Can't get past the narration

What did you like about this audiobook?

The pov character of Cersei is interesting, she is such an important character in the series it feels like the audience is now privy to some new insights

How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?

I am sad to say this is probably the least interesting book of the series, it is extremely difficult to connect emotionally with the characters but that's probably because the choice of characters used, being either new characters or secondary characters instead of the primary characters we have grown to love

Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?

This book is a little off track and probably needs to be edited a bit and perhaps combined with book five

What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?

I found the narration in this book unbearable to the point that I had to switch to hard cover. I actually don't believe this is Roy Dotrice or if it is then it wasn't him in previous books. I can live with the fact everyone sounds like pirates, I can forgive him for giving siblings different accents even though common sense would tell you that families that have lived together all their lives should sound like they are from the same country, but when I got to arya stark and the voice was the one used for mance Rayder I couldn't listen any more. I never understood why mance sounded like an old Irish peddler woman, I thought that was was pretty bad given his power and presence he is supposed to have but why is arya now Irish? And low class? Would it be too difficult to listen to previous narration and keep some consistency? My recommendation is to listen to the demo before purchasing this audio. So disappointing.

Do you have any additional comments?

Overall I love these books, books 1-3 were amazing and I think the last two will be of the same standard

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Poor compared to the previous 3

What would have made A Feast for Crows (Part One) better?

Narration was poor - which is a shame as the I thought the first 3 were top notch.

Has A Feast for Crows (Part One) turned you off from other books in this genre?

No - this was an anomaly - part 5 got things back on track

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The accents differed from the previous 3 books. Quality was'nt as good.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment.

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Narrator sucks

I managed to cope, just, when Roy would sometimes say character names wrong but mostly get them right in previous books in this series. eg sometimes Joffrey sometime Jeffrey

But in this book he has completely lost the plot - honestly doesn't he know their names?

It is driving me mad and if this wasn't the most incredible series I would not finish. It is the lady Catelyn, pronounced CAT - ilin, not KATElyn.

Truly it is ruining it for me and I keep yelling at the narrator who said her name right in all the previous books. There is another character he is pronouncing wrong in this book but I forget at this moment as I just raced here to log in after getting so frustrated. I hope someone can get the feedback to the narrator who should donate his time for free to correct the pronunciation on every character name and we should all receive a free copy in apology.

There, that feels better! (until I hear him again)

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Roy what are you doing?

How could the performance have been better?

Roy Dotrice, is such an excellent narrator but why did you change the voices of the characters!

I know it was 5 years between books, but why???

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Terrible narration.

Frustrating pronunciation of main characters and places... The female voicing is beyond poor as well.

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Disjointed and Confusing

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Die-hard fans that can overlook the limitations of the narration.

Would you be willing to try another book from George R. R. Martin? Why or why not?

I want to get this one over with so I can move on to the last.

Would you be willing to try another one of Roy Dotrice’s performances?

As long as it's better than this one.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from A Feast for Crows (Part One)?

The scenes aren't the issue.

Any additional comments?

I don't have a problem with the changed name pronunciation, or the different accents. The thing that really frustrates me is that it seems like that rather than reading a story, the narrator is reading a series of sentences that don't necessarily relate. The timing between passages is pretty bad - with new chapters sounding like a continuation of the last sentence. The timing is just off and the tone of the reading is like, as I said, reading a list of sentences.

Hoping that book 5 is better.

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Bad audio

The audio quality is worse on this one then the previous 3, and for some reason a couple of key characters got completely new voices and accents.

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Roy Dotrice has failed

I admit I wasn't a great fan of Roy Dotrice to start with - he has a limited range and really only ever did justice to three or four characters at the most, I think. But in this book, he has changed the voice of Arya into that of a gutter-rat and Cersei into a shrieking banshee. Actually, Cersei seems to take on Joff's vocal range.
The story line continues to add in irrelevant characters. I'd like to see an abridged version of the whole story line. If I were reading the physical book, I dare say I'd be cutting out chapters. As it is, I tune out of Roy Dotrice's narration every now and then.

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=( Honestly Very Disappointing =(

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A better Storyline and slight improvement on the narration

Has A Feast for Crows (Part One) turned you off from other books in this genre?

Possibly

Would you be willing to try another one of Roy Dotrice’s performances?

Yes. He is a great Narrator

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from A Feast for Crows (Part One)?

Half the Book

Any additional comments?

I have bought all 6* of A Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks, All narrated by Roy Dotrice.
Firstly to notice the voices of some of the characters have changed, and the narrator is not consistent with pronouncing the characters name (e.g Half the Time He says Brieene properly, but the other half he calls her Bryan.....)
I enjoy Roy Dotrices Performance , on the pass 4 books in the series, he was very consistent and it was very well done if not perfectly done, but he has noticably slipped on his performance on this book.
Primarily the Story itself, its not as enticing, exciting and amazing the previous 4 books has brought us, Most the story told through A feast of crows is told through, unexciting secondary characters and just expands and explains events of the previous books, which just paves the way for the last book.
My final thoughts on this book is, Disappointing; Boring Storyline and slightly inconsistency in the narration from a rather great narrator.
I only recommend the purchase of this book for true fans of the series.

(>O.O)> Thanks for Reading my Review =) <(O.O<)

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Not a great book, but part of an epic series

A Feast for Crows is the fourth book in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. I did not enjoy this instalment. There was a lot less action that the previous one. Given the way that the author split the book geographically, I felt like there were no answers for the questions arising in the third book regarding some of my favourite characters. Although I enjoyed the parts on Cersei, Jaime, Arya and Sansa, it would have been nice to see what was happening concurrently with the other characters in other areas. When I listen to the next one, I wont be able to know what happens to the characters in this book until after book 5! There really could have been a better way to split the books. Nevertheless, I really enjoy the way the book is written in terms of the point of view of the characters.
 
Roy is an amazing performer. He is extremely talented and his performance is always entertaining.

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