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A Dance with Dragons
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July 12, 2011
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August 15, 2011
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What Members Thought

Michelle
I will never read another book this thick in less than a week again, my brain is mush and for what?

I'm glad my favorite characters were in this one, but so much was said, and not that much even happened. It really sucks to read 1000+ pages and be indifferent to 500 of them
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Sarah
Dec 07, 2011 rated it it was amazing
This book was so good! I really enjoyed this book much more than I had anticipated. In the previous books, I hadn't been a huge fan of Daenerys' sections, and the title of this one gave me the impression that she would have a big role in this book. And she did, but I liked her sections in this one much more than I had her sections in the previous books. That may be because there are other characters surrounding her whose POV we get access to fairly regularly. All of the other characters had wond ...more
L. Lawson
ADwD is MUCH better on a second read. I originally thought the plot wasn't very engaging, but it certainly is--at least in this first book. Even the Dany and Tyrion chapters are exciting. Perhaps it's because there's not much Quentyn yet, which I thought dragged the story down. (That'll be in the second aDwD book.) Plus, a second read is letting me get immersed in the details a lot more (I think I was much more concerned with plot the first go round). Quite a good book.

The Theon chapters are sti
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L. Lawson
Mar 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
On a reread, I discovered the beauty of this book. If you hated it the first time, reread it as you reread the series. You'll like it too. ...more
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