If you didn't like the second book more than the first, then just watch the show. It eventually starts diverging from the books, dropping characters, that reading bad books won't affect your enjoyment of the show. I've read all the books and watched the show. The books start OK and have serious low points culminating in "meh". Largely this is due to terrible pacing and story threads that go nowhere.
The show starts great and descends to prettt good. It trims the chaff of the books and has amazing production value. The second book is probably the weakest in the series for me and the ones after I enjoyed even more than the first. I enjoyed the show a lot more before I read the books, which sucks because the show is really good. No desire to touch the books but let me say as someone who pretty much just avoids TV altogether, I think the show is not only one of the best shows on TV but one of the best pieces of on screen fantasy I have ever seen and I couldn't recommend it enough.
The production values are insane anyone complaining about the quality of the visuals is daft every episode is like a movie with only a few things you could point to as not being on the level of a motion picture but stepping back and realizing this is a TV show on a budget and even those things look fantastic, 50 hours of dark twisted fantasy is something you don't get to often.
I watched the first season and then devoured the books before Season 2 started. I feel like that's the ideal way to do it since the book might take longer to hook you than the show but having the insight of the sheer density of the story in the books will serve you well in watching the show.
Also there's a character whose story in ADWD is told throughout the last three seasons which ruins an otherwise great surprise.
Go with the audio books. I assume you have a public library in your area. Most modern public libraries have downloadable audio books. The narrator for the GoT audio books is Roy Dotrice , who is excellent and does different accents. The books seem much more alive when spoken, and I think you will follow the narrative better if you hear it first.
A fter you get three audio books in, you can start watching the HBO show. Knowing the real story well made watching the show FAR more enjoyable.
I like reading the books. If you're at all interested in this series, I'd say the books are the way to go. The show has this weird thing where a lot of conversations feel like they happen because the audience needs to know something. There were a few occasions where I felt like the show wasn't at all clear on why one character might be antagonizing another, but the conversation would reveal some detail that the audience needs to know. Granted, I didn't watch much of the show - I finished six or so episodes of the first season.
I'm not opposed to watching more of it, but I'd honestly rather just keep reading the books. The problem with that is that George RR Martin operates on Valve time, only unlike Valve, Martin's stuff tends to be chock full of superfluous notes and details. And not interesting ones, either, I mean he'll have entire paragraphs devoted to mundane things.
A Feast For Crows, while not really a terrible book, mostly tells the stories of the least interesting characters, does an excellent job of reminding the audience why those characters are the least interesting, and could have been half as long without losing the details it needed to carry the story. The first and third books, and arguably the second, don't suffer from this too much, but A Feast for Crows really does.
A Dance With Dragons is supposed to be better and, from what I've read of it, it is. But when I started reading that book, I really wanted to just give the whole series a break. That's not the series's biggest problem, though. The biggest problem is that there's no resolution in sight and it's entirely possible that we won't get any sort of resolution.
And whatever that resolution is, I'd bet good money that most people won't find it as satisfying as they'd hope to. The Books are really good even though it is as they say in this thread they get progressivly worse. The show i tired of mid season 3 at which point the show started to drift very far from the sourcematerial aswell, not that its a bad thing per se but the stuff they put there instead was basicly just boobs and Hollywood oneliners.
It turned into your typical shit series and i was mostly burned out on GoT by then. I first started watching the show with the first season after it had aired, and before the second season, I had read past the 3rd book, A Storm of Swords. I have been done with the books for awhile now, and I am not enjoying the show as much, as I have not liked the changes as much as I though I would.
I love the amount of detail that the books have, and feel like the pacing is really well. You have Cersei falling slowly into madness, the development of Jamie as a more well rounded character, Sansa's arc and the changing of her character, and we get a look into Dorne, along with Sam and Brienne. I was more bummed out about A Dance With Dragons, while still enjoying it, there were some parts that could be a slog to get through. Oct 25, PM.
Brenda wrote: "I started watching HBO series first and then i start to read the books,so I am very influenced from the series bc I already imagine them acting as I read. Its good who read the books first bc you Oct 31, PM. I think that Game of Thrones is a very uneven series.
I slogged through it but I have to say that it was a lot of time spent on some very dark and brutal material.
The HBO series gives you the highlights with plenty of the good stuff and significantly less of the man is wolf to man bit. Actually i do not at all recommend watching the show because they changed significant parts from the book. This season especially was horrible I stopped altogether watching the show.
Nov 04, AM. I prefer the books over the show, but the show does a pretty good job of bringing out the imagery of the book. There is a definite sexual component, in both the books and the show.
I would not let anyone under the age of fifteen read the books or the show, and at that, they would need to be pretty mature to understand the content. Game of Thrones is not for everyone. I think if you are going to like it, take the advice of Stephen King, he believes that if you are to like a book, you'll know within the first fifty pages. Don't "slog" through it, it's not worth it. Nov 04, PM.
I'll do both but I think I'll go for the books first I kinda had the hard time reading the book the first time. It might be caused by the fact that English is not my first language I read the original version So, I watch a couple episode from the 1st season to understand the basic of the world setting, character, etc It really helped actually. It doesn't ruin the book for me. In fact, I can say I enjoy the book better now.
Nov 11, PM. I watched every GOT episode before starting this book and I love both. I plan on reading A Clash of Kings early next year and if I maintain enough self-control I won't read ahead of the show. Usually I'm a "book first" kind of person, but in this case I'm happy with my choice. Watching the show first hasn't ruined anything for me.
In fact, I think reading the books first could make the show less satisfying, especially if you're a purist. Reading Dance of Dragons now. I say read the books first. Read the book first! Nov 12, AM. I watched seasons 1 to 3 before reading the first three books and it was the best decision. There is so much detail in the books that you obviously doesn't come across in the show which makes it still interesting to read the books afterwards!
However, if you were to read the books first - you know absolutely everything that will happen and you just get frustrated knowing things that haven't been included. But if you watch the show first and then read the books. You get so much extra stuff still! Nov 12, PM. Books first - there's so much more to the story! I tried watching the series when it first debuted and couldn't get past the first episode - I was so lost! Fast forward 2 years and I'm finishing book 3 and watching season 1 and I actually love the show now though they do condense some things of course.
Nov 15, PM. I always read the books first before watching the series or movie, i don't want to spoil it. For deep within the southern reaches of the land, a malevolent force is stirring. It's bloody and atmospheric and features different races fighting for territorial dominance. Reasons you'll like it: Huge battle scenes, epic world-building and a pseudo-medieval setting.
The first book in the Of Blood and Bone series sees a race of warrior angels ruling the Banished Lands, mutilated corpses, a sign of demonic black magic, found in the snow-covered north, and demons in the shadows, waiting to rise.
Martin, and was shortlisted for the David Gemmell Legend Award. Malice, Valour, Ruin and finale Wrath chart the violent power struggles of the Banished Lands — a world mankind shares with giants, wyrms, wolves, and other more sinister beings. Young Corban dreams of becoming a great warrior and protecting his king — but as demons and angels from the Otherworld threaten to turn his home into a battlefield, the time to prove his courage will come all too soon.
Reasons you'll like it: It features different beasts including giants, wolves, angels and demons. Different worlds.
Complex characters. The violent past of the Banished Lands saw armies of men and giants fight for supremacy, and although the giants were defeated long ago, they begin to stir again. Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors, but his time will come, all too soon. The Worldmaker trilogy is a classic epic fantasy coming-of-age tale, set in a fractured world with a unique magic system.
Like Game of Thrones, Lucy Hounsom's novels tell intensely human stories, featuring very believable characters - who make very believable mistakes. Reasons you'll like it: Richly detailed world-building, refreshing takes on traditional fantasy tropes and unexpected dragons! When Kyndra disrupts her village's ancient ceremony, breaking with centuries of tradition, her superstitious community is quick to turn on her.
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