A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire) (Hardcover)

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'Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads! Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias' Guardian 'Truly epic ! with its magnificent action-filled climax, it provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites.' Publishers Weekly 'I always expect the best from George R.R. Martin and he always delivers A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant.' Robert Jordan 'George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers, and this is one of his very best books.' Raymond E. Feist 'Colossal, staggering ! Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ! The writing is always powerful !' SFX 'Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out -- I couldn't stop till I'd finished and it was dawn' Anne McCaffrey 'A Game of Thrones offers the rich tapestry that the very best fantasy demands: iron and steel within the silk, grandeur within the wonder, and charactrs torn between deep love and loyalty. Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse.' Janny Wurts 'George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy.' Katharine Kerr

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This is the long awaited fourth installment of George R R Martin's classic "A Song of Ice and Fire", continuing the most ambitious and imaginative epic fantasy since "The Lord of the Rings". "A Feast for Crows" brings to life dark magic, intrigue, and terrible bloodshed as the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by destruction as vast as any in its violent past. The War of the Five Kings has ripped Westeros apart. The bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning Lannisters occupy the Iron Throne, with allies as ruthless as themselves. Lord Frey was host at the Red Wedding, so called for the massacre of the guests, their screams unheard above the music of the feast. Euron Crow's Eye is as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, sworn to deliver the whole of Westeros to the ironborn. No less to be feared are their enemies. The Starks of Winterfell and the Martells of Dorne seek vengeance for their dead. And the last of the Targaryens, Daenerys Stormborn, will bring fire and blood to King's Landing when her young dragons reach their terrifying maturity. The last war fought with dragons was a cataclysm powerful enough to shatter the Valyrian peninsula, now a smoking, demon-haunted ruin half drowned by the sea. Against a backdrop of alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel! and the coldest hearts.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   27 of 29 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars A big wobble (possible spoilers), 30 May 2007 By  David XIII (UK) - See all my reviews This review is from: A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire) (Paperback) First, let me say that I will be sticking with the series and I have not written off forthcoming instalments based on my opinion of this book. A Feast for Crows is an extremely frustrating book. Martin has taken the very dubious step of ditching half of the characters and leaving their stories for A Dance With Dragons. This results in a constant, nagging feeling that you really are missing out on half of the plot and that the story would benefit enormously from the perspectives of those characters that have been put on the back burner. The plot is supposed to be charting the mess left after the various conflicts of the previous books but instead is itself just a tangled mess as the author, trapped in his character per chapter format, is forced to chop backwards and forwards too often between a silly number of threads and in doing so loses the overall continuity of the story. Sadly, there is the real possibility that Martin has overreached himself and is struggling badly to stay on top of the various sub-plots he has created. I really hope that he quickly consolidates the multitudinous threads in the next book so that the climax has the time to play out properly in the final two volumes. It does not bode well that Martin admits that the writing for A Dance With Dragons is not proceeding quite as he had hoped! One more thing to get off my chest - I am becoming extremely weary of Martin's love of inflicting cruelty on his key characters. Occasionally it is good for the story (Jaime's hand for instance) but the rest of the time is pretty pointless. Still, it seems Martin will not be happy unless he has killed or horribly maimed all his characters by the conclusion of the series. Overall this book puts me in mind of a car stuck in a muddy field, frantically spinning it's wheels and beeping it's horn but not actually getting anywhere. I can only hope that Martin rediscovers some of the direction that made the first few books of the series enjoyable. Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   53 of 59 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful novel of rare and intoxicating complexity, 16 Nov 2005 By  A. Whitehead "Werthead" (Colchester, Essex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)       A Feast for Crows arrives with the weight of expectation crushing it. Three years overdue and split in two because of its length, A Feast for Crows was never going to appeal to everyone. Arguably the three main key characters of the series - Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister - are not present, having been shunted into the fifth book, A Dance with Dragons (out in 12-18 months time). A Feast for Crows instead focuses on the aftermath of the opening three books of the series. The War of the Five Kings is all but over. The Lannister-Tyrell alliance is victorious, King Tommen sits the Iron Throne under the watchful eye of his mother, the Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, and the rival King Stannis Baratheon has fled into the far north. All that is left to win the war is to capture Stannis' lightly-held strongholds of Storm's End and Dragonstone and force the surrender of Riverrun, still held by bannermen loyal to the dead King Robb Stark. Arya Stark has fled across the sea to the Free City of Braavos, whilst Sansa Stark has been secreted in the Vale of Arryn as the ward of Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish. Meanwhile, Brienne of Tarth has embarked on her quest to find the missing Sansa and Arya and Samwell Tarly is en route from the Wall to Oldtown to search for information on the evil Others. Meanwhile, in the Iron Islands the Greyjoy family is riven by rival claimants for the throne, and in Dorne Prince Martell is under pressure to declare war against the Lannisters for the death of his brother. AFFC is about picking up the pieces after the epic struggles of the previous volumes. There are two major battles but one happens off-screen and we join the other as it is about to end. This novel is more about politicking, prophecies and preparing for what is to come next. Cersei's stupidity (untempered by a loyal advisor for the first time) and her grief over Joffrey's death and her father's murder is threatening to destroy everything the Lannisters have worked for these past twenty years. The Tyrells' ambition is becoming more pronounced. The Martells of Dorne have a shockingly ambitious plan that is years in the making and not done yet. The Faith of the Seven is trying to restore its reputation as protectors of the people, not sycophants to the king. In Oldtown the Conclave of Maesters are playing their own game. A Feast for Crows is deep, powerfully-written and Machivellian in scope. Characters are seeking power (Euron, Cersei, Victarion) or redemption (Arys Oakheart, Brienne, Jaime), but rarely finding what they are looking for. The post-war Seven Kingdoms is a murky world where one misstep means death, but a lucky gambler can win all. Perhaps the book lacks the thunderous pace of its predecessors, but its quiet and subtle advancement of the story is every bit as gripping and surprising. The book has its flaws - the Dornish and Iron Island chapters could have been done through one new POV character apiece rather than introducing numerous one-off characters - but these are minor. The biggest gripe is the use of the old maps, but that was a publishing mistake, not GRRM's. AFFC is a superb book which confirms Martin's place at the forefront of modern epic fantasy. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Wait?, 1 May 2006 By  K. B. Haines "benhaines" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This review is from: A Feast for Crows (Song of Ice and Fire) (Paperback) I have been waiting a long time to read this book and can't help but be a little disappointed because for the most part it ties up the loose ends left at the end of the 3rd book, and even that for only half the characters. It remains a well written book and when there is some plot advancement it is very good indeed. But it is a flabby book. Virtually all of the chapters on Sansa and Sam could have been cut from the book, with little loss. The new chapters on Dorne and the Ironborn increase our knowledge in regard to these two peoples. But I worry that he is falling into Jordan's trap of having too many minor characters. I am looking forward to the next book, which is really the second half of this book. But I hope that after that we will not have to wait 5 years for a book that advances the plot so little. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 107 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 1.0 out of 5 stars long winded and tedious Enjoyed the first book in the series but they have gradually gone downhill. Could be a book of short stories as the threads linking the characters become so drawn out. Read more Published 6 days ago by bluebelle 2.0 out of 5 stars Epic, Imaginative and Totally Overwritten George Martin must have some exceptional gifts to induce readers to stick with this story through 4 books. He writes well. Read more Published 26 days ago by Sir Furboy 2.0 out of 5 stars Best Left Unsaid Martin writes OK, but this series has been long and often tedious. This book in fact would have been best left unsaid. Read more Published 1 month ago by A Johnson 2.0 out of 5 stars A Bowl Of Spaghetti I fell in love with the characters in the first three books. I enjoyed the demure insight of Eddard Stark, I flicked eagerly through pages to uncover the happenings... Read more Published 1 month ago by D.T.Scott 1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing attempt. This volume of the Song of Ice and Fire series was a big disappointment. Martin seems incapable of tying up plot lines and the result is a messy and rambling volume that left me... Read more Published 4 months ago by Mr. Donald Blackburn 5.0 out of 5 stars The True King of the Iron Throne This is another brilliant instalment of a song of ice and fire. Normally not much more would be needed to say, but there have been some issues with this one that I think are... Read more Published 5 months ago by Vp Campbell 3.0 out of 5 stars Oh Dear.... Having just extolled the virtues of the previous volume I have to concur with many of the previous reviewers as I feel Mr M has lost his way a bit here. Read more Published 5 months ago by Big Jim 3.0 out of 5 stars A diverse and well-imagined world, but a frustrating read "A Feast for Crows" is the fourth book in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. The War of the Five Kings appears to be almost at its end, with King Tommen and the... Read more Published 7 months ago by J. Aitcheson 2.0 out of 5 stars What happened? I really don't know what to make of this book. Compared to the previous 4, I found it extremely disappointing and in fact I found it hard to read at times. Read more Published 8 months ago by R. Loughins 4.0 out of 5 stars Slipping standards The mixed reviews probably reflect the lack of direction seeping into George R.R. Martin's series. Whilst the standard of writing remains comfortably better than most of his... 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