It's ok.
As to why it's okay.
The first book was a good read, while there was the problem of the pet wolves and such, the politicking in King's Landing and the rapid events near the end helped it along. Not to mention it was the first book in a series, and so I would give it more of a chance.
The second book on the other hand was... Long, and massively boring except for a few places. I had to work through it, and having to work through a book is a bad thing.
Most of everything going on at Harrenhal could have been halved easily.
Tyrion saves the book, there is no other reason to read it then to see what he's doing in King's Landing.
I have the third book waiting to be read and I have not bought the other books yet. They're at the end of the reading list.
I will read them, since there's some interesting stuff going on (John in the North, anything with Tyrion) but they won't be recommended highly by me to anyone.
They are exceptionally slow paced, and I thought Michelle West had a monopoly on that. But there were just some parts where I wanted to skip through the chapters.
This post has been edited by Darkwatch: 29 May 2009 - 03:44 PM