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A Song of Ice and Fire Book 5: A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin  *Spoiler Warning* This review contains spoilers for both the novel and the HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones.  Introduction  It’s a bit sad to say that A Dance with Dragons will remain my last book review for A Song of Ice and Fire , and hopefully won’t be my last ever! But George Martin has yet to complete The Winds of Winter , so alas. Typically, when I reach a review for the last book in a series, I like to give a small review for the series as a whole at the end. For the purposes of A Song of Ice and Fire , I will not be doing that because the series is unfinished. I can’t completely accurately give the series a rating on a 5 star scale because I don’t know how it’s going to end or if I’ll enjoy the last 2 books. I probably will, but that’s only optimism and conjecture.  In my previous review for book four, A Feast for Crows , I discussed how Feast gained all the story’s major t...

A Song of Ice and Fire Book 4: A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin  *Spoiler Warning* This review contains spoilers for both the novel and the HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones.  Introduction  Often considered the quote-unquote worst book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, a Feast for Crows had a lot to live up to immediately following the masterpiece that A Storm of Swords truly was. The stylistic choice that George R.R. Martin made for this novel was also divisive among Ice and Fire fans. For those who don’t know, books 4 and 5 ( A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragon s) were originally meant to be one installment. Upon realizing that this would not he possible based on the behemoth length of the novel, it was decided that it would be published as two separate books. The problem came about when Martin decided that it didn’t do the plot and thematic concerns of the novel justice to simply cut it in half at the midway point. So instead, he decide...

  A Song of Ice and Fire Book 3: A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin Spoiler Warning This review contains spoilers for both the novel and the HBO television adaptation  Game of Thrones.  Content Warning This review contains mentions of slavery, extreme violence, child marriage, and sexual assault.  Introduction  To most, this is the true masterpiece of George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. To many other fans, they have decided that this novel will suffice as their makeshift ending to the story if Martin never finishes the series. Others consider this the last truly great novel in the series, with some fans being disappointed by books four and five. One thing that I think most Ice and Fire fans can agree on is that A Storm of Swords, from start to finish, is one hell of a ride. The third Ice and Fire installment picks up after the events of the War of the Five Kings in book two, with Renly Baratheon dead, Joffrey's hold on the Iron...