George RR Martin thinks Game of Thrones’ final season wasn’t ‘completely faithful’

While the eighth and last season of Game of Thrones was widely condemned by fans who had all their hopes pinned to the final showdown, turns out the writer of the hit series George R. R. Martin was not a big fan either.

The franchise creator recently in an interview with Fast Company, spoke in great detail about the differences that existed between his books and what the show brought about, adding that the final season was not ‘completely faithful.’

Terming book-to-screen adaptions in general ‘traumatic’, the writer said: "Because sometimes their creative vision and your creative vision don't match, and you get the famous creative differences thing – that leads to a lot of conflict."

"You get totally extraneous things like the studio or the network weighing in, and they have some particular thing that has nothing to do with story, but relates to 'Well this character has a very high Q Rating so let's give him a lot more stuff to do'," he added.

Treading ahead towards his take on the show’s final season, Martin stated: “The [final] series has been... not completely faithful. Otherwise, it would have to run another five seasons."

He went on to add that the last season of the HBO-hit felt rushed, as he had stated earlier as well.