Overuse of character deaths on TV?

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Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

Yes, everybody knows that, but as it's a TV show it can still be talked about a such.

What makes GoT work so well is its many interweaving stories and it's characters and how they plot against each other. It's not like I just sit there, impatiently waiting how "the main story" pans out.

From what I gather the next two books to feature in the series are far less popular among fans and I can see why. Many of the more entertaining characters are not around anymore.

That has nothing to do with why fans are down on the last 2. They are down on those because of the way GRRM chose to tell the narrative, focusing on regions instead of characters. And many of the regions were new and required a good amount of build up to connect to the larger story.