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)

GRRM Nails it! Dotrice thinks women are stupid.

Where does A Feast for Crows rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

First of all, the book is great! GRRM is obviously building up to some pretty epic events to come in this novel. Some people complain that he has "lost his vision", but I believe this book is important to set the stage for what is to come.

Roy Dotrice is very good at some characters, especially the old men and gruff warrior types. When it comes to women.. he makes them all sound like daft peasants... even the high born ladies. It isn't so bad that I couldn't enjoy listening, but it can be distracting when the witty and smart Lady Arya sounds like a low born gutter snipe.

Now lets see if GRRM will take another 5 years to write the Winds of Winter...

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Make the women sound appropriate to their station.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I could stay awake for 37 hours.. sure.

A good long story for a long winter's weekend.

I like listening to this series while I am working on my projects.
Easy to listen to while working without becoming distracted.

:)

Names were changed and that was frustrating, but enjoyed it still all the same! :)a

A great push forward in the twists and tales story

Would you consider the audio edition of A Feast for Crows to be better than the print version?

The audio edition ensures that I get the names correctly pronounced. It is easier to follow for me when I am commuting and just helps me picture the whole story as it came together.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I enjoy Samual Turley. He seems like a good kid who wants to always do the right thing, but he's even been tempted a few times to ask for what he wants.

What about Roy Dotrice’s performance did you like?

His constant changing of his tone and developing an attitude for each character in the storyline.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Don't chose a hero yet.

Any additional comments?

Please continue with the last books because I would love to learn how the story ends.

Arya's Accent :(

Same narrator as the other books in the series, yet he started using the accent he used for Ygritte in the last book for Arya. I was looking forward to Arya's part so much, but it hurts.

Great story. Narrator lost his way

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It's part of "A Song of Ice and Fire"

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Dotrice has a bunch of voices, but the previous books were much better in their performance. The recording quality is bad. He sounds like he is reading inside a barrel. He doesn't use the same voices for the same characters. For one, Arya is surprisingly different. It's like he purposely is screwing it up.

narrative

as with theother books w/the same narrator, femalevoices all soundlike oldwomen it's awful.otherwise, he's fine.

Great read

Another great listen that fills in the stories of those who are not apart of the main story.

loved it

One star off for Roy's stray from names and pronouciations of some things, otherwise loved it

Not as gripping as the prior books.

I expected more since the previous books were so interesting. Although, I recommend reading this book to keep up with the story.