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)

no consistency in narration

I love the book and Roys overall performance, however starting with this book, he has changed the accents and pronunciations of several characters from past books. Also, the editor missed the division in a couple chapters and they've been combined into one. Still a great book.

Fantastic book

I really enjoy how the narrator changes his vocal tones and dialects to portray the different characters

A setup for the next book

Still really awesome, but most of the book is setting up what's to come. The perspectives in this book were all over the place. It was interesting, and I'm very curious to see how it all comes together.

some voices were changed

Roy does a fabulous job changing the voices of the characters. however, the voices he used for Little Finger and Samwell were different than the previous 4 books..it threw me off a little. you get so used to the characters tone of voice you can immediately tell who it is. I'm wondering if Varys voice will change in DWD. I'm off to find out......

Great story nearly ruined by narrator

If you could sum up A Feast for Crows in three words, what would they be?

Great book ruined

How could the performance have been better?

If it had been performed by someone else. Mr Dotrice is clearly far too old to voice characters convincingly, and he can't even seem to take in enough breath to get through a full sentence. Constantly throughout the book, sentences get chopped up into nonsensical staccato sentences due to Mr Dotrice's insertion of pauses at random moments.

Pls Circe slap Roy Dotrice for book 4 performance

Ya done messed up A-A-Ron! Screwed up voices for Dolorus Ed, Little Finger, Varius, & more! Roy couldn't do 5 minutes of research to remember their voices from previous books?

So good!

Great story originality thanks to RR Martin. The ability of the audio narrator is impressive considering the number of prominent characters. Thoughtful... and impeccable story telling.

Great Book! Satisfactory reading

Roy Detrice read/performed all currently existing Songs of Fire and Ice. His performances throughout Books 1-3 were superb! This book's performance was still superb, however, Mr. Detrice decided to change the way he performed. He changed the voices of characters that you have heard since page 1 of book 1. He changed the way he pronounced names (KATE-Lin vs. CAT-Lin, PETE-r vs. Pe-TIRE and numerous others. Overall, the changes, so far in to the story, made for an unpleasant experience. I can only hope that in A Dance with Dragons, he kept his wits about him and reverted to the original pronunciations and voices.

Totally engrossing as always

This was a great book in the continuing series. And the turn at the end!
Still too many characters to worry about. It's almost a relief if they die because you're relieved they're spared a worse fate.

Pronunciation much??

Roy Dotrices performance is always a joy to hear but now I'm not sure how some of the character names are pronounced anymore. Is it Cait-lyn or Cat-lyn, Pe-tar or Pe-ter? Either way I did enjoy this book though not as much as Storm of Swords.