Apparently, the third Malazan book (Memories of Ice) continues the story of the first one, so you might want to try that one instead of the second one.

Season 1 - Kept me hooked from beginning to end, with hardly a dull moment anywhere
Season 3 - Some questionable bits like Theon's pointless torture scenes, but otherwise damn good stuff like Jaime and Brienne, Tywin and Olenna, Red Wedding, 'Dracarys!', Sam kills White Walker, etc.
Season 2 - Not bad at all, but some…

Oops, sorry, I forgot that. But that's because it's an extremely mild spoiler - barely more than a background event. I've marked it anyway now.

Yes, Jaime's failure will now be greater on the show. My point is, he hasn't failed yet - but the Lannisters are treating him as if he has.

Yeah, but it made more sense there - he got back just after Joffrey got killed. Cersei was distraught and lashing out at everyone. Tywin had his hands full trying to keep the kingdom from falling apart. Tyrion was on trial for killing Joffrey, so he didn't exactly have an opportunity to sit and chat with his brother.…

Just one more week to wait to read everyone bitch about Betty again!

Fair point about the importance of hymens in Westerosi culture. But once again, as you pointed out, a 15-year-old boy would not necessarily be experienced enough to quietly hush up the matter. More importantly, an idealistic young boy like Robb would not be cynical enough to think it should be hushed up.

My money's on:

That Edmure would marry Roslin was decided later (and not by Robb) as a way of trying to salvage Robb's stupidity. When Robb married Talisa, he didn't give a flying fuck about the Freys.

Book-Robb did it for the honour of a girl he had deflowered, and would therefore become unmarriageable according to their customs if he himself didn't marry her. Show-Robb did it because he didn't want to marry that Frey girl (his actual words).

It's an American site, most people commenting here are Americans, so it's a safe bet. It's not meant to be an insult or something. FWIW, I'm not American either.

Here we go again … why do people insist on applying 21st century American values to the medieval world depicted in ASoIaF/GoT?

Yup - it was some dick who was trash-talking Brienne.

"These fine ladies are in for a bit of a rape."

Beautifully put. You're right: Arya and Sansa display 'masculine' and 'feminine' kinds of bravery respectively, but they're both brave in their own way, and neither would have been able to survive in the kind of situations that the other finds herself in. Sansa would not have managed to survive a life on the run with…

Why? She didn't kill him. She wouldn't marry him, but that's because she was already engaged. Quentyn tried to do something monumentally stupid, and got killed because of it. Sure, Dorne may not like it, but they can hardly blame Dany for it. She wasn't even in the city when Quentyn was killed.

Isn't that exactly what I said, i.e that it didn't have to work out exactly as in the book? A change from the book isn't bad in itself; a change when it turns a character into a drooling moron is.

No. Missandei has two brothers in the Unsullied, though,

By the same token, those extra 3 years makes the act seem all the more stupid. It's kind of understandable that a naive 15-year-old (even if he is nominally a king) would assume that if he just does the honourable thing by one woman, anyone else he wrongs in the process would forgive him. But an 18-year-old thinking…

To be fair, there was less plot in book 2 than season 2 for Dany. The "where are my dragons" story wasn't bad in itself, just poorly executed. But I do agree that they butchered the whole House of the Undying scene.