I hope to make them the gift of a great reading experience. My rating for the book is set in the context of the alternative works of fantasy on the shelves rather than in an attempt to rank this volume amongst its predecessors (I would say signficantly better than A Feast For Crows – less good than the first three, still excellent)A Dance with Dragons advances the story with more purpose and scope than its predecessor, reacquainting us with favourite characters (Tyrion, Jon, Dany, and Bran) we’ve not seen since A Storm of Swords (2000). Since it’s a national newspaper and many of the readers may never have read a fantasy book, let alone the first four in the ASOIAF series, the review is less about this book and more about the series and the author. But after two books which carry the story very little forward, yes, better wait till we are sure the story is completed (and not disa For years I have been saying, part of the fun is the wait and discussing it with other fans and reading it along with people when it cames out. But I am stopping recommending it to people now. We are not amused. I have hope yet there will be a complete rest of the series. More hints, more misdirection, a few historical easter eggs for hardcore fans and many many cliffhangers for us to mull till the next book cames out (3 books wait, mininum according to the author). I want to know who Jon´s parents are (for sure, I mean), or what Varys´s objectives actually are, know how this ends. We have many mysteries, prophecies pending from the first 3 books. My complaint is that this series seems to have lost focus, became much slower and fragmented. (I certainly got enough other books to read while waiting).
Dorothy Dunnett also took her own time planning and writing.
Other authors take their time: Megan Whalen Turner seems to also take 5-6 years on each new book and that does not impair my love and appreciation for those. After a few years of waiting, I think I managed to ignore it (by ruthlessly ignoring almost all discussion of anything related to these books for years). I think I have been waiting since 1998 for this (this was supposed to be book 3 sometime in the past). My complaint by the way, is not about the wait itself.
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