Critique: A Song of Ice and Fire
Television Sensation, but Boring Books
A testament to the belief that quantity cannot beat quality, George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is full of details and information that bog readers down rather than contribute to worldbuilding, plot advancement, and maintaining character development instead of deciding to throw it away in the end.
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Good to hear. I know some ppl love them, but the books look like dictionaries. I don't have that sort of concentration span.