A Dance with Dragons

GRRM knows how to do a few things well; build characters that you care about, kill those characters and to drag unrelated characters into the mix to break up the tension. It creates a kind of jerky narrative at times that really feels like it was made for TV.

TYRION IS IN TROUBLE, HOW WILL HE EVER COPE?

Cut to commercial.

Jon Snow takes his glove off and clenches his sword hand.

It keeps you reading, at least.