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

GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.

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)

Still a good book, but narration is starting to drift

This is still a great book by George RR (not AS good as the first 3), but still good. Roy dotroyce is really starting to wane in consistency as a narrator, but I believe he was ill in this time period and beginning to lose his health and life.

Overall, you are invested in the story at this point after the first 3 books and it’s still worth it too finish the series, in my opinion.

Great but sounded different that the previous books

Why did way some names were pronounced change? Got confusing. Is it KAT-Lyn or Kate-Lyn?

Loved it

Wonderful novel, wonderful performance by the narrator. Audible is forcing me to write a minimum of fifteen words, so I’m still writing to meet that requirement.

Roy Dotrice is holding me back

I can’t stand Roy Dotrice narrating. It has taken me months to finish the series because of his voice. I wish I would have bought the physical copy of the series.

Worst narration EVER!

What happened to the narrator? Why is he giving Scottish accents to characters that never had them before? Why is he mispronouncing character names? I someone addressed this issue with him before A Dance with Dragons.

Bry-EEN

Amazing book, just get ready to wince everytime Roy Dotrice (RIP) inexcusably calls Brienne, bry-EEN of Tarth for the entire series.

Love GOT!!

I’m addicted ! For sure !
Great voices ! Some crack me up , in a good way of course . The books are definitely different from the series .

Roy, your killing me

How could the performance have been better?

I guess Roy Dotrice must have just completely forgotten how he pronounced half of the characters names in the last three books he read, it's seriously driving me crazy, He's pronouncing Catelyn: Katelyn, Brienne: Bernie, Petyr: Peter, and a whole slew of other inconsistent pronunciations. I literally cringe at every mispronunciation. But besides that the book is fine, I'm only a few hours in but i couldn't take the rampant mispronunciation anymore. I guess all we can do is stick it out and hope Dotrice remembers how to pronounce the names in the remaining books.

Perfection.

I don't like fantasy novels. I find the entire fantasy genre to be kind of annoying.

However, the Game of Thrones show on HBO got me hooked pretty fast, and I got impatient waiting for new episodes to trickle out once a week.

So, I started buying the Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks, and quickly found myself sucked into George R. R. Martin's world.

The series is amazing. The character development is outstanding. The writing is nuanced and mature. The plot is perhaps one of the greatest of all time.

The scope of the story is epic- with so many characters, I wonder how the author manages to keep them all straight in his head. I often have to follow along with the game of thrones wiki online. I would begrudge this, except that I have grown to really appreciate that exceptionally rich world the author has built.

This series makes most of the other novels I'm reading seem shallow and small by comparison. Martin has raised the bar on what I want out of a story.

Martin torments his characters mercilessly, or kills them off suddenly. He takes villains and turns them into heroes, and shows us in a thousand ways that there are no distinct boundaries between good and evil. In the end, you never know what will happen next in the story. The only certainty is that you will be entertained and delighted.

I must also say a word about Roy Dotrice's narration, which is hands down the best I've ever heard. It is hard to imagine being able to follow the story without his masterful vocal nuances reminding us which of Martin's hundreds of characters are doing the talking.

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I give this book, and this series my highest possible recommendation.

I don't care what they say ...

Any additional comments?

I don't care what the others say. I am glad Roy is back, even with the voice and some pronunciation changes it is still good to see that the publishers are listening and that Roy is still able to give his voice to the series.

What allot of people don't realize is that allot of time has passed between the 1st 3 books and the latter 2 books and also Roy is not a young whipper snapper anymore (he was borned 1923 ... so do the math); its just the way life is, I wouldn't expect Mr. Dotrice to be sitting around for all those years twiddling his thumbs and