I read the books when they first came out and feel like the TV show has done a superb job so… It depends on your personality I suppose.
I loved the lotr movies but have no intention of reading the books. Other times I’ve been very glad I read the book before seeing a movie but rarely the other way around. I just find your imagination is predisposed to picture what you’ve already seen rather than building your own world mentally. If that’s not an issue for you then they’re decent books but do become a slight slog later on as the other commenter said.
I read the books when they first came out and feel like the TV show has done a superb job so… It depends on your personality I suppose.
I loved the lotr movies but have no intention of reading the books. Other times I’ve been very glad I read the book before seeing a movie but rarely the other way around. I just find your imagination is predisposed to picture what you’ve already seen rather than building your own world mentally. If that’s not an issue for you then they’re decent books but do become a slight slog later on as the other commenter said.