I read the first book and tried to get into the show, and just... couldn't. I only saw the first episode, but I was turned off by it enough not to watch the rest. Part of the problem was because it doesn't match up to the experience of actually reading GRRM's absorbing prose, and another part is because the show seemed to really be all about "HEY, LOOK, WE'RE LIKE FANTASY BUT WE HAVE GORE AND RAPE AND BOOBIES SO WE'RE TOTALLY ADULT SEE?" And also, I *hated* how they changed a sex scene from the book into a rape scene for no other possible reason than to be edgy and shocking. So, yeah, unless the show greatly improves, I'd say check out the books instead.
Rats. The pile of "books I need to read" is very tall, and the pile of "TV shows I would like to see" is depressingly short.
Maybe I should try these. I haven't read much fiction on actual paper in a very long time. (I've been reading a lot of Tolkien, but it really doesn't count as fiction.) I've been watching TV before bed-time as a way to relax, because it's much better at negating my brain, but I think it may be making my life worse instead of better.
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Maybe I should try these. I haven't read much fiction on actual paper in a very long time. (I've been reading a lot of Tolkien, but it really doesn't count as fiction.) I've been watching TV before bed-time as a way to relax, because it's much better at negating my brain, but I think it may be making my life worse instead of better.
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