Finished reading it last night. If you had told me beforehand that my two favorite PoV characters would be Jon and Theon, I probably would have rolled my eyes. I never really cared for Jon over most of the first four books (although that started to change when Stannis showed up, so I suppose this wasn't entirely unforeseeable) and while I had nothing particularly against Theon, I didn't exactly have much faith that his point of view would be that great. I was very glad to be wrong on those counts.
Now, if you had told me Daenerys would be my least favorite PoV in the book... well, I probably would have gone, "Yeah, sounds about right." Never been a fan of hers, and really, even the Meereen plotline started improving once it was being told through Barristan, but at this rate I almost don't see how they can get everyone there over to Westeros in time for the end of the series. Tyrion's PoV was also a disappointment for the most part. I was really expecting/hoping he'd announce who he was to Daenerys in the arena and that plotline would finally start going somewhere productive.
I also hope Stannis is actually okay and Ramsay is just bluffing/lying in his letter, I always found Stannis to be very interesting. While I still ultimately would love to see Littlefinger "win," ever since Robb has been gone, I've been on Stannis's "side" out of everyone else and even when Robb was around I was okay with Stannis.
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