For discussions about the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
a wonderful analysis of Dany's Meereenese storyline
Untangling the Meereenese Knot, Part I: Who Poisoned the Locusts?
Meereen. The mere word probably makes you groan. It's considered to be the weakest, most frustrating plotline in ADWD, and perhaps in in the whole series. It's thought to be where GRRM lost the plot and spent endless chapters on pointless filler. The solutions seem so obvious, the villains seem obviously evil one-dimensional caricatures.
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Yeah those essays are great. AFFC and ADWD slow down the pace a lot to do some more lowkey theme and character stuff...some people love it on first read (me!), but great blog posts like this can help others enjoy or at least appreciate more too.
Meereen sure seems like a bunch of filler.