(April 29, 2014 at 10:46 am)whateverist Wrote: I read all the books the summer after the first season of series aired. My memory too is fading and I'm happy to be surprised occasionally.
Frankly I'm fine with weaving all the tales together simultaneously. When a couple of later books focused on specific regions I felt it was more for the writers ease than for the benefit of the story telling. What a shame that George M. seems to be burning out on that task.
Yeah.. I didn't like that split too... Turned the fourth book into a long wait to find out about certain characters that only appeared on the fifth book.
I read somewhere that this was an editorial decision... The whole story was too long for one book, so they decided to split it... art. -.-'
Seeing the people and hearing the names does put the whole thing in a different perspective.
The sets are marvelous, the wardrobe fantastic and the props are first class!
And the linear timeline from an outside perspective is welcome... the books have that quality where each chapter is told from the perspective of a particular character, leaving us a bit blind to some motivations and information that an omniscient narrator would be privy to.
