I've always wondered why people were so down on the 4th book so much, I suspect it's because the third one was all action with A LOT whereas AFFC's is a bit more reserved. That and a lot of the really popular characters like Tyrion, Jon Snow, and Daenerys didn't have chapters in it. Honestly if I had to rank them they'd go like this:
1. A Clash of Kings
2. A Feast For Crows
3. A Game of Thrones
4. A Storm of Swords
5. A Dance With Dragons
Too much happened in A Storm of Swords that I found it really hard to keep track of, especially in Essos. Way too many names were dropped and characters introduced that it was just a sensory overload. When so much of it was called back in A Dance With Dragons I got really confused on what happened and resorted to the awoiaf.westeros.org wiki which helped clear things up, but also spoiled some things.
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