Game Of Thrones: Ranking George R.R. Martin's Westeros Books - Worst To Best

8. A Feast For Crows

A Feast For Crows is commonly regarded amongst fans to be the weakest entry in the main series, and there are some pretty obvious reasons why. For a start, there's just far too much time spent on minor characters. Fans waited five years between the publication of A Storm Of Swords and A Feast Of Crows, which is a hell of a long time to wait only to have major plot strands completely neglected. While it's true that George R.R. Martin should be allowed to tell the story the way he wants to tell it, fan disappointment is also entirely valid, especially when such a shift in method just doesn't work. It's possible at times while reading A Feast For Crows to realise you've got no idea who is actually narrating, as half of the characters are minor players from the Iron Islands and Dorne. That these lesser characters are featured in place of the likes of Daenerys, Tyrion, and Jon Snow makes the whole thing fairly difficult to enjoy at times. That being said, there's still decent stuff throughout, like Arya's trip to the House of Black and White, and Lady Stoneheart. Most of the book's glaring issues spring from the fact that A Feast For Crows and A Dance With Dragons were originally supposed to one huge, singular manuscript, but it was so long that Martin's publishers told him the narrative would have to be split in two. The decision was made, then, to divide the material by character and location rather than chronology, resulting in a completely disjointed focus.