– A Game of Thrones. Show accuracy: 5/10 – I have made quite a few changes to actor Iain Glen to be more accurate. Book-Jorah is balding (but not yet completely bald), with darker hair and The Spanish Princess. It's common knowledge that George R. R. Martin used incidents from England's devastating War of the Roses to shape the books that would become Game of Thrones. With Starz's I've watched the first season of the show and just started reading the books. I'm currently about 35% into book 2. The first book and season are basically the same as far as the plot goes. There are some small differences and there is a LOT more detail in the book. So far the books are much better in my opinion. The book version had a gut-turning escalating sense of foreboding throughout the chapter that the show version simply failed to match. The show version went for cheap shock value. The show made sure that the audience is lured into a false sense of security and taken by surprise, just like the Starks were. RELATED: Game Of Thrones: 5 Things We Loved In The Finale (& 5 Things That Ruined The Show) Game of Thrones diverged from its source material in the fifth season onward. With the vast differences between the books and the show, the alternate fates of fan-favorite characters like Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, and Daenerys Targaryen are unknown. Brienne Joins Renly's Rainbow Guard. In the books and the show, Brienne is fiercely loyal to Renly Baratheon and harbors a deep-rooted love for him. She becomes a part of his guard, although the details vary. In the show, Renly makes Brienne part of his Kingsguard after defeating Loras in combat. In A Clash of Kings, Brienne becomes part of 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. 2 – Jeyne Poole & The Rape of Sansa. In the Book: Readers not only follow the story of Sansa Stark, but also a girl named Jeyne Poole, one of Sansa’s best friends. After the events of the Red Wedding, the Lannisters use Jeyne Poole as a means to secure an alliance with the Boltons. Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark in HBO's Game of Thrones. Age in the books: Sansa Stark is 11 years old at the start of the books. Age in the TV show: Sansa clearly states in the first episode that In today's video I have talked about :1) Game of Thrones : Books vs TV Series2) How I Read GOT books.If you want to get the books from A Song of Ice and Fire 8nT1Q.