August 27th, 2011 at 8:25PM
Sorry if most people don’t think it’s unreasonable for a story to also fucking advance in a 1000 page book that took 6 years to publish (and would’ve taken longer to write if someone, presumably HBO, had not pressured him into publishing an unfinished book). The first three books managed to tell a story and move the plot along just fine. ADWD did not do this. Its plot creeped along and very few plot points were resolved. I get that GRRM wants to show more of the world and that’s just great, but not at the expense of the story. Because I refuse to concede that goddamn river turtles added anything of value to the story. Just to make this clear, I enjoyed ADWD. I read that shit in two days and couldn’t put it down. But compared to the first three books it is a fucking sorry excuse for a novel from what is supposed to be the “American Tolkien”. People who criticize George so harshly do so because we know he’s capable of better.

Sorry if most people don’t think it’s unreasonable for a story to also fucking advance in a 1000 page book that took 6 years to publish (and would’ve taken longer to write if someone, presumably HBO, had not pressured him into publishing an unfinished book). The first three books managed to tell a story and move the plot along just fine. ADWD did not do this. Its plot creeped along and very few plot points were resolved. I get that GRRM wants to show more of the world and that’s just great, but not at the expense of the story. Because I refuse to concede that goddamn river turtles added anything of value to the story.

Just to make this clear, I enjoyed ADWD. I read that shit in two days and couldn’t put it down. But compared to the first three books it is a fucking sorry excuse for a novel from what is supposed to be the “American Tolkien”.

People who criticize George so harshly do so because we know he’s capable of better.

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  3. nerobi reblogged this from winteriscomingbitch and added:
    Thank you! I enjoyed it very much, but I still believe that 6 years to write it, knowing that we’ll have years to wait...
  4. winteriscomingbitch reblogged this from asoiafconfessions and added:
    Sorry if most people don’t think it’s unreasonable for a story to also fucking advance in a 1000 page book that took 6...
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  6. selithiel reblogged this from asoiafconfessions and added:
    I also think everyone somehow skipped over the whole blurb about ADWD having the same general timeline as AFFC, so...
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  10. swordinthedarkness reblogged this from asoiafconfessions and added:
    Wow, someone needs to quote this and put it in an Amazon review. I agree 100 percent.
  11. corvoattano reblogged this from asoiafconfessions and added:
    Yeah but stories kinda need to tell a story. Okay, that’s harsh, but compare it to the first three volumes..
  12. kyoryugolds-cute-dino-everything reblogged this from asoiafconfessions and added:
    This so much. I hate it when people demand that stories follow certain patterns and have to go somewhere that meets...
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