I loved aFFC and aDWD. Loved. I know they're slower paced than the 1st 3 books, but I loved the dialog and small folk perspective. One of my favorite characters in any books ever is Manderly. The Dorne plot, The North Remembers, the (likely imo) GNC, Reek and fArya. Stannis, etc,etc...they were all some of the best written portions of the entire series, even if the head chopping and rape slowed down a bit.
Anyway, it's clear imo, that as soon as Beinoff and Weiss get outside of anything already on page, they fucking struggle and it fucking shows. It's pathetic honestly. They're taking a damn good series of books and fucking it up trying to stand on the shoulders of giants and tell the world how tall they are