having finished A Feast for Crows...

[zwol]

I liked this one, despite having started it with serious misgivings. He got me to care about the action in this book despite that it was not the action I wanted to hear about.

( Spoilerful comments: )

• I am no longer indifferent to whether Cersei dies screaming. It must happen. Especially after that cliffhanger.
• I like this new High Septon, but militant religious orders are still a Bad Idea.
• I was not expecting to end up liking Petyr Baelish, nor did I think there was any hope that Sansa might grow a clue.
• I was not expecting Jaime Lannister to develop a non-asshole component to his personality, never mind how small.
• Dude, Brienne can't catch a single break, can she? She's totally in the wrong universe. She belongs in The King's Peace or Darkover or somewhere like that.
• What the hell with that prologue? Did I miss something, or did that have no consequences anywhere else in the novel?
• That better not have been permanent what you did to Arya.
• The iron men are hostis humani generis. Where's Cicero when you need him?
• Actually, in general, where's Cicero when you need him?
• Or the good Baron de Montesquieu?
• Speaking of which, how the hell is pure high medieval feudalism a stable form of government for as long as it apparently has been in Westeros?