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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)
by: George R.R. Martin

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553582024
ISBN: 055358202X
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1104
Publication Date: September 26, 2006
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Sales Rank: 5081
Studio: Spectra

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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 A Feast for Crows, 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.

A Feast for Crows

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.

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.

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.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- One of the greatest Epic stories ever written.
Maybe the best story I've ever read. Epic in span. The books look intimidating in size, but they read fast. There are no good guys and bad guys, just characters with their own motivations. At the end of the first book, I had my favorite character and my most hated characters(two brothers); at the end of the third book the brothers were my favorite characters. The character development in this story is second to none. This series of books would appeal to non science-fiction fans. I can't recommend it enough. The only thing that scares me is that there are at least 2, probably 3, more books to come, and the author is gray-haired and over weight. I pray this series is completed.

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- Subdued, but still very good
AFFC has been derided by some for being the weakest of the series - I happen to agree with the second half of that statement, but it's still quite a good book, particularly compared to the vast majority of what is out there. No, it won't provide as many visceral thrills as the first three books in the series did (particularly ASOS), but the quiet tension both above and below the surface still provide a good deal of interesting interplay between the characters.

Criticisms; because of the focus on only certain characters, the feeling of missing out on the story of Jon, Stannis and the like is exaggerated ( especially as the delay in getting the next book has lengthened), I also am not as interested in the Ironborn as I probably needed to be, and there's a general feeling that the book is more of a set-up for the rest of the series than a standalone.

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- "Feast for Shrooms" is More Like It
I was so excited when I first read AGOT in 2005. Recommended to me by a friend, the book re-attracted me to the fantasy genre, which I considered dead and gone. Too many cliche's, too many black-and-white characters and plots, too many story arcs pulled out of thin air or thick bottoms. AGOT changed all that with its complex characters (the deeply-faulted heroes of House Stark and the complex, nearly sympathetic villains of House Lannister, except for that steaming pile Cersi - boo! Hiss!), vast country and political intrigue. There was the 700-foot Wall in the North, with the undead Others beyond. Something for everyone, and so well put together! I was so happy to have found a writer that "got it." Tell me a great story, with good characters, and have them do cool things in cool places, and I will plunk down $25 for hardcover.

Then GRRM got famous and started making money.

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Rating:

- No more
Let me start by saying I have not read this book, and I will not read it. I have read the previous three books and I refuse to keep spending money, time and patience on authors that seem to value money and ego more than providing their readers with good books. Milking the cow for all it is worth and writing sagas ad infinitum is for me, just too much. Mr. Martin can count me out.

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