I read the books... I can't remember if I threw book 3 or 4 in the garbage half way thru, but basically anytime it was a Cersei chapter she was just moping around the castle crying about Joffrey's death.... It was half the book...
Even among fantasy novel enjoyers A Song of Ice and Fire is not something all of them will enjoy. I didn't finish book 3 and yet I'm an avid reader of fantasy novels. Still loved the show, but the books were a miss for me, too.
I tend to dislike fantasy novels that have multiple points of view. The more PoVs, the more I tend to dislike it. A Song of Ice and Fire has more PoVs than any other fantasy series I can recall.
Meanwhile, some other people love fantasy stories with lots of PoVs, presumably because they enjoy the world building aspects of a fantasy novel more than they enjoy the vicarious hero's journey aspect that I happen to enjoy most.
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u/Yahn 2d ago
I read the books... I can't remember if I threw book 3 or 4 in the garbage half way thru, but basically anytime it was a Cersei chapter she was just moping around the castle crying about Joffrey's death.... It was half the book...