I feel like I've been reading this book for two years. All the ASOIAF books start slow and build but this one never seemed to get anywhere while still having Dramatic Endings to every chapter/story. It was jarring and tiring and I'm pretty sure I skipped a few parts. Dany's story is pretty good, I liked some parts of Dorne quite a lot (others seemed completely extraneous), Melisandre became interesting... a lot of the individual moments are engaging but there's little connectivity. Maybe it will all make sense when the next parts of the story are told but I'm not satisfied with this book as it stands now.