Game Of Thrones: 5 Reasons You Should Read The Books Ahead Of Season 4
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4. Enriches Your Experience Of Watching The Show
--> In the process of adapting the books, the writers made many changes. Reading the books will enable you to have a personal opinion on the wisdom of those changes. Youll be able to enjoy different interpretations of the same events. For example, The House of The Undying sequence in season 2 is quite different from how it was portrayed in the books. Youll also discover a bit of foreshadowing to events in season 3.
Furthermore, youll enjoy seeing how certain character interactions, not seen in the books, were brilliantly executed. The Tywin and Arya scenes of Season 2 are a perfect example.
The opening credit sequence; with that wonderful map will be a more rewarding segment. Youll notice things you never cared to look for before. Perhaps you may even feel a little sadness at watching the smoldering remains of Winterfell, and a little hope at seeing its godswood still intact despite the destruction.