A Feast for Crows

A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4

By: George R.R. Martin

Narrated by: Roy Dotrice

Length: 33 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.

A Feast for Crows

It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.

But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.

©2007 George R.R. Martin (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." ( Time)

"The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of Thrones. Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5” (Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press)

“THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.… A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy.” ( Contra Costa Times)

great story, but this one sounds​ really bad

in short, I love the books and I love listening to them. however, this one sounded like it was recorded through a metal tube and didn't have the same quality as previous books.

Hradest voice ever

This person that read this audio is too hard to understand. His imitation voices are to harsh and offensive to the point they become garbled. The Britt accent is hard enough to understand without it being over exaggerated.

This is where the books and TV show diverge

Still a lot of overlap but things happen to some of our favorite characters that you won't be prepared for and made me very sad. That said, I'm not a huge fan of the reader, as i've made plain in my other reviews of the previous books. He doesn't have a broad range of voices, nor can he keep straight which voice he used for who. Considering what a massive hit the show was I wish they'd hire a full cast to re-do the recording... or at least someone with more versatility

Not the best in the series

Certainly the slowest of the four thus far, particularly as so many of the main characters were absent. Whether or not Martin Intended this to be mostly expositional and a platform for many secondary characters is hard to fathom. Less all out war and more one on one sword play plus lots of execution seems to make up the bulk of bloodletting.

Regardless, Volume 5 will follow up soon enough as it looks like Volume 6 still has an as yet announced release date.

Good not GREAT!!

Wasnt as much action as the prior books. The book is still good and sets up the next book well.

Great Book

Really great over all. My one small complaint is the narrator often forgot the voices he used for different characters. This is the only (easily understandable) issue I had with the reading.

What happened to Roy?

Any additional comments?

Roy has been so consistent in the first three books and is an excellent narrator. However, like others have pointed out, he varies significantly in character voices in this book and even mispronounces several character names. For example, at one point, he mispronounces Brienne and shortly later pronounces it correctly. I hope he gets the fifth book right.

OMG STOP COUGH TALKING

seriously I understand immersion but the coughing wheezing voices made me want to kill myself

good story, had trouble adjusting to the narrator.

I read the first three books myself a long time ago and wanted to finally get caught up with the next two and listening to someone else's idea of what these characters are like was incredibly difficult. I'm not a fan because it seemed like there are only a few types of people in this, there are old people who have smoked their whole lives, toddlers, and just a few normal sounding characters.

in the end I got over it and enjoyed the story but I recommend reading these if you have the spare time to do so.

great but not perfect.

roy detrice (sp?) pronounces names very different from the tv show. (Briene, Melisandre etc...

other than that he has a wonderful performance.