I really wanted to like it cause I adored GOT. But unlike GOT, there's not a single character that I found myself rooting for. And the ones that I did like ended up either dying or doing deplorable things. With GOT, I instantly loved Ned and Catlyn Stark. Especially Catlyn Stark. I'm a mom. She was a mom. And I loved her. With HOTD, I was excited to see Rys (not sure what his last name is) as the hand to the king. I loved Rys from the Replacements and Notting Hill. But he sold his daughter off to the king like she was a piece of meat. I also liked the Queen. But she was killed off by her own husband. I liked the princess's best friend but she ends up hooking up with her friend's dad. I liked the princess because she reminded me of Arya but she adores her piece of poop uncle and I don't like that at all. All of the characters I wanted to like either died or ended up being pieces of poop. Unlike GOT, where there were tons of awesome characters to root for who weren't pieces of poop. All in all, I didn't really like it. Even though I wanted to.