My husband has never read the books, watched Season 1 with me, and enjoyed it. The person saying it's got problems isn't wrong, but as confused as my husband was at times, I had a lot more problems with it than he did because of my knowledge of the books. I didn't hate it at much as many other book fans did, so we will watch Season 2 and probably once again be entertained but mildly disappointed.

[–] crisisingot@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think the show is harder to watch if you've read the books.

I had some issues with season 1, but I'll give season 2 a fresh chance. My wife who hasn't read the books enjoyed it

[–] CrescentMadeJr@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

I’ve read the books and still enjoy the show. So if you like that sort of thing, yep.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

You kind of have to forget the books to enjoy the show, so yeah that probably wouldn't be a hindrance.

[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 3 points 1 year ago

Probably not. It's not particularly well made or coherent.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think if you have not read the book you should enjoy it more than someone who has.

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think you can only enjoy this show if you haven't read the books. My wife liked it. I was 100% cringe 100% of the time.