[DaddyTorgo]

I agree. Maybe part of it is that I was distracted while reading AFFC or something, but I found it very...confusing & without narrative direction, moreso than any of the other 3. Maybe it was me, but maybe it was also GRRM. Maybe it was also that AFFC was essentially 50% of what the total book would have been, so there wasn't a lot of plot advancement in that 50%.

I should probably reread it...but I tell you...all that stuff with the Maestor's school and stuff...I skimmed the shit out of that. All the Arya stuff...I skimmed through real quick. It just didn't have much to grab me and hold my attention (at least on that initial first read - like i said it's prolly time for a reread).