Game of Thrones 4.6 "The Laws of Gods and Men" (spoiler alert)

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41. well, when A Feast for Crows came out

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It had been several years since I had read A Storm of Swords, and I had been through a divorce, a few job changes, remarriage and then fatherhood in the interim. So, when I picked up the book, I was like, "Who in the seven hells are these characters?" when they went through the Ironborn and Dorne chapters. I put the book down in frustration and didn't pick it up again until A Dance with Dragons had a firm release date in 2011. From there, i started the entire series over from the beginning... and things made a lot more sense that second time through, and you don't forget all the secondary and tertiary characters that way.

I still don't love the Ironborn chapters, but I know Victarion and Euron are going to possibly play major roles, and who knows if & when the Damphair will turn up?

With Dorne, I think Martin took too long in getting through the story of Arianne, Myrcella, Arys Oakheart, Areo Hotah and The Dark Star, Gerold Dayne. It could have been compressed into half the number of pages.