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Not me - I think he has a point.
I find that whenever I get interested in a sympathetic character, GRRM either kills them off, or makes something terrible happen to them. I'm just a little teed off that all the people that I liked reading about are either in dire straits, or dead and, to be quite frank, with that and the delay in publishing the next installment, I've quite lost interest in the whole saga.
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I haven't lost interest in the series, but there were times I found G.R.R.M.'s willingness to kill or maim certain characters a bit too zealous. When things like this happen I begin questioning the writer's motives more and focusing on the story less, which takes me out of the world and the experience. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy contemplating the mechanics of a story, but not in that way. I want to contemplate the character's motivations, not the author's, and for me, personally, when I lose that connection with a story it is no longer a story, but a book, made of paper and ink.
(Spoiler) Neds death in Thrones, while unexpected and shocking, pulled me into the story even further; here was a world where bloodshed wasn't superficial, and here was a writer who had the stones to do what other writers wouldn't dare, kill a main character for the sake of good story. As the story progressed, however, certain deaths started to stand out and seemed...out of place somehow, and the maiming of Jaime in Swords just felt a tad too much, even though the outcome provided a platform for characterization. Either way Pyan, I see where you're coming from.