The series is really just very long winded so far. Nothing special happens and the whole first season feels like a prequel. I don't understand why it has such a high rating, because in direct comparison to Game of Thrones, there's a lot missing.

Besides the few and lengthy storylines, the series lacks sympathetic characters above all. Seriously, who would come up with the idea of making a series with only unsympathetic characters? There is not one character with whom you can sympathize. I hope that changes with the next season.

The series still lives very much from the Game of Thrones universe, which we were really looking forward to. That's what makes up the majority of the series, and that's why I watch it. I hope the series creators learn from the first season and see what is missing to turn a good mediocre series into a great one. Because it's still a long way from that, even if the hype around the series so far is window dressing. I think without Game of Thrones, this series would only bring fantasy nerds back in front of the screens every week.