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Old 09-19-2013, 01:15 PM   #1370
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The Red Viper was a badass. He beat Gregor in a one on one battle. Sure he lost in the end due to his own arrogance, but in the actual fighting, he owned Gregor. There are not a lot of people that could beat Gregor in a one on one fight.

And even though the Red Viper died, he got revenge for his sister and her kids by causing Gregor to suffer horribly for a long period of time by using a poisoned spear. There are also theories that he was poisoning Tywin Lannister which is why Tywin was in the restroom in the middle of the night and why his body stank so bad at his funeral.

I think most readers agree with you that the "Dany is trying to rule and is in love with Daario" chapters are kinda dull (other than lesbian sex which is always fun!). The Mereen story does not really get good again after book three until you get to the last part of book 5. Assuming you aren't there yet, I won't go into detail, but you'll know when they get interesting again.

And just be aware that Books 4 and 5 are more set up and less action than book 3. They have things ready for Book 6 to be just as good as Book 3 was, but Books 4 and 5 can drag in parts unless you try to get yourself interested in the amazing detail and interwoven clues that GRRM puts in there.

After reading them, you should go to the Tower of the Hand website and look through some of their essays about books 4 and 5. Lots of good stuff that you will have missed (nobody picks up on all of it in one reading).
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