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A Feast for Crows
- Book 4 of A Song of Ice and Fire
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 33 hrs and 50 mins
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Summary
The complete, unabridged audiobook of A Feast for Crows.
HBO’s hit series A Game of Thrones is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A Feast for Crows is the fourth volume in the series.
The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne.
The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow’s Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles.
From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel. As plots, intrigue and battle threaten to engulf Westeros, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Richard Croasdale
- 16-01-12
Worst one yet for continuity of accents
I'm really enjoying this series, but poor old Roy Dotrice is really losing track of all the accents. I know it's a cast of thousands and nobody expects him to find a completely different voice for each character, but when the apparent age and accent of a key individual changes not just between books, but between chapters, it's really quite distracting. Hate to say it, but I don't think it's good enough.
95 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 06-04-12
Was this recording edited at all?
I cannot for the life of me give more than 3 stars because Dotrice makes a complete mess of the fourth volume: he's forgotten how he has pronounced the names in the previous books and manages within 10 minutes to say Brienne in 4 different ways. Was there ANY editing involved in recording of this book? And suddenly Arya sounds like a wildling. Unfortunately I do not have time for the paperbacks, so I will struggle through the fifth one as well, dreading what Dotrice does with that already beforehand.
67 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Elie
- 29-02-12
Amazing story, frustrating narration
As the other reviews have said, the characters accents are all over the place (I was always puzzelled as to why Tyrian and Jamie had Welsh accents and Cercie and Tywin didn't) and now alot of them seem to have changed voices completely, so it becomes hard to keep track of who you are listening to. I'm also getting really cross because in this books the prounciation of characters names have changed. I can't remember them all at the moment but two examples are that Gilly has now become Jilly, Petyr is suddenly Peter and so on. I can only imagine what a titanic task this would be for any actor, but someone should be keeping notes as to how each character speaks (I miss Dolores Ed's stumbling voice) and how their names are prounced, it really interupts the listeners enjoyment. Can I add a plea for them to use Rupert Degas for the next book, he is AMAZING, the best I've ever listened to. I love this story it's totally engrossing, but these issues are ruining it for me and I'm not sure I'll bother with the next one.
47 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Andrew
- 30-11-12
Very frustrating
I can only echo what many other reviewers have said - the narration of this book is a complete nightmare. Not only to character voices and name pronunciations changes compared to books 1-3, but they actually change chapter to chapter. It's a huge shame when the quality of the audio becomes the big issue rather than the quality of the text itself.
Not good enough Audible.
46 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- John
- 23-11-12
Poor introduction of new characters
Poor old Roy has lost it! Accents, voice pitch and names change constantly and I for one cant keep up. As if the introduction of the new characters was not enough!? For me it was that strange i even used the internet to make sure i was listening to the correct book...I may give up, which is a shame because books 1-3 blew me away.
38 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Adam
- 09-11-12
Completely Frustrating!
Well, i have listened all the previous books in the series and i didnt have a major issue with the narration of Roy Dotrice....until now! He Seems to have completely forgotten everything he did previous. Well established characters now have completely different voices (no argument can be made for 'some years have passed' as the book continues immediately from the last)
I could perhaps suffer this and continue through if it wasnt for the inconsistent pronunciation of characters and places like 3 different ways to say Tyrell all in the same chapter, it doesnt get any better, Brienne has no less than 3 too!
Dotrice also seems to ignore grammar.
The Audio quality is very poor unlike the previous books, it sounds as though it was recorded in some sort of hollow container.
Some chapters there are no pauses, so its not immediately obvious that you are now listening to another.
Unfortunately as my title suggests i found this very frustrating, and, at times infuriatring. I wont be listening to anymore, so will have to find time to read the books.
Thanks for nothing Audible!
33 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Beccameriel
- 23-11-13
It's all getting to be a bit of a struggle
I'm really beginning to lose patience. World building is one thing but GRRM appears not to have an editor. The story full of self-indulgent ramblings that add nothing - the editing was so much tighter for the first couple of books and all the better for it. The level of violence has been upped to the extent that it is now the default response to everything. At no point does a woman have a friendship with another woman which just odd. At almost no point is anyone kind to anyone else - this does happen in real life, GRRM, honest! The threat of sexual violence and the associated language is constant. If I have to hear one more man describing how he plans to mutilate and rape someone, I shall not be responsible for my actions (insert threat of forcing brutally detached organ into inappropriate place here). Yes, I know there's a war or three going on and it's vaguely medieval and yadda yadda yadda but REALLY it's a bit wearing and humans behaving with humanity would provide a welcome counterpoint to the general treachery and murderousness.
Roy Dotrice - Having established a character's voice over the preceding three books, it's incredibly irritating and sloppy to have it change. For instance, Petyr Baelish has become and old generic northern man and even more jarring his name is now pronounced Peter. I found this distracting every single time. Whilst I understand that these have been recorded over several years, I do feel that consistency of character voices should have been considered. Don't the producers keep a record?
I suppose I'm going to push on with Dance with Dragons having devoted so many hours of my life to the story so far but more in the spirit of a chore to get through than delightful anticipation.
32 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Angela
- 14-10-12
Inconsistent narration.
I've listened to the first three of these books on Audible and I really enjoyed them and the narration. However the narration given by Roy Dotrice in this installment is not consistent with his previous work. He pronounces place names differently and has given main characters completely different accents. It's very off putting and makes it feel somewhat unfamiliar. It has left me feeling such disappointment in this audio book.
5 stars to George R R Martin for another wonderful book.
23 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- R King
- 09-07-13
Terrible Naration
The narration of the first three books was a little hit-and-miss. Accents changed from book to book, but it was largely forgiveable. Tywin Lannister, for instance, went from annoying Welshman in book two to a grating and totally unfitting impersonation of Churchill in three. That was bad enough, but in this book the ages, voices and regional accents change from chapter to chapter, and sometimes on the same "page". Arya Stark is from Ulster now it seems, and almost every character sounds over eighty?
Dotrice did the best job you could expect in the first three books. With so many characters no one could demand different voices for them all, but in this one he's really lost the plot.
It also seems this book was not edited at all. Several times Dotrice makes mistakes in accents, or reads narration in a characters voice, but no attempt has been made to edit this out, he just carries on regardless. Similarly, no effort seems to have gone into the audio quality. It starts muffled and flat, and either gradually improves, or I grew used to it. Either way, it's very poor.
Considering the money Audible charges for these books (especially splitting them in two to milk buyers for every penny), the quality of this audio book is completely unacceptable. Would it have been too much to ask for the producer to brief Dotrice on how he portrayed the characters previously - before recording started? The narration is so bad that it becomes distracting from what would otherwise be an excellent book.
21 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Georgie
- 30-06-13
Pretty bad
I was going to write quite a lengthy review wondering why Tyrion is Welsh and Cersei sounds like a panto dame at least 30 years older than Jaime, why the pronunciation of places and names is completely inconsistent and why Brienne sounds like an American who's never spoken to a British person doing an impersonation of what they imagine a village idiot sounded like in the middle ages... but I see that previous reviewers have already covered this ground.
It's a terrible misrepresentation of the characters and it ruins the book. I second the appeal for Rupert Degas instead of Dotrice. At least his regional accents are plausible.
The story is great though, and I recommend reading it spliced together with the following book. I also recommend avoiding this complete mess of an recording altogether.
17 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Candice
- 16-04-13
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
11 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Cameron
- 30-08-12
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.
8 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Katrina
- 13-01-16
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)
4 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- BigMattOz
- 16-08-12
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???
4 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Stewart
- 15-04-18
Terrible narration.
Frustrating pronunciation of main characters and places... The female voicing is beyond poor as well.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Tony
- 03-12-12
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.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 15-05-19
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.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Jessica
- 19-03-14
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.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- edric
- 25-12-11
=( 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<)
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Milica
- 17-02-20
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.
1 person found this helpful