What happened in season 5 was an emperor has not clothes moment. The “writers” revealed themselves to be completely incompetent and having the minds of 14 year old boys. There were already indications of that in earlier seasons, but it wasn’t as off putting because the writing was so good.
But from season 5 and onwards, they just went full fuckboy and the quality of the writing decreased because they aren’t witty, they aren’t talented, they don’t care about the politics and they don’t understand what they are doing without George holding their hands.
Plus, their original motivation to get the rights to turn the books into a show was to do the Red Wedding. That was their goal. It is so clear that after they got to do the Red Wedding, they lost interest in the story immediately and when George left, their writing skills were put to the first real test since the beginning. And they of course failed spectacularly.
Fun fact: They were in fact so bad at writing that the original pilot almost got the show prematurely canceled but somehow they got a second chance to make a new pilot with new actors and the rest is history.
The books aren’t finished, with no indication of when it will be, when the next book will be or even if it will be finished before Martin dies so take note of that before you start.
In saying that, the books are way better than the HBO series. And are worth the read IMO.
This, as someone who had read the books before the HBO series was a thing
Without having any of the background you have, I also couldn’t finish season five, it just felt off. The spark was gone, and I wasn’t hooked anymore.
What happened in season 5 was an emperor has not clothes moment. The “writers” revealed themselves to be completely incompetent and having the minds of 14 year old boys. There were already indications of that in earlier seasons, but it wasn’t as off putting because the writing was so good.
But from season 5 and onwards, they just went full fuckboy and the quality of the writing decreased because they aren’t witty, they aren’t talented, they don’t care about the politics and they don’t understand what they are doing without George holding their hands.
Plus, their original motivation to get the rights to turn the books into a show was to do the Red Wedding. That was their goal. It is so clear that after they got to do the Red Wedding, they lost interest in the story immediately and when George left, their writing skills were put to the first real test since the beginning. And they of course failed spectacularly.
Fun fact: They were in fact so bad at writing that the original pilot almost got the show prematurely canceled but somehow they got a second chance to make a new pilot with new actors and the rest is history.
So as someone who has never read, nor any intention to read the books, it isn’t worthwhile?
The books aren’t finished, with no indication of when it will be, when the next book will be or even if it will be finished before Martin dies so take note of that before you start.
In saying that, the books are way better than the HBO series. And are worth the read IMO.
This, as someone who had read the books before the HBO series was a thing
Thank you.