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Originally Posted by Swanman
I just started my re-read of Storm of Swords and I forgot how much better the book is. The show is still great but they have to leave so much out. I am only through the first Jaime chapter and it was amazing with the Riverrun galley chasing Brienne/Jaime in their little boat.
My wife is just finishing up Dance so it motivated me to do a re-read of books 3-5. She just got to the part where Jon gets the letter from Ramsay so she will be in for a shock very shortly.
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These books are even better in some ways on a re-read. The first time, my impatient self wanted to know what was going to happen so I read them way too quickly and missed some of the richer detail. The second time through was fun because I could focus on the details more and try to catch more of the hints that GRRM throws out there as well as more of the history he has created.
I would strongly recommend reading books 4 and 5 simultaneously the second time through based on one of the chapter lists you can get on-line (i.e. at Tower of the Hand website). To me the story flowed sooooo much better that way than it did splitting some characters off and then coming back to them later. Much more enjoyable to me.