[skookumchuck]

I had to force myself to finish Dance With Dragons. The whole GoT just dissipated into a bunch of meandering subplots going nowhere.

[stevenwoo]

Me, too. I thought it flowed a little better when read in order interleaved with the fourth book since those last two books happen at the same time, but still lots of plots that disappeared in translation to the TV show - so they could not have been that important to the end game. It was always going to be difficult to top the first three books, how many book series are consistently great?

[kbenson]

> It was always going to be difficult to top the first three books, how many book series are consistently great?

In a similar vein, my anticipation of The Doors of Stone has gone from fervent to uneasy as the years have dragged on...