The original trilogy is good, the second four-book series is good, after that it gets dicey. As long as you realize that the very first book is very clearly someone writing a lord of the rings fanfiction for at least the first 2/3rds…

I'm also rereading the book as the show goes along - the book's pacing is perfect for a GoT-length series. If they're trying to milk a full one (why, it was a mid-season starter…) then I feel like they have to do it this way. Which seems silly, but…fine.
But really, the absolutely endless meetings are just dumb, and a…