The series is plain boring. There is no emotion what so ever. The characters have no goals and are very poorly written for screen. It's all about who married who, but where GOT made that nail-bitingly interesting, HOTD makes it painful to sit through.

It would've been more interesting if there were more fights and dragon battles, something one would expect from the title of the show and from reading the book.

The characters don't go through any development, despite the plot jumping years ahead in the storyline. It is very boring and one could easily tap away at their phone while watching. To be honest, I feel like this show would discourage people who haven't seen GOT to watch even one episode.