Also expect spoilers for the HBO series Game of Thrones.
So I just bought the first two books because I thoroughly enjoyed the HBO series of the first one. I'm about 200 pages in the first one already and I notice some small differences and a pretty huge one. First of all, the ages kinda irk me because Jon and Robb seem so much older than Joffrey in the show. Something to get used to I guess! Probably makes for more conflict between Robb and Joffrey in the future though, which should be great. The other changes I noticed were that pretty much half of the characters appearances are much different in the books. Dany has purple (what) eyes and Joffrey is tall and handsome in the books (compared to a smug tiny I want to punch him so bad douche in the show).
The obvious big thing are the wolves. I mean they didn't cut them out of the show but they could've put more emphasis on them or something. Obviously they're meant to be something more important in the next books, I can already tell that now and I'm only one fourth in A Game of Thrones.
That said, it's an incredibly enjoyable read so far and doesn't fall short compared to the show. Just what I expected yessss.
Feel free to tag, but keep in mind that you do not spoil anything post where I am now. Even if I already finished the HBO show, that does not mean I know of all the fun little details that happen in the book! And definitely don't spoil ANYTHING post the first book.
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