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And that's how I like it
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The most recent season of Game of Thrones ended last week. For anyone who hasn't fully committed, every season gets better and it's one of the best shows to binge watch. Having read the books the past few seasons have been especially exciting because the show has gone beyond what has been written so far and is into uncharted territory.
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My thoughts on it are mixed. I suspect it's a much better show if you haven't read the books.
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Why would you read the books when there is a YV show ???
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My thoughts on it are mixed. I suspect it's a much better show if you haven't read the books.
I would probably agree with this. This is pretty much always the case when it comes to book to screen material. I think they did a well enough job at condensing 5,000 pages into the first 5.5 seasons though. I definitely wish some of the earlier seasons had the budget the newer ones do as there were some very cool scenes early on that they clearly did not have the money to do it justice.
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Loved Season 7, John and Sir Davos are like a fantasy/ medieval Lethal Weapon pairing
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Why would you read the books when there is a YV show ???
Because when I started reading the books twenty years ago, there was no tv show ?
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@Chris my wife read the books prior to the show (re-read once the show started) and she has a love/hate relationship with the show…I feel this is the normal occurrence with most books that turn into movies and TV shows.
I have not read the books and really enjoy the show...and now want to read the books
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Why would you read the books when there is a YV show ???
Because when I started reading the books twenty years ago, there was no tv show ?
Weeeeeell, lookee like we got ourselves a reader….
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@Chris my wife read the books prior to the show (re-read once the show started) and she has a love/hate relationship with the show…I feel this is the normal occurrence with most books that turn into movies and TV shows.
I have not read the books and really enjoy the show...and now want to read the books
Be warned @Dstauffer if you read the books there will be scenes and some characters in the books that will really one up the show. You'll be left thinking, "Wow they really half assed that in the show" or "Why didn't they put that in the show!?". Having said that I still really enjoyed both the books and the show so far.
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Honestly, I don't think I'd recommend reading the books to anyone considering starting now. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed them, and the first three are phenomenal, but Martin started having difficulties with his writing about fifteen years ago, and books four and five are, at best, mediocre. He claims it will be a seven book series, and book five was published in 2011. There's no credible expectation for when book six will be done, let alone book seven. I don't think it's a good idea to commit to 5,000+ pages of reading with a strong likelihood of never seeing the end of the series.
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