A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin - Book Review

Reading, reading, reading. That's what I've been doing since, pretty much Christmas. I got a lovely little Kobo ereader from my husband and I have been making good use of it. I have some issue with insomnia and have discovered I sleep a fair bit better if I read myself to the brink of sleep each night. The problem was the book I was reading. I am addicted to the Game of Thrones books by George R. R. Martin and if you are unfamiliar with them they are each close to if not over 1,000 pages. This was quite awkward to read in bed and when you doze off you loose your page. I have found having the ereader very beneficial! It's also easier to read on the elliptical machine we have at home and reading, I find, makes the time go fastest. Another reason I appreciate my ereader is for the built in dictionary. If there is a word that you are not entirely familiar with you can simply highlight it and look it up. For a writer like George R. R. Martin this is VERY handy. I have no idea how someone would even develop such a vocabulary of old English words. Why, I have never needed to know the specific word used for a jail cell that opens from above.

There are 5 books published so far in the A Song of Ice and Fire series with 2 more planned for the future. Like I said, I've been obsessed. It's hard for me to stop reading to write this blog. lol George R. R. Martin is an unbelievable story teller. The detail and language he uses is astounding. The different chapters for all the books are written from the perspective of many different characters. I enjoy this style since it gives the reader an inside perspective on the person telling the story. Each book will pick up a new personal perspective or two and it's interesting that I find myself liking that person more, the more their voice is used... in most cases. There is still the occasional person that you still loath even when you understand more of why they are doing what they do or the reasons behind their personality.

I promise not to give away any plot points or spoilers for anyone that is either reading them now or might chose to in the future. One thing I will mention though is that it's a quite surprising book in the way that so many people die. In most books you can have the expectation that the main characters are mostly immune to death even when calamity falls on them. Not so with A Song of Ice and Fire. I mentioned to my husband that I don't know how there will be enough people to write about in the 5th book cause everyone is getting killed! I know this could be a big problem for some people that tend to get very attached to a certain person and feel devastated when they are removed from the plot. If this applies to you I do not recommend you read these books.

Reading A Feast for Crows, book 4 in the series, I was feeling a little miffed at not knowing what was happening with a few of the characters I had grown to love in A Storm of Swords. I mean if the book is 1,000 pages long you think there would be an update or two. At the end of the book however there is an exert where the Author tells us that he did not forget about the other Characters but the he had written to much about everyone and decided to break it into 2 books. The books are not divided chronologically like most but devided in perspective of characters. Book 5 will overlap a portion of the time covered in book 4 in a different voice. This should make it a little strange getting my barrings straight in book 5 however I will be quite happy to hear what is happening with a few of my favorites.

George R. R. Martin was also a Television director for a number of years and as such I think it gives him a good perspective on writing with TV in mind. I have watched the Game of Thrones series on Television and was impressed at how closely it mirrored the book. I'm looking forward to that series continuation in April.

Over all I am vastly impresses with these books and find the scope and vision of the Author. They are an amazing read that I would highly recommend to someone that enjoys a good long book.

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