OK, finished 'Dances' last night. Can't say NOTHING happened, but Martin sure as hell waited til the end to squeeze in some action.
I am mostly pleased with how its all gone down. By the time I finally read 'Feast', after hearing so much hate, I really kind of liked it. And 'Dances' was even better. I had read books 1 - 3 before even hearing about the HBO show. It was a thrill getting back in there through Martin's eyes.
My only real beef is with just how in depth the storyline over in Dany's neck of the woods got. Not too hard to follow, just ....too much? And I hate the carachter names over there. I feel like I'd sound like I was trying to clear popcorn kernels reading them out loud.
Any new characters & storylines introduced in 'Feast' & beyond make me nervous. I know I should trust Martin with his baby. He's gotten us this far. But I can't help but worry that these people were included before there entire stories were plotted.
But why worry? If ever loose ends need severed, chopped, hacked, slashed, mangled, incinerated.......
