What do you enjoy more, reading or watching? When you choose one, your enjoyment of the other will likely suffer. Both are considered great, so choose your preferred medium.
I've read the first book, watched the first season and then read the whole series before watching the rest of the show. I don't think doing it this way hurt my enjoyment in any way but I'm in the "the show is great but the books are better" camp.
If you want to read the books, even a little bit, I'd say read them first. If you have no desire to, then watch the show. I think you can safely watch the first season and read the first book without there being a big issue about which to continue later. I'd finish those and then make a choice about where to go from there. Neither is done at this point but the show is likely to finish up before the book series so that's something to consider.
I read the first four books before the show came out and thought the first season of the show was great. I did end up dropping out after season 2. I think overall they're making a good show but it starts to deviate more and more from the books in a way that aren't necessary compelling to me personally and I felt like some elements of the show were indulgent in ways that were tipping over the edge to being gratuitous the HBO sin tax. I'll probably binge watch it all at some point but for now I've decided to wait for the books series to be finished assuming it ever is or for one of my friends who enjoys the books as much as me to give me their thumbs up that it's worth it.
The build from book 1 through book 3 is amazing. Book 4 Feast for Crows and 5 Dance with Dragons are good but drag a bit compared to what came before. They weren't originally supposed to be separate books but Martin ended up separating them because he was getting bogged down on certain storylines and it was getting long.
I feel like those books suffer for that choice but I think ultimately they're interesting and given various fan theories about certain plot points I think they'll look better as time goes on.
Any of you saying show are monsters. If you are at all curious about the books ready them! They are excellent and the show will color your interpretation of the story in a bad way.
Read the first two books. Then if you actually liked the second book, keep going, but I warn you that they progressively get worse. 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. Some characters are now dead in the show but still alive in the books. Anyway, here are just a few reasons why you should start reading the books after watching up to season six. The books also present each chapter through the point of view of a specific character.
Reading some of your favorite scenes from the show through the lens of one character presents a fresh and interesting view of a scene take Cat during the Red Wedding as a great example.
Ignorance is bliss when you watch the show prior to reading the books. Not that these are necessarily make or break for the show, but going back after, reading, and seeing what the show left out is better than expectantly watching the show and having your hopes dashed. You can just sit back, relax, and take in one of the greatest fantasy series ever written. Thank me later. Associate Editor, Gotham Sports Network.
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If you love Game of Thrones , then you'll totally love nerding out about it on a completely different level by comparing the show to the books. Reading the books will help up your party banter as well — because obviously a rager isn't complete nowadays without a discussion about Game of Thrones.
Speaking of comparing and contrasting, I know that Tyrion looks notably more attractive on the TV show and that many characters should be younger than they appear, but I want to see and read for myself Martin's character descriptions to see how I think the show did.
For example, Daario is supposed to have blue hair, but Game of Thrones clearly had enough trouble with casting Daenerys' lover since he has been portrayed by two different actors. I was completely naive to the fact that many book readers hated the way the TV series portrayed Dorne until after Season 5. Albeit it was a little lame, I didn't have any big issues with the Sand Snakes, but reading the books will give me the badass Dorne that readers had expected and I can see if the outrage was legitimate.
Something unique to the books is that each chapter is presented from one particular character's point of view. This will give you a more intimate look at what is going through a character's head that the show just can't provide — and it shouldn't be shocking to know that Tyrion and Jon lead the pack when it comes to the number of chapters from their points of view.
There are only two more seasons left of Game of Thrones , so you know you're grieving. You can keep up with the Game of Thrones fandom and world for a long time even after the show ends if you read the books — it's not like Martin will be finishing them anytime soon.
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