Thing is it provided a whole outline and important key events and compared to GoT HBO knows not to murder a money cow again with poor writing direction and oversight (then again they also just tanked Westworld so who knows). HOTD is also literally just a play by play of the war of roses but with dragons and more incest.
Idk the books that hotd was based on was more of an outliner rather than a more detailed thing like the main books
Thing is it provided a whole outline and important key events and compared to GoT HBO knows not to murder a money cow again with poor writing direction and oversight (then again they also just tanked Westworld so who knows). HOTD is also literally just a play by play of the war of roses but with dragons and more incest.