But that's a pretty brief list of what's going in the world at this point, lets review the major unresolved plot points:
Bran, coldhands, Others, Benjen
War in the North
Jon and Melisandre
Stannis and Dreadfort
Theon, Asha
Griff, Targaryen, gold company
Catelyn, Jamie, Brienne
Sansa, Petr
Happenings in Dorne
Victarion, Euron
Blackfish
Arya
Cannibal Island, Davos, White Harbour
Cersei, Zombie Mountain, Varys
Tyrion
Dany and the Dothraki/free cities
Religious army
Just so many spinning plates. I concede though that I'm criticizing him to writting a very complex story which is also satisfying to be a part of. However, it will be a major achievement to tie these up in a satisfactory way. And I'm worried that there's just way too much going on for only two more books.
I had the same feeling going into the Revenge of the Sith movie. Basically the previous two movies didn't advance the story at all and we were left with the third movie to tick off all of the major story points making it a convoluted mess.
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