A Feast for Crows: a very short book review

This one was a bitch. I didn't say that. The author said it. Well, writing it might have been a bitch but reading it sure wasn't it...but let's face it...almost 1000 pages. Now, that requires some effort. However, this book is not on a bestseller list for nothing. I don't really have time to write a long review, so for now let's just say I liked it a lot.

Pisac je sam rekao nešto u stilu da je knjiga bila jebena...za napisati. Za čitanje nije, ali zato plaćamo pisce, da se znoje dok mi uživamo. Šalu na stranu, ovo je dugačka knjiga od skoro 1000 stranica, ima puno toga za uskladiti, čak i čitanje zahtjeva određenu dozu koncentracije, a sigurno je nije bilo lako za napisati. Ne prodaje se tako dobro bezveze...Nemam vremena za dugu recenziju...recimo zasada samo to da mi se poprilično svidjela.

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