I prefer this season of the show to the last two books. If D&D were to do what the books did, we would have 10 episodes of tyrion asking strangers "hey where do whores go?" The last two ASOIAF books were mediocre at best, with more filler then substance. GRRM has written himself into a corner that he can't possibly get out of without a whole lot of giant gaping plot holes. At least on the show they have a clear path and they are following it. I thought the shireen burning was horrible, but I understand why they did it, I kept hoping for a twist where stannis would say stop and burn his wife instead, but much like AA he killed the person he loved the most, in order to fulfill his destiny. Makes since from a story perspective. The show and the books are two separate universes, its been 5 years, people should have already gotten with the program, so to STILL see people complaining that D&D have made changes to the book is hilarious.