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Originally Posted by Shoegaze99 It seems no one has it in them to offer a real criticism, so let me be the first:
Sometimes, Martin doesn’t know what to leave off the page. While the series thus far has avoided the needless and seemingly endless filler burdening Robert Jordan’s series, Martin has from time to time included lengthy passages and sequences that do little to further the story or characters.
Oh, nothing that has detracted from the series. Things move along at a brisk enough pace so that almost immediately after a sequence that strikes me as needless another is started that surges the plot forward in a major way. As long as he remains tight and focused, not a HUGE issue … but I can’t deny that there have been a few chapters along the way that easily, easily could have been cast aide and no one would have missed them. |
But nothing glaring. Most books probably could use a snip or a cut. There has only been a very small margin of critism on this thread mainly as you have already stated GRRM has stayed the course. Tight and focused.