I'm pretty sure Brienne doesn't didn't die, and the word she screams is 'sword'. Also consider AFfC takes place mostly in the south, whereas most of the surviving characters introduced in the first three books are in the north or across the narrow sea now (Bran, Jon, Dany, Davos, and Tyrion, off the top of my head). It doesn't help that those characters are generally the most well-liked ones, and the south is stuck with Jaime, Cersei, Sansa/Alayne, Brienne, and a bunch of one-shot POVs.
One reviewer on Amazon.com said, "Don't think of it as Act I, Scene IV. Think of it as Act II, Scene I."
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Date: 2006-01-10 07:43 pm (UTC)One reviewer on Amazon.com said, "Don't think of it as Act I, Scene IV. Think of it as Act II, Scene I."