The story is the most important thing - I think. If you like the story, the writing will come.
I've heard Dance is better than Feast, in part because it's a little less grim, and we have more of Tyrion and Dany and the dragons.
There's a lot of wandering around in Feast - moving the characters from point A-B and building up to Cersei's downfall. You were right by the way about Cersei - she's incredibly dumb in this book. Up until this point, the character seemed somewhat intelligent, here, she's bat-shit crazy with power or the hunger for it, that she is making one dumb mistake after another, some feel a bit contrived and completely unrealistic.
Also..far too introspective, too much navel gazing without much happening. At the moment my favorite characters are Asha, Ayra, and Sansa/Alayne because they are more pro-active and less into the navel gazing.
Work is getting in the way of my creative writing. I didn't try Nano because I don't have the time with work and other commitments.
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Date: 2011-11-24 08:49 pm (UTC)I've heard Dance is better than Feast, in part because it's a little less grim, and we have more of Tyrion and Dany and the dragons.
There's a lot of wandering around in Feast - moving the characters from point A-B and building up to Cersei's downfall. You were right by the way about Cersei - she's incredibly dumb in this book. Up until this point, the character seemed somewhat intelligent, here, she's bat-shit crazy with power or the hunger for it, that she is making one dumb mistake after another, some feel a bit contrived and
completely unrealistic.
Also..far too introspective, too much navel gazing without much happening. At the moment my favorite characters are Asha, Ayra, and
Sansa/Alayne because they are more pro-active and less into the navel gazing.
Work is getting in the way of my creative writing. I didn't try Nano because I don't have the time with work and other commitments.