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    <body><![CDATA[Dear George,<br/><br/>How do you do this lovely May morning? I'm terribly sorry to bother you, but I really did think that I must in good conscience warn you of this problem I have. You see, I know many people who read these books and absolutely adore them. Legions of fans. I'm sure you know that....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21920096">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was fully prepared to be disappointed by this book, for several reasons. First of all, the last book, A Storm Of Swords, ended with a very large cliffhanger and I knew that it was a cliffhanger that wasn't going to be fully explained/explored in this volume.<br/><br/>Additionally, I knew that in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19113773">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/>George R. R. Martin is a blowhard.<br/><br/><br/>I mean that with respect, I suppose.  I guess any author that got me to read over 2400 pages of his writing garners some respect, right?  A smattering, maybe?  I don’t know, maybe it’s because I was raised Catholic, or maybe it’s ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15019103">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel like giving this book 3 stars is being harsh to my man, George Martin, but I'm trying to separate the truly great books in this series from the merely good ones.<br/><br/>Bottom line: fans of the series waited too long for this and therefore were in a position of being impossible to please ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3904381">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[George R. R. Martin's <em>A Feast for Crows</em> (of the <em>Song of Fire and Ice</em> series) suffers from MBSS, or Middle Book in a Series Syndrome.  It lacks the addictive excitement and intrigue necessary for early books and the catastrophes and closures I'm looking forward to from later books.  It's just a link ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23857030">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin&#8217;s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King&#8217;s Landing. Robb Stark&#8217;s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist&#8212;or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces&#8212;some familiar, others only just appearing&#8212;are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests&#8212;but only a few are the survivors.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[For those who don’t know, A Feast for Crows is the fourth book in George RR Martin’s (GRRM) Song of Fire and Ice series. It is, without question, one of the best fantasy series I’ve ever read. It’s engaging, well-written, and original. It is also fantastically brutal. Do not read this series...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23762172">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As with the rest of the Song of Ice and Fire series, I can pick this one up, reread often and most of the time find something new to like or some detail that I didn't notice before fall into place. The series in general is very well-written and the world, the characters, everything has been so devel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10729553">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[(Review applicable to entire series.)<br/><br/>George R.R. Martin's &quot;Song of Ice and Fire&quot; series is still a work in progress after eleven years and four installments; I came to it late, so I read the first four back-to-back, and now I have to play the waiting game. Part of what's frustr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2730734">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[James' dad reccomended this series and I was instantly hooked....you might think its channeling LOTR in the first 100 pages of book one, but keep reading and you will find it is definitely its own story and world!<br/>I am eagerly waiting for his next one!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cheap mass-market edition with ugly font and crooked letters and irregular margins and this is only half a book and some of my favorite characters are <em>missing</em> and I cannot put this book DOWN . . .]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So this is just my overall review for the series so far.....Martin is bloody brilliant.  This is one of the best fantasy series I've ever read.....he's not one of the guys trying to be the next Tolkien, he's doing his own thing.  It's a bloody, ruthless, painful world he throws us into, but the char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31342245">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is called <em>A Feast for Crows</em>, but it's hardly a feast for the readers, sadly. Although I do agree with Martin's decision to tell the entire story of several of the characters instead of half of the story of all the characters, I'm praying that these were the table scraps, and that the real m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22626229">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I finished it and am not as disapointed as I was at the end of the last one. I still feel like too many of the charaters are unredeemable.  We are being teased with the idea that Denerys is the only hope, which makes me feel like all this game of thrones in westeros was a complete waste of time.  Wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14854579">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a disaster. Prior to this, his cliffhangers were acceptable, because you knew you'd at least get closure in the next book when it finally came out. But with this one, he simply lost me. By cutting the story in twain, the cliffhanger I'm getting at the end of this book won't get resolve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7946944">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not normally one for fantasy, I got caught up in this series after reading online somewhere that it was an exercise in realpolitik. Entirely unpredictable and gritty, this is fantasy in the same way that Blade Runner is sci-fi. I highly recommend it for anyone who can get over their fear of being a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47063293">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and  praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in <strong>A Feast for Crows</strong>, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.<br/><br/><strong>A Feast for Crows<br/><br/></strong>It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out. <br/><br/>But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. <br/><br/>It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests—but only a few are the survivors.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wish Martin would hurry up and finish this series. I get the sense that he is slowing down, and possibly losing his way, since more and more time passes between the publication of each book.<br/><br/>A Feast for Crows is more soap opera than swordfights and battles, which is fine with me....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3257154">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, A Feast for Crows is literally that.  I love good battles and fighting in a book and this one did not disappoint me.  I was one of the fortunate people who stumbled upon Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, after this one was written.  So, now like all the others I have to wait.  My biggest compla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41033847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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