I'm rereading it now. I purposely timed it so that I'd be reading it alongside Mockingjay and the new Cassandra Clare book, so that by comparison, Martin's book would seem like an absolute masterpiece. Mostly, I am having the same problems I had last time. Tedious, tedious prose. But I do love the world and the characters, so I am trying to push through. And when I need a break, I can deal with the nonsense YA fluff I am reading because peer pressure is a powerful thing.