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Originally Posted by drofgnal
The only way I'll read 5 is if it sits on top of the best seller list for say 6 months. It needs to be that good to make up for book 4. Even then I may wait it out to see if there will be a 6 and 7.
I cancelled HBO and won't watch the series either. Why watch a story that has no particular ending in sight??
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Heh, I'm glad I'm not the only fantasy fan who feels this way. I watch the HBO series when I'm with other people who are watching them (hey, it is a really great show by its own right + Tyrion Lannister for the win \m/), and I loved the first three books and are five star materials easily, but yes, the fourth book is a slog. There's just too many things that aren't going anywhere. Like uh, the Daenerys plot, anyone? And really, I just don't enjoy reading about two characters being lost in the woods together for that many pages. The character development was good, but it didn't need all that filler. It's as unexciting as it sounds. It was just too much. I value my time. I have some friends who'll read the fifth book no matter what, so I'll ask them about it and borrow it from them if it meets their approval. Or just read the fan wikis. We've gots the internets, afterall.
I'm not really a series person. The first book has to impress me a lot for me to keep on reading it. It has to be at least a 4-star-almost-5-star sort of book. Half the fun of reading books for me is reading about different settings, and the characters and the writing have to be very good for me to give up reading something else. I'm not afraid to consider books wallbangers even if they belong to a series I loved. Fan hype doesn't goad me into it either. I remember growing up with Harry Potter and reading the first five books, but five months later I realized I couldn't even remember the events of the fourth book, which made me think that the series was no longer worth my time. I don't know, sometimes the connection is no longer there, and for me, that's okay. I don't see the point of sticking around with a series that's no longer doing anything for you. It's like a recipe for a bad relationship.