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For readers who have read through this book and are watching the TV show as well--does the change of Robb Stark's wife from Jeyne Westerling to Talisa Maegyr bother you?

Mitali It's a little annoying. In the book, Robb marries Jeyne for the sake of honour - he doesn't want to dishonour the girl he slept with by refusing to ma…moreIt's a little annoying. In the book, Robb marries Jeyne for the sake of honour - he doesn't want to dishonour the girl he slept with by refusing to marry her. On the show, Robb marries Talisa just because she's hot. I think the former makes for a better and more interesting motivation. It also ties Robb to Ned: both father and son are overly concerned with honour.(less)

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To date, A Storm of Swords is the best of the books. I'm hungry for more, pray, shall we have a Feast of Crows?

Aaron Toponce I found "A Feast for Crows" to be the worst book in the series to date (5 books) and "A Dance with Dragons" to be the best. With that said, "A Storm o…moreI found "A Feast for Crows" to be the worst book in the series to date (5 books) and "A Dance with Dragons" to be the best. With that said, "A Storm of Swords" is probably my 2nd favorite book in the series.(less)

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I am so confused! Is this a two part book (Book #3) or does it stand alone? If there was a second part, why didn't anyone say so!?

Heather A Storm of Swords has been published both as one volume and in two parts. If yours has 1177 pages and is titled "A Storm of Swords" you have the entir…moreA Storm of Swords has been published both as one volume and in two parts. If yours has 1177 pages and is titled "A Storm of Swords" you have the entire thing. If it's "A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow" or "A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold" then you have one half.(less)

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Does each Games of Thrones book recap what happened in the last one? Because each book comes with few years intervale of time between each other, I'm afraid that I might forget what happened on the last one.

Matt Jivin Nope, that's what wikipedia is for.…moreNope, that's what wikipedia is for.(less)

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How exactly does cutting off Jaime's hand benefit Vargo Hoat? Roose Bolton explained it but I didn't really get it ...

Šålvàà Lïdøšs by cutting his hand off he insures that bolton would not give him to Tywin for it's bolton's crime as much as his, by being a bolton man it would seem…moreby cutting his hand off he insures that bolton would not give him to Tywin for it's bolton's crime as much as his, by being a bolton man it would seem that cutting the hand came by a bolton order.
and also it shows how serious he is by his threats of killing jaime if not ransomed (less)

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