Since I have HBO and have heard great things about the books I decided to watch the first episode a few months ago. My head was spinning so much due to the fact that all the actors have a british accent so it was hard to understand names and a lot of the dialogue in general, but I was very impressed nonetheless. Seeing that HBO had a viewer's guide I decided to wait till all the episodes were complete for the first season so I could carefully translate and make sure that I knew who or where what they were talking about to avoid confusion. That was the right decision because by the fifth episode I didn't need the viewer's guide anymore and was very used to the accents. Pretty awesome series which is what I expect from HBO (Rome, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos) and can't wait till April! I am going to pick up the first book this week to hold me over till then.
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