So far the casting is great and it seems like all the actors have a solid grasp of the source material. Lan and Moiraine stand out in particular.
I'm only on the second episode so I can't say much more but from the dialogue and portrayal of the Two Rivers village to the climactic battle scene in the first episode I'm pretty sold so far.
For years, I keep toying with the idea of reading the series, then thinking about how there are too many books and am I really that interested? So I haven't read them yet. Maybe one of these days. Should I try watching the show without reading the books?
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Yeah it seems to be conveying most of the themes of the books well enough, and honestly you're not missing a whole lot in terms of absence of internal monologue, that's where a lot of the mentions of weird misogyny are coming from. Honestly this is one of the rare instances where a fantasy novel series might actually be better done in a visual medium and by nature absent of some of the more problematic internal monologuing.
Oh, that's interesting! I think I will dip my toes in with the show then, and we'll see about actually reading the books if I enjoy the show. Thanks for the advice!