It's one of my favorite shows, though like many people I was disappointed with how they ended it. I feel like if they had taken their time (even George R.R. Martin said he was imagining like, 12 seasons I think?) and handed off the reigns to producers who still wanted to do the project (supposedly Dave & Dan wanted to hurry up and finish so they could do other projects; instead they flubbed the landing and their future projects got canceled), it could have been much better, but oh, well. 95% of the show was great. ;)
I watch a lot of historical-based shows (The Tudors, The Borgias, that kinda thing) and any time someone tells me that they couldn't watch GoT because of the violence, I'm like ...oh ...don't watch the historical shows, then. xD They can be worse, especially since you know it's based on truth (though George also was inspired for a lot of GoT by historical events!). Once you see Henry VIII sentence someone to die by being boiled alive in oil, you're kinda like ...yeah a little violence doesn't shake me in a show. 😅
!BEER
RE: Finally finished watching Game of Thrones