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I have truly enjoyed the adaptation. While it doesn't strictly follow the books, I did not expect it to since they have an hour to tell a story that it takes hours and hours to read, so I am not disappointed with the changes. In fact, I found some of them to ingenious. For instance, how do you explain Perrin's hate of the ax or his slow, thoughtful, and deliberate actions. In the books, we had that insight into Perrin through his thoughts or the thoughts of other characters. By having Perrin married and murdering his wife with an ax, because he was not slow, thoughtful, or deliberate with his actions, the viewer gets a sense of what drives Perrin, what motivates him, and will always be able to identify with WHY Perrin is the way he is. And having Matt's dad being a womanizer, and his mom being an alcoholic who believes the worst of him, and how he feels he needs to protect his siblings, goes a long way in establishing why Matt will make upcoming decisions in his own story arc. And Rand, feeling betrayed by Egwene when she chose becoming a wisdom over him, will go far in explaining their arcs in the series. But the one arc that really got me, that still gives me goosebumps and brings me to tears, when I watch it, is in Season 2 when the horn is blown. The realization of who and what he is. Finally, that sense of belonging and discovering his own abilities and why he is important. I'm reading the books again and just re-read that section, and I really wish R. Jordan had thought of establishing that particular story line in the way that Rafe did. Instead, in the books, it was about the Dragon, not so much about the one who blew the horn. It was a missed opportunity. Don't get me wrong, I still love his storyline in the books, but that one section could have been so much better and it really came to life in the series adaptation. I normally don't dig adaptations, because I'm a purist and always find the books so much better than what the screen does to them, but so far, this adaptation works given the time limits and the need to describe the inner feelings that are so easy to do in books, but not so easy to do on the screen. But overall, yes, I am so Ecstatic that someone finally recognized these books and is trying to bring them to life for us, not always in the way we expect, but no less enjoyable. I was afraid I'd be dead and buried before that happened. So glad that I'm here to enjoy it now.