I'm a little over half way through A Dance with Dragons. So far, I've enjoyed all 5 books. If you're a fan of a lot of multi-novel fantasy series, then you're used to reading books that are less than stellar later on (or perhaps in the middle) of the series. While some critics bash books 2, 4, and 5 of the Song of Ice and Fire; none of these books fail to have the same great writing as the best books of this series. Admittedly, those 3 novels move a bit more slowly than the other two and aren't always as epic- they certainly still have a lot of awesome parts. None of them are complete disappointments the way we get some let downs in the Sword of Truth and Wheel of Time Series. The Song of Ice and Fire is a great series, and might become my favorite fantasy series. Let's just all pray that George RR Martin lives to finish his story.
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