This book took me absolutely forever to get through! And now I get to wait for The Winds of Winter, just like everybody else. Woooo! 
 I think part of the reason that this book took me so long to read is because the plot seemed to drag for the majority of the book. I really enjoy the fact that GRRM gives his readers such an in-depth look into his world, and I'm happy to learn about each character, even the really minor ones, and I love that he fleshes everything out. I just wish that a little more happened in this book, I guess. Which is silly, because a lot happens in the book, but not a lot of it is interesting. At least, not as interesting as it could have been. I felt like I was chasing big plot points throughout the story, so reading felt like a lot of work, rather than a pleasurable experience. And while I'm really excited about some of the twists in the plot, I didn't feel like they were quite enough to make me hunger for the next installment. In fact, the last few chapters of the book were quite quiet, considering what was happening and what could have been shown. Only one of the cliffhangers left me really wanting TWoW, and that was a few chapters before the end of the book. Though I did find the epilogue satisfying, it wasn't really in a "Ooh, give me more!" way. 
 I was really excited to catch up with Cersei, Tyrion, Arya, Jon, Dany, and a few other characters, and so I was disappointed when Tyrion and Dany's stories both shuffled along. I understood that ADwD was beginning at roughly the same point in time as AFfC did, so I was prepared to be a bit bored for a while, but I was really hoping for more from those characters. Things really picked up after the halfway mark, and there were definitely interesting points all the way through, I just think that everything was paced kind of badly. Still, I'm really intrigued about what is happening with Jamie, what's going to happen with Dany, how things are going at The Wall, and I've enjoyed absolutely everything about Cersei's storyline so far, and can't wait to see it continue. 
 I have some theories about some of the plotlines, and so I'm definitely going to be grabbing The Winds of Winter when it comes out. Still, I don't think the wait is going to be that hard for me, considering my experience with this book. Perhaps the coming season of Game of Thrones will pique my interest some more.