| Ka-pi96 said: hehe, book people complaining about the last couple seasons. I personally think the last couple have been the overall best seasons so far. So the further it gets from the books, the better!  |
Past book 3, the books became toxic for adaptation. They did an awesome job spreading ''Feast for Crows'' and ''Dance of Dragons'' within season 4-5-6.
Only, there are major letdowns on the show, some of them were diluted from the highlights of the books:
1) Dorne, which could have been cut entirely to introduce Doran at the end of Season 6 when Dany is making alliances
2) Conflict between Jaime and Kevan, and Cersei getting rid of Jaime by sending him to Riverrun (and not Dorne)
3) They could have handled Stannis' demise more thoughtfully. I agree that he had to go in Season 5 to make room for Snow, but at least he bought time for Sansa to escape
4) They should have had followed the source material for the Ironborn's Kingsmoot, but I understand they already had Yara so Victarion was in no need of an introduction
5) Dany should've tame Drogon with the whip, instead of Drogon bashing in the Daznak Pit and burning Sons of the Harpy. The Sons of the Harpy are not even that important in the books.
What I can say though is that they handled Hodor's demise, the destroying of the Sept and the Battle of Meereen like bosses. And I really liked how they portayed Cersei's descent into madness and Jon's rise to the hero status. And giving Sansa the Jeyne Poole storyline was a good idea for character development, I think they just ran out of time in Season 5 because they could have had explored the North uprising much more.
Overall, I agree with some of the points Augen made, meaning that the show became much more straightforward in storytelling past Season 4, and it was clear some loose ends were tied in a clumsy way. What I liked about Game of Thrones is that you were witnessing the growth of hundreds of character in the midst of warfare, though the war is now ended in the books, along with the show, which makes the common denominator between all characters vanish.
The sense of purpose, though, is much stronger in the show than it is in the books now. Especially because of Jon Snow witnessing the army of the dead and Cersei taking over King's Landing.
