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.
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!