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I recently finished Feast, and I really didn’t enjoy it, should I carry on?
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If you made it through feast just keep going. Feast is the hardest to get through in the series so far
If you can make it through that you can make it through just about anything! You’ll like Dance a lot more! Way more action.
Sam wrote: "As the title says, I finished Feast not too long ago, with an open mind, I really tried to enjoy it, despite what people said about this one. But I just really didn’t like it and I’ve lost all moti..."Can I suggest if you find it too slow to begin your own more adventurous, faster paced story. If nothing else it shows how damned hard it is.
I think you should continue, it would be a waste to stop now.
Sam wrote: "As the title says, I finished Feast not too long ago, with an open mind, I really tried to enjoy it, despite what people said about this one. But I just really didn’t like it and I’ve lost all moti..."If your problem is the pace of Feast, then in Dance you're only going to have issues with Dany's chapters (but hey, Dany's last two chapters are amazing, especially the last one). Maybe with some of Tyrion's chapters too. He's at his lowest here. Some new characters in Essos are confusing too. The Ironborn get more interesting, tho. AND: You've got to read about Jon managing things at the Night's Watch, Stannis, the Boltons, Asha, Barbrey Dustin, Lord Wyman fucking Manderly, Melisandre in her own POV, the Widow of the Waterfront, Alys Karstark, Varamyr Sixskins and most of all, THEON. Theon is a must. You have to read Theon, man.
In my case the love for A Feast for Crows came on the second and third reading. For me it had a bunch of Easter Eggs.
It's such an amazingly tragic and, sordid betrayal, which is fantastic.
Stephen wrote: "In my case the love for A Feast for Crows came on the second and third reading. For me it had a bunch of Easter Eggs."My thoughts exactly! It really descended into something else entirely after the third book. I was kind of scratching my head during a lot of it wondering why the plot scattered so drastically.
What is the deal with the Pate (a.k.a pig boy) from prologue at the Oldtown? He was killed by some alchemist ( and who is he in real?) and in the last chapter Sam saw some guy at archemeaster's house who called himself a Pate? Thank you! Sorry for mistakes, I am not native speaker.
In regards to Pate (view spoiler) It really leaves a lot of questions that still have not been answered.
Continue. I know it's hard because you get to the slower pace of AFOC after the fast pace of ASOS but read on. ADWD is not as slow as AFOC but GRRM is using these two books to set things up for TWOW. ADWD is one of my favorites in the series.
Yes, I enjoyed Feast but I know a lot of people don't so my advice would be to read ADWD as focus shifts back to what people consider the "main characters" and the plot really moves along.
Hard to say without the whole series being completed as even after Dance there are questions and concerns with where the plot is going...but Id say give it a chapter or two if youre curious and if you still hate it don't bother. Or wait until the series is completed and revisit it if the fanfare is good enough. Alternatively, give A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms a read. It contains 3 shorter stories follow Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Aegon Targaryen, and is set about 100 years prior to King Roberts reign. Its an excellent read.
Awerdna wrote: "What is the deal with the Pate (a.k.a pig boy) from prologue at the Oldtown? He was killed by some alchemist ( and who is he in real?) and in the last chapter Sam saw some guy at archemeaster's hou..."I found my answers here and it made everything so much more meaningful:
https://youtu.be/4Cb7PzEqt50
well, feast is really not fantasy type book, it rather is book deeply related to human nature, as far as i think, people who read books for fun, thrill, suspense Won't find it great. on the other hand, for me, who hate harry potter, and lord of the rings for there simple protagonist , good vs bad, chocolate and ice cream magic story and love GRRM work for It's stories depth, moral question of human nature, this book is a treat.
Sam wrote: "As the title says, I finished Feast not too long ago, with an open mind, I really tried to enjoy it, despite what people said about this one. But I just really didn’t like it and I’ve lost all moti..."As others are saying, keep going. Of the five books, Feast was by far the slowest and dreariest in tone. I still liked it, but it wasn't as "fun" as the previous three. ADwD, though, gets back to the brisker pacing and more of the gallows humor of the first three. And it obviously helps that the "sexier" characters of Dany, Jon, and Tyrion are back.
At this point I said no. The only reason I say No is because he’s not gonna finish the series. I believe he’s done with it or hit a wall. Why continue reading what he doesn’t finish
I enjoyed Dance much more than Feast! You can try... you can leave it if you don't like it later (:
I felt that the same way when I first read a feast of crows. But on my second reading the feast of crows have become my all time favorites book. While it seem like nothing is happening, there is actually a lot happening.
I suggest you to continue. A dance with dragons is better by far from a feast for crows
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Should I bother? As someone who really didn’t enjoy the slow pace of Feast, and not much happening in it, is Dance more or less the same? Or should I just give it a go anyway?