Not sure why I even bothered.

Title: A Clash of Kings
Author: George R.R. Martin
Did I like it: It just went on and on and on...
Should you read it: If you got hooked by the first, otherwise stay far far away.
Synopsis: The war set up in the previous book continues...

I really should have stopped while I was ahead.  Reading this book took me FOREVER and I hated that.  Also I now have 40 cents of overdue fines from the library because this book JUST WOULD NOT END!

The plot felt very much all over the place.  There was nothing that really pulled it together for me.  (They say this all the time on Food Network shows and I never understand it there, but I really felt the lack of a unifying thing in this book)  After I finished I read synopses of the remaining books on Wikipedia (I know this sounds horrible, but I wanted to know what happens without the torture of reading the rest of the books) and it really just gets more absurd.  

That being said, there were parts of the book I liked.  I guess specifically there were characters that I really enjoyed reading about.  I thought all the Arya chapters were very compelling and I miss her.  Jon, Daenerys, and Tyrion were also very interesting characters and I always enjoyed starting their chapters.  I pretty much hated every other chapter in the book though.  If Martin had just told their stories and cut out the rest I might have enjoyed the books.

In conclusion:  Don't read this book.  Don't even start the series.  I feel seriously let down especially as this 'year of books' is coming to an end.  I don't want to close the year on a low point and I feel like I've wasted so much time suffering through these awful books.