(Martin is famous for unexpected deaths.) But the glut of characters means that Martin can only go so far to develop key details like personality traits and individual voices, so his characters - particularly the women - can feel one-dimensional and flat, lacking in skillful internal dialogue as Martin outlines their basic motives.īy contrast, the show tightens up the focus on certain star characters who drive the plot forward - and portrays them with nuance, giving an Emmy-winning cast the chance to flex its acting muscles. Each new character that’s introduced has the potential to become a main driver of plot, or to disappear from the narrative altogether within a few pages. One of the strengths of A Song and Ice and Fire is the extensive network of characters that Martin maps out.
The Game of Thrones show characters find deeper layers Shots of a darkening forest, eerie silences, the surprise of seeing a corpse’s face - these offer tension and anticipation without melodrama. “Fear filled his gut like a meal he could not digest.” The show, meanwhile, does more with less.
Outside the dialogue, Martin describes the men’s rising fear with heavy-handed prose: “All day, Will had felt that something were watching him, something cold and implacable that loved him not,” he writes. In that first scene in the book, for instance, Martin’s characters bicker in an expositional back-and-forth.
Thanks to stunning filming locations (including Iceland and Croatia) and a top-notch effects team, the show brings the land of Westeros to life in a way that Martin’s books only hint at his descriptions of the landscapes can leave a reader wanting.
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