The connection Jon has to the Wildlings is a very important aspect of both the books and the show, even if he originally joined them as a spy. However, how he gains the trust of the Wildling leader Mance Raydar is different. In the books, Jon tells Mance he wants to leave the Night's Watch because he is mistreated as a bastard.
One of the best changes that Game of Thrones made was aging up the characters. Arya started off the show at 11 years old, she ended it as an 18-year-old warrior, having spent seven years training on the run. The Arya in the books, however, started as a 9-year-old and is currently only 11. It was a move that made the character much more believable.
RELATED: Game Of Thrones: 10 Things We've Never Understood About Jaime Lannister. The city as it appears in the series largely holds to the basic descriptions, though it is shown to have a significantly warmer climate than that described in the books, perhaps in an effort to show its differences from the North.
While on the TV series Clarke is in her 20s and 30s during filming, the young queen in the books starts off in A Song of Ice and Fire as a 13-year-old girl. RELATED: Game Of Thrones: House Targaryen (& Allies) Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses. It is also implied that book-Danerys is on the taller side, while our girl Emilia is pint-sized.
Here’s Why the. Game of Thrones. Show Is Better Than the Books. A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy book series, opens in exactly

Jon Snow returned from the dead in Game of Thrones, but his resurrection will likely be a little bit different in George R.R. Martin's next A Song of Ice and Fire book, The Winds of Winter. Among all the deaths in both books and show, Jon Snow's is one of the most momentous. Branded a traitor by his Night's Watch brothers, Jon Snow is stabbed

2. Shae never loved Tyrion so her betrayal does not come as a surprise to the readers. Everyone was mortified when Shae betrayed Tyrion during his trial and later in the show, but for the book’s
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