. Smaller storylines include: Jaime Lannister going to Rivverun and trying to tie up loose ends from the war while trying to maintain his promise to Lady Stark to not bring arms against House Stark or House Tully. Brienne of Tarth searching the Riverlands for Sansa Stark. Sansa herself hiding in the Eyrie under the false name of Alayne Stone while pretending to be Littlefinger's daughter. Sam Tarly leaving the wall and being sent to Oldtown to train to become the new Maester for the Night's Watch and Arya, now in Braavos and working as a servant for the Faceless Men. You have 13 different POV characters in this book (including one prologue character) and unlike Martin's last 3 book's that is one of the most frustrating things about the book. In the previous books you had one character for each part of the story (i.e- Catelyn was the POV character dealing with the Stark Army, Tyrion was in King's Landing, Jon Snow at The Wall, Davos for Stannis army etc.) but now you have so many different POV's for each story that you have a bunch of characters that only have 1-2 POV chapters, some of which you question why they even have chapters in the first place. This problem is especially notable with the story at Dorne. You've got 3 different POV characters; Princess Arianne Martell, Captain of the Guard Areo Hotah and Ser Arys Oakheart, a member of the Kingsguard.. Oakheart and Hotah only have 1 POV each and neither feels necessary to the story. Arianne has the only chapters where anything relevant happens, why not just put the minor information from those two characters chapters into hers? It also happens at the Iron Islands, though its not as irritating as in the Dorne story. You've got the Kingsmoot story from three different characters; Aeron, Victarion and Asha Greyjoy. After Aeron calls the Kingsmoot he ceases to be important to the story yet he gets more POV's than the other two. Asha probably doesn't even need her one POV chapter as everything you need to know about her comes from one of Victarion's chapters. Victarion is probably the only one of the three you really need. Its minor criticism but it can be a bit frustrating when you have to read a 20 page chapter from one character's perspective that feels like it amounts to nothing and then not have it expanded upon again for the rest of the story. Cersei has the most POV's with ten while Jaime and Brienne have the next most with seven each. Sam also has 5 and I think Sansa and Arya have 3-4 each. Everyone else has 1-2 chapters. Once everything gets going though it is still an entertaining read. Jaime's story in particular as he learns to adjust to life without a hand while still remaining the head of the Kingsguard is probably the best story in the book. Brienne's is probably the most frustrating. She was one of the most intriguing characters in the last two books, here she is given what feels like a pointless story as she wanders the Riverlands in vein looking for Sansa. It makes it even worse that we, the readers, know that she is looking in vein because we are reading Sansa's POV chapters and we know she is at the Eyrie. The only time something good happens is also the end of her story in this book, making things even more frustrating In the end it feels like a transitional story(or at least half of one). This story had to be written to get to a more important story. I feel like this is a set up to the final stories that concludes the series. But its Martin and its still a great and entertaining story, though its not as good as the first three books and its the only book in the series to not get 5 stars from me.

A Feast for Crows is one of the final books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series which takes place in the same time frame as the first of the A Dance with Dragons books. The book follows only follows certain characters, leaving Tyrion, Daenerys, Bran and Jon Snow out. Cersei is ruling over the seven kingdoms in Tommens place. The strength of the Highgarden is backing her claim, thanks to the marriage between Tommen and Maragery Tyrell. Since Tywins death, Cersei begins to form a new council and their loyalty remains to be proven. Brienne continues her search for Sansa Stark with the aid of Jamie Lannister. Arya establishes a new home in Braavos after she leaves the hounds company. Samwell Tarly leaves the wall on Snows command and Stannis Baratheon is seeking the norths allegiance. New characters emerge in the Iron Islands after the death of Balon Greyjoy, each wanting to take his place. In addition, new stories are also opening where Dorne is left in unease after the death of Oberyn Martell. Much like in the previous book (A Storm of Swords), the reader starts to see the characters in a new light as their stories unfold. The new characters replacing those who perished quickly become of key importance to story and as usual the book takes sudden intense turns from the predicted path. Another superb quality book by Geroge R. R. Martin that equals the previous books, maintaining the intensity and complexity seen throughout the series. Brilliantly done splitting the characters stories across two books, leaving the reader constantly wondering what is happening to them. Well worth reading for any fans of the previous books and the tv series.

Très bon livre. On suit l'histoire à travers le regard des personnages; on voit bien leurs personnalités. En plus , par rapport au livre précédent, ce ne sont pas tous des "gentils", en particulier "Cercei", qui est particulièrement aigrie et désagréable. Il y a aussi des scènes très violentes, que l'on ne peut pas adapter à la télé, tellement ce serait gore... on y gagne vraiment par rapport à la série télé.

Das englische Taschenbuch ist schnell geliefert worden... vielen Dank dafür.

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Great book but the shipping was horrible.