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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by George R.R. Martin
by George R.R. Martin
Joel's review
bookshelves: 2010, audiobooks, series, read-while-in-a-foreign-land, sci-fi-fantasy, here-there-be-dragons, vote-getters, asoiaf
Oct 21, 10
bookshelves: 2010, audiobooks, series, read-while-in-a-foreign-land, sci-fi-fantasy, here-there-be-dragons, vote-getters, asoiaf
Read from September 30 to October 21, 2010
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. (A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair?) A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair? A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair -- A highbornmaid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair!
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair? A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair -- A highborn
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair.
A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair!
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Reading Progress
| 10/04/2010 | page 250 |
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24.0% | |
| 10/14/2010 | page 340 |
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32.0% | "GRRM's love of excessive meaningless detail is reaching positively stieg larssonian proportions. but i'm more interested in smoking and sandwiches than what color doublet everyone is wearing, GOD." 1 comment |
| 10/19/2010 | page 778 |
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73.0% | "if i had my way, GRRM books would never ever ever EVER have sex scenes." 2 comments |
| 10/20/2010 | page 848 |
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80.0% | "just once i wish i could make it through one of these books without going to wikipedia to figure out who a side character is and inadvertently spoiling something for myself. of course, that would require GRRM to publish another book, so it may not happen." 4 comments |
| 10/21/2010 | page 988 |
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93.0% | "oh george, i see you are going to leave me hanging, ho ho ho. WRITE FASTER PLEASE." |
Comments (showing 1-50 of 62) (62 new)
This review is, I'm trying to find the word, different. Except when it's the same.I look forward to seeing long, pretentious pieces in the New York Times about your work. I'm going to pretend that I understand them, and nod knowingly when they compare you with Rothko, Cage and Warhol. Don't let fame go to your head.
that's ok, i forgot to mail stalk you back. i packaged it up and everything but going to the post office means i can't read during lunch. although i haven't found a good spot to read since they moved people into the empty offices in my building so i can't go be by myself anymore. every time i try to read in the cafeteria someone comes and talks to me. le sigh.
I'm sorry I hate that. although sometimes I talk to people first, but then I want to stop and I don't know how without being impolite. cashiers tend to yell and talk on phones during lunch it's annoying.
I think the claims you make in this review are unfounded and fallacious, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
i had this whole side part that i deleted that would have probably cleared up your confusion. here's the thrust of it:"A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair. A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair... A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair? A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair (A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair). A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair -- A highborn maid of three-and-ten, with a fair face and auburn hair."
Oh, okay, NOW I see what you were getting at. Thanks for clearing that up! That's essentially how I felt about it as well.
Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and probably Moon Boy for all I know... Fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and probably Moon Boy? Fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and probably Moon Boy! Lancel AND Osmund Kettleblack AND probably Moon Boy. Fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and (probably) Moon Boy. Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and probably Moon Boy.
haha. at one point i was considering doing a character by character review, and that was going to be jamie's.
At first I was offended by this. Then I started re-reading it and it is as clear as day on page one: a highborn maid of three and ten with a fair face and auburn hair fucking Osmund Kettleblack AND Moonboy....for all I know!
i know. i was actually in the same boat after i first finished the book. then i read a review that was basically along the lines of what i wrote above, and it really changed my thinking.
by the way, have you read book five? i don't want to spoil anything, but here is a teaser from my review:"Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind.
Words are wind? Words are wind. Words are wind. Words are wind.."
holy crap I'm only a quarter way through the book but this made me laugh my ASS off. please tell me it gets better...
it doesn't get any less repetitive... i liked it but you're going to keep reading those same little character mantras.
Almost finished and yep, they're still going strong. And you don't even have to wait for book 5 for "Words are wind". Le sigh.
Damn! I shouldn't have read a review for the book ahead of where I am in the series. How did you cram that many spoilers into one review?
Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words...Dark wings, dark words?Dark wings...dark words...Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words. Dark wings, dark words. And in case you missed some, (Dark wings, dark words) ...
interesting points, laura... i'll think about it and let you know if i come to a similar conclusion.
Josh wrote: "A bear there was, a bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!"Still waiting for the shocking revelation of this song's significance.
Hollie wrote: "Josh wrote: "A bear there was, a bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!"Still waiting for the shocking revelation of this song's significance."
:) Jorah Mormont + Dany. The Bear and the Maiden Fair.
Also, Sansa + whoever else she's supposed to marry this time.
Ah, yes! Thank you Laura. I suppose most men were covered with hair at that time, save Loras Tyrell - and we know HE doesn't want to marry her. Ha!
Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know.Led by a giant she-wolf with no fear of man?
Ken-ichi wrote: "Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know. Lancel and Osmund Kettleblack and Moon Boy for all I know."you make an interesting point.
It's kind of like Queneau saying the same thing over and over (and over and over and over and...) using slightly different styles to make a point. (From a middle class reader of two score and seven with round face and receding hair.)
I wish I hadn't read this review. I'm 50 pages from the end of A Feast for Crows, and NOW IT'S RUINED FOR ME.My fault, I know.
Ian wrote: "I wish I hadn't read this review. I'm 50 pages from the end of A Feast for Crows, and NOW IT'S RUINED FOR ME.My fault, I know."
i guess i should have marked my spoilers. sorry.
although to be fair, when i got to the section that covered the latter portion of the book, it must have been pretty apparent i wasn't avoiding any details. so i can't take all the blame.
Rhiannon wrote: "I thought about it. And it's decided: this is my favorite Goodreads review. Ever."thanks! i don't like to toot my own horn, but it's easily my best piece of writing. the third paragraph is probably the most concise and coherent argument i've ever written, at least about a book.
Keep doing reviews like this and in no time at all, you'll land a cushy job writing for the Times Literary Supplement. You might even get your own column: "Joel's Jottings."
Joel wrote: "not true, there is a lot going on in book 5. for example, "words are wind.""Just be sure not to break too many words. :)
odd, i wanted to write one that repeated "winter is coming" over and over again, and then ask 'when the hell is it going to get here already?'
i don't understand this and i don't even want an explanation, but when you see madness, you must vote.