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Eh. Personally I give Martin the benefit of the doubt. It is not an easy task to write a sequel to DWD. You can argue that's his own fault for making the story so complex, though.

I also think this volume is different because, with his other books, he only needed a vague idea of where he thought his various plot lines are going. But in the penultimate volume, he needs pretty concrete setup to lead into the ending of that makes sense.

Additionally, from his comments about how the first book he set out to write turned into three books, I can see how his writing style would slow with every new plot line. Where a writer probably can and maybe even should take a shortcut once in a while just to move certain pieces into place, he is somebody that is so unwilling to do so that the Red Wedding moved from book 1 to book 3.

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